THE UNIVERSALIST'S REFRAIN.
By E. P. B.
Pharaoh, with all his numerous hosts,
Had wondrous honors given;
A watery grave did them all save,
When earthly ties were riven. The guilty Sodomites, likewise,
When God bade Lot retire,
Although unwise, to paradise
They sailed on wings of fire. Also, the wicked Canaanites
To Joshua’s sword were given;
The sun stood still that he might kill,
And pack them off to heaven. God saw these wretches were too bad
To own that fruitful land;
He took them all, both great and small,
To dwell at His right hand. The wicked living at the flood
Were punished with the rod;
That night so dark they missed the ark,
And went straight up to God. The wicked man has his own plan
To live out half his days,
Resign his breath and go at death
A heavenly song to raise. So Judas, that unworthy wretch!
Was not for crimes accursed;
He, by a cord, outwent his Lord,
And got to heaven first!