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A Parable From Liebig

By Charles Kingsley

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The church bells were ringing, the devil sat singing          On the stump of a rotting old tree;     'Oh faith it grows cold, and the creeds they grow old,          And the world is nigh ready for me.'     The bells went on ringing, a spirit came singing,          And smiled as he crumbled the tree;     'Yon wood does but perish new seedlings to cherish,          And the world is too live yet for thee.'     Eversley, 1848.

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Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) was an English novelist, historian, and poet whose poem "The Three Fishers" and children's book "The Water-Babies" are Victorian classics. He was also a social reformer and advocate for "Christian Socialism."

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