Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1915 — Loving Tribute to the Memory of Our Dear Madie. [ARTICLE]

L oving 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 Any 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 el mother only could, You have sacrificed your comfort— Would have shed your very blood Had it ever been demanded For my pleasure here on earth. For you never seemed to tire . Or to look the worth. 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, \\ hen you gather "round the hearth, For my chair 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 \\ Inch (■ en death can ne’er destroy.

fltj But, ah, hearken, oh my loved ones, ’Though my work was just begun; The Master called: ’•Child, cease thy labors.” I replied: be done.” While on earth mid pain and sorrow, “ . I e’er tried to be resigned; | ' Should I now refuse the bidding Of a Father.good and kind? But my spirit will e’er hover Near the ones that I love, Till we meet no more to sever, Ye«p we hope, in heaven above. You will now 1 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 uncles. And niy loved companions, too. All I ask is this memento, As a loving last request; That you daily say, “My Jesus, Grant her south Eternal Rest ” —The Young Ladies’ Sodality;