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 Talking of sects till late one eve, 
 Of the various doctrines the saints believe, 
 That night I stood in a troubled dream, 
 By the side of a darkly flowing stream 
 
 And a " Churchman" down to the river came • 
 When I heard a strange voice call his name, 
 " Good father, stop ; when you cross this tide, 
 You must leave your robes on the other side." 
 
 But the aged father did not mind. 
 And his long gown floated out behind, 
 As down to the stream his way he took, 
 His pale hands clasping a gilt-edged book. 
 
 '^ I'm bound for heaven, and when I'm there, . 
 I shall want my Book of Common Prayer ; 
 And though I put on a starry crown, 
 I should feel quite lost without my gown." 
 
 Then he fix'd his eye on the shining track, 
 But his gown was heavy, and held him back* 
 And the poor old father tried in vain, 
 A single step iu the flood to gain. 
 
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 I saw lilni again on the other side, 
 But his silk gown floated upon the tide. 
 And no one ask'd, in that blissful spot, 
 If he bcIonL2'd to " the Church" or not. 
 
 '.riien down to the river a Quaker strayM, 
 His dress of a sober hue was made : 
 " ]\ry coat and hat must be all of gray, 
 1 cannot (^o anv other way." 
 
 Then he button'd his coat straight up to his cliin. 
 And staidly, solemnly, waded in, 
 And his broad- brimm'd hat he pull'd down tiglit 
 Over his forehead, so cold and A>'hite. 
 
 .I)ut a strong^ wind carried awav his hat ; 
 A moment he silently sii>'h'd over that, 
 And then, as he gazed to the farther shore. 
 The coat slipp'd off, and was seen no more. 
 
 As he enter'd heaven, his suit of gray 
 Went quietly sailing — away — away, 
 And noue of the angels question'd him 
 About the width of his beaver's brim. 
 
 Next came Dr. Watts with a bundle of Psalms 
 
 Tied nicely up in his aged arms, 
 
 And hyunis as many, a very wise thing. 
 
 That the people in heaven, " all round," might sing. 
 
 But I thought that he heaved an anxious sigh. 
 As he saw that the river ran broad and high. 
 And look'd rather surprised as, one by one, 
 IIk: PsuhuL'. und Ii)'4iin^ in the "wave wer»t 'Ijwn. 
 
 
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 Ciime "Wesley, tlie patl-ern of <<0{lllnrss, 
 
 But he cried, "' Dear me, -vvliat shall 1 do ? 
 
 The Avater lias soak'd thc]n tlii-oui^h and tliroiin-li." 
 
 And there on the rirer. far and -svlde, 
 Awav thev went down the swollen tide, 
 And the samt astoKi^Vd, pass'd through alone. 
 Without his mann^npts, uj) to the throne. 
 
 Then gravely walkim:, two saints by name, 
 ])own to the streani lo^^cther came, 
 P)Ut as they stop:)* I * the river's biiuh, 
 1 saw one saint trom the other shrink. 
 
 '•' Sprinkled or pliaiiijed, njay I ask you, friend, 
 llow vou attained to life'-s ijreat end ?" 
 '' Thus, with a few drops on my brow." 
 "Ihit /have beaii dipp'd. as you'll see me now. 
 
 *' And I really tliimik it will hardly do, 
 As I'm ' close comni"jmon,' to cross with you; 
 You're bound, I know, to the realms of bliss, 
 But von must m:> tiiat wav, and I'll go this." 
 
 Then str'aifjhtwav riliiiiiiiring with all his might. 
 Away to the left — :1- friend at the right, 
 Apart they went from this world of sin 
 But at last together thev enter'd in. 
 
 And now, when the river was rolling on, 
 
 A Preshyterian church went down ; 
 
 Of women there seem'd a wonderous throng, 
 
 But the men I cottid count as they pass'd along. 
 
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 And concerning the road, they could never agree. 
 The Old or tlie Neu) way, which it should be, 
 Nor ever a moment 2)aused to think 
 That both would lead to the river's brink. 
 
 And a sound of murmuring, long and loud, 
 
 Came ever up from the moving crowd, 
 
 " You're in the Old way, and I'm in the New, 
 
 That is the false, and this is the true ;" — 
 
 Or, ''I'm in the Old way, and you're in the New, 
 
 This is the false, and tfiat is the true." 
 
 But the brethren only seem'd to speak. 
 Modest the sisters walk'd, and meek. 
 And if ever one of them chanced to say 
 What troubles she met with on the wav, 
 How she long'd to pass to the other side 
 Nor fear'd to cross over the sv/elling tide, 
 
 A voice arose from the brethren then : 
 " Let no one speak but the * holy men ;' 
 For have ye not heard the words of Paul, 
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 I watched them long -in my curious dream. 
 Till they stood by the borders of the stream, 
 Then, just as I thought, the two ways met. 
 But all the brethren were talking yet. 
 And would talk on, till the heaving tide 
 Carried them over, side by side ; 
 Side by side, for the way was one, 
 The toilsome journey of life was done, 
 
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 And Priest and Quaker, and all who died, 
 Camo out alike on the other side. 
 
 No forms, " or crosses," or hooks had thev, 
 No gown^ of silk, nor suits of gray, 
 No creeds to guide them, nor MSS., 
 por ill had put on Christ's righteousness. 
 
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 '("was on tliat sad ni_i;lit, c'rc tlio rassovcr morn. 
 W hen Jesus tlie Saviour -Nvas croAvn'd -wltli a tliorn, 
 'llic twelve sat listening to the counsel ho gave, 
 '* [ lea\e you to-night for the cross and the grave 
 (k' one with each other as niv Father with me, 
 I'hat for ever my church united may lx>." 
 The vXpostles went forth by the Spirit made l)old. 
 One Shepherd they cried, One Ciiujicn, and one fold, 
 • )ne baptism, One Faith, one God, and one liord : 
 One body ignited in Christ's holv word, 
 And whenever they saw divisions beijjin, 
 
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 1)0 ware, they all cried of the author of sin, 
 M'hem, that divide you, oh quickly reject, 
 I'or Christ is the Church and Satan the sect: 
 His last prayer was that his Church be not riven ; 
 \kj sure of one thing, there is no sect in heaven, 
 l)ut perverse ones rose up that haughtily cried, 
 One (Jhurch is too large we had better divide ; 
 There's no sect in heaven, then be at vour ease, 
 We'll make on the earth all the sects that we pleasc\ 
 I don't like the surplice the Puritan cries. 
 And the sign of the cross in baptism despise : 
 And so for a garment, and a mark on the brow, 
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 And not fVoii) the IkiikI-IioUow water to dil}). 
 
 And tlio l)a])tists resolved a fra^'nieiit to sever, 
 
 From tlie ('limeli wliieli (Jlirlst, ])i-omised to be with forever. 
 
 'Tliev st\led themselves ('liiirch(vs, close eommiinioii ami tree. 
 
 Hard shell, and sot't shell, as you will soon see, 
 
 Scn'enth D.iy liaptists, who keep no Lord's day 
 
 And Ironside hnptlsts, who meet, oft to j)ray. 
 
 TIk^ (jilo'y lialh'lnjah, "VA'ho groans and who hops, 
 
 And Little Children 13aptists, who on Simday spin tops 
 
 Seven i*rinei])led Ba])tists, who denounee tlielr own nieiit. 
 
 And Camphelite Baptists who limit the Spirit. 
 
 Partlenlar Jiaptists that inehuh^ ;dl the best, 
 
 And (jieneial Baptists, who (Mnbraee all the rest ; 
 
 MornKKiitc! liaptists, the worst oj' them all, 
 
 Witli [dl tlie new sects in the water who fall. 
 
 And as sci'i[)ture deckings, lunip up tlieir own teachern. 
 
 And modestly style them, their good baptist preacher^ : 
 
 Having cars without ])roi'lt unless they be tinkled, 
 
 And denounces in i)lain language the infant that's sprinkled. 
 
 '• We'll make our own priests," Congregationalists said, 
 
 "None but lavmcn lav hands on a <i;;ood lavman's head, 
 
 And although who ordain prie.^sts we care iu)t a song, 
 
 Ordination by bishops of course must be wrong." 
 
 Every man for himself the grave Quaker then cried, 
 
 All creeds, sects and churches, and forms set aside, 
 
 i>ut TiiKi'; and Tuor, i'laix coai' and huoad luini, oh spare! 
 
 The church for these fj^i'Cdt truths in tatters I'll tear. 
 
 Cried Wesley, beginning a schism to foresee, 
 
 Who'er leaves the church is no disciple of me, 
 
 My Preachers arc upstarts, should they try to ordain, 
 
 And this I inform'd them again and again. 
 
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 To act without order, or Sacraments give, 
 
 They shall ne'er be permitted so long as I live j 
 
 But his followers thought best his counsel to scorn, 
 
 And away from the church a new fragment was torn. 
 
 They strove and they wrangled, divided again, 
 
 Until sects were as plenty as quarrelsome men : 
 
 And the heathen looked on with wondering eyes, 
 
 To see the disciples of Him in the skies, 
 
 Abusing each other, and then cross the seas, 
 
 Sending heralds to preach the gospel of peace : 
 
 Go home said the lieathen and leani to agree. 
 
 What the gospel is e're you send it to me. 
 
 Rome too, she severed her sect with the rest. 
 
 And of Catholic order can offer no test. 
 
 But requu*es every Papist from the church to depart, 
 
 And secede with herself in mind, soul and heart. 
 
 But the church, as of old before schism be^un, 
 
 Still kept in the old paths, united in on<5 : 
 
 The triLC faith she holds, and the form of sound words, 
 
 Which keeps her united, and free from discords. 
 
 When the sects all departed they thought she was gone, 
 
 That her power and greatness were finished and done, 
 
 That her Great Head had left her in anger, alone, 
 
 And favored the sects, from His church which had flown 
 
 But now in great wonder they find the Lord there, 
 
 Where with Prayerbook in hand they unite all in prayer. 
 
 And in Holy Communion, at the altar within, 
 
 Is Christ's Blessed Sacrifice made for their sin. 
 
 And while the new sects were wransclinsc and strivmii. 
 
 The church was intent upon sanctified living. 
 
 And in quiet confidence, with Christ by her side. 
 
 O'er boisterous billows she safely did ride. 
 
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 She seeks after the rich, and yet she docs more, 
 
 For her learned apostles are sent to the poor, 
 
 With blessings abundant, and with bible in hand. 
 
 She proclaims the free gospel all over the land ; 
 
 And millions rejoice both in earth and in heaven, 
 
 That to her the Bible and Praver-book were criven. 
 
 The sects soon perceived her all glorious within. 
 
 They read in the bible that schism is sin. 
 
 And wearied pci'haps with ceaseless dissention. 
 
 The subject began of union to mention. 
 
 They gravely proclaimed without fear of derision, 
 
 ** Let men say what they will there is no division, 
 
 For wc all love the lord, and each one his brother :*' 
 
 And prove it hj constant abuse of each other. 
 
 These, indeed, are all one in heart, spirit and mind ; 
 
 For discordant spirits are all of one kind. 
 
 They '^ love all,' they declare, but the church they reject. 
 
 For calling each body that left her a sect : 
 
 And dare not speak to her on the subject of union, 
 
 But she cries, " come find it in the good old communion." 
 
 She refuses to come down and join w4th the rest ; 
 
 Because that she was as good as the best. 
 
 The church is the church and a sect you can't make it, 
 
 Unless in some way you can manage to break it. 
 
 But this never can be, until slie suspect, 
 
 That a sect is a church and a church is a sect. * 
 
 They argue, " in heaven no sect shall appear : 
 
 But the church is a sect, and hence it is clear, 
 
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 Cried, " roxes ^vrtH f'^^ j i,id dowu to sleep, 
 
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 He asked for a^-"^ ^ he did hope. 
 And in God's o"l>^^- ;,:tew he ."ould find 
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 He knew there >YXs Mit ^^^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^.^.^ 
 
 But to pass It V-^l^^^ f,,,, rt,o throne 
 At this a vorce --«^ ' ^ ^^.^^^ and of stoue, 
 
 A.ay with y-- «X, our mass for dead men, 
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 And as for pni-g;ition by itcI coals of fire, 
 ''lis a Avickcd invention of Satan tho liar ; 
 It robs mo of u,'lory and you of the trntli ; 
 You wore burdon'd and trnmniclled by it from your youtli, 
 .]5ut since y(ju do tj-ust in tlio merits of IFim, 
 M Ao died on tlio cross to redeem you from sin : 
 With Luther and ( alvin and Cranmer tlie great, 
 'rhroui;h Jesus Christ's n;ime yon may noAV take a seat, 
 And join the true churcli, so Miorjcd by tho Tope, 
 Which n(>Y'r for salvation by vain M'orks did boj^e. 
 llie poor J^ipist, a cliurchman, appeared now in liu;ht, 
 In a surplice of glory so pure and so bright, 
 Not stained with red crosses nor silly invention. 
 Thus to decorate man was not (iod's intention, 
 ])ut robed in pure white with no trace of sable, 
 So the l\)pe lost a sul)ject and the mass ])royed a fible. 
 The l^aptist came next there and hoped for admittance, 
 'Lhrough the merits of Jesus he begged for ac([uittance, 
 I lis frames and his feolinu^s were all rio-ht within : 
 lie was plunged in the water over heels, head and chin. 
 To the church's bless'd J^iblc he owed no obligation, 
 l)ut his Avhole heart agreed ^^'ith the l^aptist translation, 
 'I'o him the old Bible aj^peared mouldy and dam]), 
 And confessed to be churchly by old Doctor Cramp. 
 ]^aptise meant to dip ; so he found in this version : 
 No use of disputing, for the word meant immersion. 
 Although its reported Mr. Hutchinson was able, 
 To prove the good Doctor's immersion a fable : 
 And if Dr. Cramp could defend it no better, 
 He was certain that Spuigcon could answer the letter. 
 ' So since he was dipped he thought he might enter, 
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 And ^vandcred ^nth f'^^-^^ ^^ ^,,,aitlon, 
 
 You follo^vod -f 7f ^;;; ;a ,,th one silly cond.tron 
 
 ■Who received the We- '^J^ .vhat Baptists think rrght, 
 
 • rUat it teach no orre tang bv ^^^^.„^^,. 
 
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 And for this you -:-':rS^l^ y^. rest, 
 Yet since that ru Chrrst \^^ ^^^^^^ fo, the blest. 
 You may enter the «-— ^J^Ueforth forgot, 
 Your delusion and error .^. ^ .^ ^^^^^.^^^^ . ^ ^^^,. 
 
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 But the prayers of the church he never woukl say. 
 
 Pious ijob told him phiinly to depend on his word 
 
 That his prayers were far })etter than thai one of tlie Lord ; 
 
 He prayed for the people, what more did they want, 
 
 What right had they all to unite in a chant. 
 
 The robes of his righteousness he did cast away, 
 
 And for those of the Saviour he always did pray ; 
 
 He v/as one of the happy elect he knew well, 
 
 And as such he feared not the powers of hell, 
 
 Once ixi grace always there was the faith of the word 
 
 Which he thought would secure him the smile of the Lord, 
 
 The same one that admitted the others on high 
 
 Admitted the Puritan up in the sky, 
 
 Because he his interest in Jesus confessed 
 
 He was therefore admitted to join with tlie blest. 
 
 But he found not in heaven his peculiar lays. 
 
 For the whole host above all united in praise ; 
 
 Not one looker on in that region was found, 
 
 And his Puritan worship was proved quite unsound, 
 
 The robes and responses left his sect in the lurch 
 
 And proved that in heaven there was nothing but church. 
 
 The Methodist, Quaker, and others less witted, 
 iThrough Christ the lledeemer were freely admitted ; 
 Their scliisms all exposed and consumed in the fire, 
 But their souls were made pure by the blood of Messiah, 
 Their scliism itic sins now appeared in true light, 
 And the Priests up in glory arrayed all in white ; 
 No disorderly groaning, nor moaning nor ranting. 
 For ten thousand millions were engaged there in chanting. 
 Tlie notes of rich music in fullness were heard, 
 Alid the itijgcls responded the praise of the Lord ; 
 
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 And angelic voices respond with Amen. 
 I awoke from my vision determined to be 
 A Scriptural Churchman, with him to agree, 
 Until strife and contention, and schism shall cease, 
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