A Puritan Seizes a Book of Satan

A Puritan Seizes a Book of Satan By Elton Camp In his church great evil does abound A wicked book the reverend has found It belonged to his church’s worst reprobate Such an evil tome the reverend does hate Lest the whole church risk the Divine ire, He is determined to throw it into the fire “Consuming fire doth purge sins away” Is one of the pious things he loves to say But its devilish origin he must truly ascertain So with him for a time, the book must remain So as the book he commences to carefully read His wildest fears he finds it doth far exceed That such words can appear on the printed page Throws the pastor into the most violent rage But what the outcome of the story will be The righteous puritan is quite eager to see There’s no doubt such filth must be destroyed But with his carnal nature the preacher has toyed And he continues to read with unbounded delight Though careful to do it only under cover of night