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From Arthur Selwyn's Note book	A
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More Ways Than One	B
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I was present one day	C
Where both layman and priest	D
Worshipped God in a way	C
That was startling at least	D
Over thirty in place	E
On the stage in a row	F
As is often the case	E
At a minstrelsy show	F
In a uniform clad	G
Was each one of them seen	H
And a banjo they had	G
And a loud tambourine	H
And they sung and they shouted	I
Their spasmodic joys	J
Just as if they ne'er doubted	K
That God loved a noise	J
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And their phrases though all	L
Not deficient in points	M
A grammarian would call	L
Rather weak in the joints	M
And the aspirate sound	N
Was adroitly misused	O
And The Language all round	N
Was assaulted and bruised	O
While the tunes that they sung	P
In bewildering throngs	Q
Had been married when young	P
To hilarious songs	Q
And the folks in that place	E
Who this loud racket made	R
Were not bounded by race	E
Or condition or shade	R
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Now I love my own meeting	S
My own cosy pew	T
While mentally greeting	S
Friends quietly true	T
And the Gospel dispensed	U
With a dignified grace	E
Born of reason clear sensed	U
And a faith firm of place	E
I love the trained voices	V
That float down the aisles	W
Till the whole church rejoices	W
With God's sweetest smiles	W
Have no sneer understood	X
For the rest when I say	W
I had rather get good	X
In a civilized way	W
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So this meeting had grated	K
Somewhat on my heart	Y
And ere long I had waited	I
I thought to depart	Y
But a young man arose	W
Looking sin drenched and grim	Z
As if rain storms of woes	W
Had descended on him	Z
No such face you'd discern	A2
In a leisurely search	B2
If you took a chance turn	A2
Through a civilized church	B2
But his words though not choice	W
To my feelings came nigh	C2
There was growth in his voice	W
There was hope in his eye	C2
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And he said I'm a lad	G
With a life full of blame	D2
Every step has been bad	G
Every hour was a shame	D2
And for drink I would pawn	E2
All within my control	F2
From the clothes I had on	G2
To my heart and my soul	F2
I have drank the foul stuff	H2
In my parents' hot tears	W
I have done crime enough	H2
For a hundred black years	W
But I came to this place	W
For the help that I craved	I2
I have seen Jesus's face	W
And I know I am saved	I2
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Then a man rose to view	T
When this youngster was done	B
And he said This is true	T
That young man is my son	B
He was drunk every day	W
And such terror would make	J2
That I spurned him away	W
From my house like a snake	J2
We have suffered the worst	K2
That can come from heart fears	W
He is sober the first	K2
I have seen him for years	W
I am full of such joy	L2
As I never yet knew	T
And now Robert my boy	L2
Home is open to you	T
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You may go home with me	M2
Or may run on before	N2
You've a glittering key	M2
That will open the door	N2
Your mother is there	O2
Praying for you e'en now	P2
There is snow in her hair	O2
There is pain on her brow	P2
And when you have kissed her	Q2
The old fashioned way	W
There's a brother and sister	Q2
Who've longed for this day	W
And whatever can befriend you	T
On earth shall be done	B
May God's blessing attend you	T
My son oh my son	B
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Then the banjo struck in	R2
And the tambourine jingled	W
There rose such a din	R2
That my blood fairly tingled	W
The vocalists screamed	W
Till quite red in the face	W
But somehow it all seemed	W
Not at all out of place	W
Now denouements immense	W
Do riot somehow take hold	W
Or dramatic events	W
Reach my heart as of old	W
But my smiles could not hide	W
The fast gathering tears	W
And I cheered laughed and cried	W
As I had not for years	W
And I thought Not amiss	W
Are this tumult and shout	W
Folks who save men like this	W
Know what they are about	W
You who fight with God's sword	W
For the good of your kind	W
You can never afford	W
To leave these men behind	W
If these women I've seen	H
Should be pelted or cursed	W
I would step in between	H
I would take the blow first	W
They who draw souls above	S2
From the depths lowest down	T2
Will not fail of God's love	S2
Or to shine in His crown	T2

William Mckendree Carleton

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