And, when by thee he shall be judged,
Let him remembered be;
And let his prayer be turned to sin
When he shall call on thee.
Few be his days; and in his room
His charge another take;
His children let be fatherless;
His wife a widow make:
Let God his father's wickedness
Still to remembrance call;
And never let his mother's sin
Be blotted out at all.
As he in cursing pleasure took
So let it to him fall;
As he delighted not to bless,
So bless him not at all.
As cursing he like clothes put on,
Into his bowels so,
Like water, and into his bones
Like oil, down let it go.
Young Wringhim only knew the full purport of this spiritual
song; and went to his bed better satisfied than ever that his father
and brother were castaways, reprobates, aliens from the Church
and the true faith, and cursed in time and eternity.
The next day George and his companions met as usual--all who
were not seriously wounded of them. But, as they strolled about
the city, the rancorous eye and the finger of scorn was pointed
against them. None of them was at first aware of the reason; but it
threw a damp over their spirits and enjoyments, which they could
not master.
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