Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1859 — TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY [ARTICLE]

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY

J [For the Rensselaer Gazette.

| OF WILLIE 11. 1). Weep not, parents, for thy babe, Thy dear and gentle boy, Shed not the Ibnely, silent tear, i Since deatli.lbrings naught but joy. ’ ”Tis hard to part with those we love, Fat icr, mother, sister, brother, dear, ( Yet, if they dwell with God above, ; Why should we death’s angel fear i A flower, too frail on earth to bloom, 5 Thy Willie darling seemed to be; ■ The casket rests beneath the tomb—i The spirit dwells, oh! God, with thee. I The little song}—the gentle plays, j On earth we ne’er again shall hear, ■ Thejoyous laugh, the winning Ways, I No more on-!saddened hearts will cheer. JNVillic, sister Rosa now shall see, ’’ Within the holy realms above; <From sin and dieath they both arc free, i And shout tile songs of Heavenly lore. ■‘.‘Liiilc- Rosa’s irone to Heaven,” he said, I 1 n childish accents sweet, (•‘She ‘way above the high, blue sky, . " And 1 will s 1: her when I die.” J Yes, fond par -', ts, thy Willie rests; i rhit'shed> net sorrow's tear; t , .midst thou c ill him Irani the blest ■ if e /if ii mortals here ? J v. , r : t > and 11 -aven thine, ll' . : .g ■;■■■. 1..;i ii.icd to life, | V'. . .a tai -lit ’.'-.1111 r. sin pud fill. I .' . . . ■ c.is .-jour of s icred o.riet A noth.T soul to iieaveu is borne, i Yet. trust in Hi n, the holy *)m-:' • fill earth we :ll 11) list :: jon rn. iTri is, afflictioi s, cares below, i The God Alwisc has given, ♦And when we triumph o'er them all, ; i tur souls He takes to Heaven. (Many will miss thy da ■ ing one. I Dear Willi.', oved so wed, Jl'.ut. should we grieve licit lie-lias, go m■. . Where peace mil joys torevr dw pay, weep not ’or til o i.’.Wi > lie i i i.i ’.s. i To tie tn, d .h h's tin s!i ;g. ißutletit bring t’mein-.ir tny hmm'. ! Tiiv God,lth\ Saviour ami t.iv hi ig. V • 1 ’. Ai E. S.