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The Obituary of a Rural Minister Gone to his Lord and Saviour
The evil that men do lives after them
-Julius Caesar III.iii.80-81
The eulogist speaks of the childhood roots
Of a preacher into poverty born
Amusing stories of the Good Ol’ Days
And of the hometown girl he came to love
The eulogist speaks of the ministry
To which the preacher and his wife were called
Their souls twinned in service to God and man
And of the catalogue of sinners saved
The eulogist speaks of the preacher’s soul -
But not of that dear family’s home he stole
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