Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SOLEMN SANCTITY, by WALT MASON


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First Line: Some pious men are on this earth, who think
Last Line: Aisle and through the large cathedral door.
Subject(s): Churches; God; Praise; Prayer; Sanctuaries; Cathedrals


SOME pious men are on this earth, who think that any kind of mirth is sacrilege

or sin, and they would tumble from their perch if any one should enter church
and wear a cheerful grin. So gloomy is their house of prayer, you'd almost think

a corpse was there, a-waiting for the hearse; all festive words their souls
annoy, and they will squelch the signs of joy, with chapter and with verse.
"Serve Him with mirth, His praise foretell," I've heard the grand old anthem
swell, all through my passing years; but those who sing it sing as though His
service meant the deeps of woe, and misery and tears. Why make your creed a
doleful thing? Why pull long faces when you sing, or grovel when you pray?
Jehovah made this world so glad, he doesn't mean us to be sad throughout our
little stay. I do not often seek the kirk, because if ever smile or smirk my
toilworn features wore, a deacon'd drag me from my pew, and push me down the
aisle and through the large cathedral door.





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