Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1915 — Loving Tribute to the Memory of Our Dear Madie. [ARTICLE]

Loving Tribute to the Memory of Our Dear Madie.

Behold the friends I left are weeping. Shedding tears of love ‘and grief; Tears of sorrow and affection, Tribute to a life so brief. See my kind and loving mother, Grieving for her Madie dear; Who was taken from her bosom, Ah, my mother, dry that tear. Yes, I know that you have loved me As a mother only could, You have sacrificed your comfort — Wpuld have shed your very blood Hgd it ever been demanded For my pleasure here on earth; For you never seemed to tire Or to lobk upon the jyorth Of your own life so much needed By the dear ones still at home, By your dear old helpless mother Till the Master bids her come. Yes, I know you’ll miss me sadly, When you gather ’round the hearth, For my will stand there vacant — Never more be filled on earth. Happy hours we’ve spent together. Hours of love and peace and joy, In a bond of love united Which e’en death can ne’er destroy.

But, ah, hearken, oh my loved ones, ’Though my work was just begun; The Master called: ’’Child, cease tby labors.” I replied: “Thy will be done.” While on earth mid pain and sorrow, I e’er tried to be resigned; Should 1 now refuse the bidding Of a Father good and kind? But my spirit will e’er hover Near the dear ones that I love. Till we meet no more to sever. Yes, we hope, In heaven above. You will now heed all my counsels, Given with my latest breath; Keep your promise to dear Madie, Keep them faithful unto death. And remember,, oh my loved ones, That I promised e’er to pray, For my pastor dear and teachers, •Be they near or far away; For my mother and dear grandma, For my darling sisters true. For my brothers, aunts and And my loved companions, to*. All I ask is this mementq, j As a loving last request; g That you daily say, “My Jesus’ Grant her soul Eternal Rest.”