The Father is my hope. The Son is my refuge. The Holy Spirit is my protector. Glory to the holy and undivided Trinity, now and for ever. Let us praise the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ...

And a' the glory shall be thine, Amen, Amen! One of Burns's most scathing, and certainly his most famous attack on religious hypocrisy is the satire 'Holy Willie's Prayer'. Written in 1785 ...