O Lord, my God! that glib-tongu'd Aiken ... on religious hypocrisy is the satire 'Holy Willie's Prayer'. Written in 1785, the poem was inspired by William Fisher, an elder of Mauchline Kirk.

Jesus said not to pray in public. That we should go into a room and close the door and talk to God in private. The blessing turned out to be a poem. Joy Harjo’s "Remember." Our host read the ...