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<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 62206 ***</div>
<p>Transcribed from the 1853 John Farquhar Shaw edition by David
Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org Many thanks to the British
Library for allowing their copy to be consulted for this
transcription.</p>
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<h1>A FEW LINES</h1>
<p style="text-align: center">Against opening the Crystal
Palace</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span
class="GutSmall">ON</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><b>THE SABBATH DAY</b>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">BY</span><br
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JOHN ELWIN WRENCH.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">LONDON:<br />
JOHN FARQUHAR SHAW, 27, SOUTHAMPTON ROW;<br />
<span class="GutSmall">AND 21, PATERNOSTER ROW.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center">1853.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2"></a><span
class="pagenum">p. 2</span><span class="GutSmall"><span
class="smcap">London</span></span><span
class="GutSmall">:</span><br />
<span class="GutSmall"><span class="smcap">Walton and
Mitchell</span></span><span class="GutSmall">, </span><span
class="GutSmall"><span class="smcap">Printers</span></span><span
class="GutSmall">, 24, </span><span class="GutSmall"><span
class="smcap">Wardour Street</span></span><span
class="GutSmall">.</span></p>
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<h2><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 3</span>A FEW
LINES<br />
<span class="GutSmall">AGAINST OPENING THE CRYSTAL
PALACE</span><br />
<span class="GutSmall">ON THE SABBATH DAY.</span></h2>
<h3>I.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Chiming from the old church tow’r<br />
’Tis the Sabbath bell I hear;<br />
Welcome is the sound to me;<br />
Welcome to the Christian’s ear.</p>
<h3>II.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Think not lightly of its knell!<br />
Let devotion fill each heart,<br />
Sacred let this day be kept;<br />
For our God ’tis set apart.</p>
<h3><a name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
4</span>III.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Ye who work for daily bread,<br />
Cease from toil with one accord,—<br />
Is one day too much to give,<br />
To the service of the Lord?</p>
<h3>IV.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Though a Crystal Palace rears<br />
High o’er Sydenham’s plain her head;<br
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Destin’d, may we hope at least,<br />
Blessings o’er our land to shed.</p>
<h3>V.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Echo’d though thy wealth shall be,<br />
Monument of England’s fame!<br />
Shining forth in all thy pride,<br />
Worthy of a Paxton’s name.</p>
<h3><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>VI.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Yet Oh! never deem this spot,<br />
Fitting place for Sabbath rest:<br />
Can a sinner seek his God,<br />
’Midst rev’lry and idle jest?</p>
<h3>VII.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Is it there, the weary soul,<br />
Rack’d with care and aching woes,<br />
Can with penitence to God,<br />
Ask for mercy and repose?</p>
<h3>VIII.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Is it there, the sinless child,<br />
On the Sabbath eve should stray;—<br />
Can it there, untainted still<br />
Bend its tiny knee to pray?</p>
<h3><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 6</span>IX.</h3>
<p class="poetry">Oh! ’tis there, its glowing cheek<br />
Will, amidst the worldling’s din,<br />
Receive, unconscious tho’ it be,<br />
The first stain of mortal sin.</p>
<h3>X.</h3>
<p class="poetry">But forbid it, Christian men:<br />
Shun, oh! shun the fatal snare;<br />
Shall the Sabbath-breaker’s cry,<br />
Lead you from the House of Pray’r?</p>
<h3>XI.</h3>
<p class="poetry">We are told by Holy Writ,<br />
Not to desecrate this day:<br />
Dare you from this dread command,<br />
With defiance turn away?</p>
<h3><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
7</span>XII.</h3>
<p class="poetry">England is a Christian Isle,<br />
Englishmen are Christians still;<br />
Let them one firm effort make<br />
To protect God’s holy will.</p>
<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 62206 ***</div>
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