Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR MARIE. [ARTICLE]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR MARIE.

See beyond the Golden 'Portals Basking in the glorious rays Of eternal joy and sunshine, Our Marie dear, meets our gaze. She’s now feasting at the .table Of her Savior and her God; This, because she gave Him shelter Whilst upon the earth she trod. Now she laves at coolfng fountains There beneath the silvery spray, Now in flowery meadows rambles Where white virgin lilies sway. Again we see her all __ At her blessed Savior’s feet Where with Mary and St. Joseph He does now pur Marie greet. But will this her joy last ever, Or be transient as the dew Which now sparkles in the sunshine, But soon disappears from view? No, her morn has now no evening, Her sweet transports no alloy ; For in heaven sorrow ceases; There is pure and endless joy. —Loving and sympathizing Friends.