Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PARS DE HAT EROUN', by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON


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PARS DE HAT EROUN', by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ef yer wants ter gain de kingdom,'
Last Line: The end.
Subject(s): African Americans; Clergy; Deception; Money; Public Worship; Salvation; Negroes; American Blacks; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Church Attendance


"EF yer wants ter gain de kingdom."
Said de preacher, gazin' 'roun',
"Wants ter reach dat home in glory
Whar we lays our burdens down,
Pay ertention ter dis message,
An' dat hebbenly city see,
Gib yer heart to Gawd Ermighty,
An' yer pocket-book ter me!

"Don't be no wise disencouraged
Ef de stony way is long,
Pars de hat eroun' my brudders
Whiles we sing ernudder song.
Ef yer lows ter git religion,
Specks salvation full an' free,
Gib yer heart to Gawd Ermighty,
An' yer pocket-book ter me!

"Hear de words uv Cap'n Jesus,
'Lay not treasures up on earf',
Make er liber'l, large collection,
An' receib de secon' birf.
When de dimes an' nickels jingle
Den we'll shout er jubilee.
Gib yer heart ter Gawd Ermighty,
An' yer pocket-book ter me!

"Gib it all—an' don't begredge it—
Don't be holden' eny back,
Sackerfices must be offered
When we walks de narrer track
Pars de hat erlong de benches,
Pars it slow, so all kin see,
Gib yer heart ter Gawd Ermighty,
An' yer pocket-book ter me!"

THE END.




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