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 "What is a church?"--Our honest sexton tells,
 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.  
 "What is a church?"--Our honest sexton tells,
 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. 
 Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
 Who came of decent people;
  He built a church in Dublin read more 
 Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
 Who came of decent people;
  He built a church in Dublin town,
   And on it put a steeple. 
 It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast 
themselves most of their being near to read more 
 It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast 
themselves most of their being near to the Church. 
 An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat 
countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot read more 
 An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat 
countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot be referred 
to any other object, point as with silent finger to the sky and 
stars. 
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
To Kerke the narre, from God more farre.
To Kerke the narre, from God more farre.
 It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
 [Lat., Non est de pastu ovium read more 
 It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
 [Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.] 
 Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
 Will never mark the marble with his Name.  
 Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
 Will never mark the marble with his Name. 
 "What is a church?" Let Truth and reason speak,
 They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek,
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 "What is a church?" Let Truth and reason speak,
 They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek,
  From Christian folds, the one selected race,
   Of all professions, and in every place."