WERE A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1721, 7 April 1888, Page 3

WERE A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE.

(By P. Clark, of South Shields, in the Newcastle Chronicle.) Wfc're foremost, and ahead, by far, Of any other nation ; In all the arts of peace and war We simply lick creation ; • While many a temple reared on high, ABd many a lofty steeple Stands nobly out against the sky - Fof we're a Christian pfople.

Poor lieathenß ! Bunk ns dark as night In groflieat superstition, W« hMte to bring them gospel light—jL laudable ambition ; With missionary tools and tracts Wo flatter and befool tbem, But—please excuse us, these are factsBy ]inc:o, theu we rule them I

We often try to cultivate Acquaintance with our neighborsYet, strange to say, but seldom tliey Appreciate our labors ; Bnt we've o mission to fulfil: To spread civilisation— So let us use »bat mehns we will, We've got a dispensation I

The mercenaries we've employed, The blood we've spilt l>ke rivere— The cities and the ships destroyed— Oar cannons knocked to skivers; But Britain's laurels ne'er eh ill fadefler Dame will live in story ; l\ While fighting is the soldier'e trade, Hurrah for guns and glory 1

We cross the sea to other lands, And never wait inviting— We're here and there and everywhere, Ami nearly always fighting ; The bells again for thousands slain May peal from tower to steeple ; They sound oar fame, and loud proclaim That we're a Christian people.