An old inscription carved on the back of a pew fooled the congregation for many years.

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An old inscription carved on the back of a pew fooled the congregation
for many years.  Can you explain it?

PRSVRYPRFCTMN
VRKPTHSPRCPTSTN

-- john allen <etljhan@etlxd30.ericsson.se>

How about (spoiler):

PeRSeVeRe, Ye PeRFeCT MeN
eVeR KeeP THeSe PReCePTS TeN

?

-- Tom Magliery <mag@cs.uiuc.edu>