Ole Anthony Edward was born again one day.
Embracing gospel teachings, he gave his things away.
Like whiskey, which he still drank, he liked religion straight,
and sought corrupted preachers to gleefully eviscerate.
His mission, as he saw it, became a great crusade --
to bring to light the hypocrites who sought financial aid
by preaching on the airwaves and asking for donations --
which they used for prodigal big ol' mansions and vacations.
Investigating bank accounts and digging through the trash
of television preachers he found how they spent the cash
that widows sent in envelopes in hopes of intercession
for their sins and trials (with many a trite confession.)
He aimed the spotlight on the lives of many famous clerics,
showing their hypocrisy and causing them hysterics.
But now his earthly time is done, and he's gone back to God --
I wonder if in heaven he still searches for some fraud?
(From an obituary in the New York Times by Clay Risen.)
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