“Peace upon earth!” was said. We sing it
And pay a million priests to bring it.
After two thousand years of mass
We've got as far as poison-gas.
Hardy lashes out not only at the concept of paying priests (for a long time, the priesthood was a very well paid and desirable profession), but also how ineffective they are. 
 
 If they cannot spread Christ’s ideas of peace and love, and produce practical benefits from them, what’s the point?
Christmas: 1924