4 APRIL 1931, Page 16

THE CALL OF THE CHURCH [To the Editor of the

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I saw the following little poem in a paper many years ago, and kept it, as I thought it good. It was signed by I. Edgar Park :

" A SCOTCH BLESSING.

If after tho kirk you bide a woo, There's some wad like to speak to ye. If after kirk you rise and flee, We'll all seem cold and stiff to ye. ' Tho one that's in the scat wi' yo Is stranger here than you, maybe ; All here hae got their fears and cares ; Add you your soul unto our prayers ; Be you our angel unawares."