43. XLIII.
GIVES THANKS.
Church uv the Noo Dispensashun, }
May the 4th, 1864.
To the Fatheful: The recent victrys acheevd by our
frends in the South is worthy uv speshel thanksgivin. I
therefore direct that the follerin sam shel be chantid in evry
church on the last Sundy in May:
A SAM UV PRAISE!
I wuz cast down and trodden under foot.
Becoz the wicked wuz exalted, and the saints wuz umbled.
Becoz the people worshipt Linkin and spat upon Vallandigum;
becoz they trustid Chase, and woodent hev nothin to do with
Fernandywood at no price.
Becoz the hosts uv Linkin prevailed over the hosts uv Jeff.
Therefore my mind wuz troubled, and my sole wuz constipated.
And I cast ashes upon my head, and bewailed, sayin:
Wo is me.
Linkin will agin sit in high places — him and his servance —
and we shel hunt our holes.
Ther shel be uv apointments and places uv profit a thousand
and ten-skore, but for us nary wun.
Our enemies shel hev post-orifises and shel be clothed in
goodly raiment, while we shel hev to dig or beg.
Our food shel be sorrer, and our whisky shel be made weak
with our own tears.
Thus wept we.
But our sorrer wuz turnd to joy and our wailings to gladnis.
For Forrest hath smote the niggers at Fort Pillow, and spared
not one.
And Dick Taylor hez whipt Banks at Red River.
And Hoke hez tooken Plymouth, and slayed the defenders
thereof.
And Lee, him who aforetime spiled Micklellan, and Burnside,
and Hooker, shel chaw up Grant; yea, he will bust him.
And he shel take Washinton; and Linkin, and Chase, and
Seward shel be hung upon a gallus forty kubits.
Then shel the faithful hev ther rewards, and be happy for
keeps.
For niggers shel be plenty, and evry wun shel hev uv them
men-servants and maid-servants, and home-made servants, and
conkebines.
And the rivers shel be whisky, and the banks thereof sugar,
and the faithful shel drink their fill.
And I shel borrer no more; for, lo! I shel revel upon the
spoils uv the Abolish.
And my nose shel shine ez the fire, and my face shel glisten
with fatnis.
Sing a new song, O my people, for uv late did ye sing small!
Make a joyful noise, for yer enemies shel be put under yer
feet, and you shel hev post-orifises.
Note to the Pastors. — Ef Grant whips Lee, make a fast
uv the day, and omit the last half uv the sam.
Petroleum V. Nasby,
Paster uv sed Church, in charge.
