Some go to Church just for the walk,
Some go to stare, and laugh
and talk.
Some go there to meet a friend.
Some their idle time to
spend.
Some for general observation.
Some to seek or find a
lover,
Some a courtship to discover.
Some go there to use their eyes, and
newest fashions criticise,
Some to show their own new dress,
Some their
neighbours to assess.
Some to gossip, false and true, safe within the
sheltering pew,
Some the vicar to fawn.
Some to lounge, some to
yawn.
Some because it's thought genteel,
Some to vaunt their pious
zeal.
Some to show how sweet they sing,
Some how loud their voices
ring.
Some the preacher go to hear, his voice, his style, to praise or
cheer.
Some forgiveness to implore,
Some their sins to varnish
o'er,
Some to sit and doze, and nod.
Some to kneel and worship
God.
written by Jim Dunster
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