Will bring us into heaven mighty slow!”
“Hush up, Jerushee, else you’ll make us late;
Gelong thar, Moses—strike yer winnin’ gait!
God gave him speed and now’s his time to show it;
If that’s a sin, I never want to know it.”
A loving wife to acquiescence used,
Jerusha soon begins to get enthused.
Said she: “Don’t leave the church folk disappointed,
Nor let the ungodly beat the Lord’s anointed!”
“You’re right, Jerushee, thar yer head is level,