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 There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark!
 And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.  
 There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark!
 And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. 
 I venerate the man whose heart is warm,
 Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life,
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 I venerate the man whose heart is warm,
 Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life,
  Coincident, exhibit lucid proof
   That he is honest in the sacred cause. 
 The things that mount the rostrum with a skip,
 And then skip down again, pronounce a text,
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 The things that mount the rostrum with a skip,
 And then skip down again, pronounce a text,
  Cry hem; and reading what they never wrote
   Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work,
    And with a well-bred whisper close the scene! 
 God preaches, a noted clergyman,
 And the sermon is never long;
  So instead of getting to heaven read more 
 God preaches, a noted clergyman,
 And the sermon is never long;
  So instead of getting to heaven at last,
   I'm going all along. 
 Go forth and preach impostures to the world,
 But give them truth to build on.  
 Go forth and preach impostures to the world,
 But give them truth to build on. 
 Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
 Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
  Loud as the read more 
 Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
 Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
  Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt,
   Not practise! 
 And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic,
 Was beat with fist instead of a stick.  
 And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic,
 Was beat with fist instead of a stick. 
 Would I describe a preacher,
 . . . .
  I would express him simple, grave, sincere;
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 Would I describe a preacher,
 . . . .
  I would express him simple, grave, sincere;
   In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain,
    And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
     And natural in gesture; much impress'd
      Himself, as conscious of his awful charge,
       And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds
        May feel it too; affectionate in look,
         And tender in address, as well becomes
          A messenger of grace to guilty men. 
 Do as we say, and not as we do.
 [Lat., Faites ce que nous disons, et ne faites pas read more 
 Do as we say, and not as we do.
 [Lat., Faites ce que nous disons, et ne faites pas ce que nous 
faisons.]