The Preacher's Mistake

“The parish priest Of austerity Climbed up in a high church steeple, To be nearer God, So that he might hand His word down to the people.

“And in sermon script He daily wrote What he thought was sent from heaven; And he dropped it down On the people’s heads Two times one day in seven.

“In his age God said, ‘Come down and die;’ And he cried out from the steeple, ‘Where art Thou, Lord?’ And the Lord replied, ‘Down here among my people.’ ”