Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1879 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Wsep Not for Thy Dai ling. For I’ll li Bnion. Tho lon I giveth anil tho lyvnl takotli IIM Own nwnv when lfb WIIQ' Why shontd its mourn? « Wo nil ileslro life, and to keep it; yet Wo all mnstdlo! And, then, cnnsldoe Well tho sorrow that it brings, and behold Tho thorns which nil along Its pathway lie To mar its happiness, and rudely scar Tlio foot that tread therein to rigor years. This tender bud, so early snatched from lienro A-ua withered by death’s untimely frost, la not Fordvor dead. ‘Blit Onto fnll knit perfect Bloom sluil| yet attain. Jesus i)icd and in Tho grave was lain, yet ’ruse again, and thus (lave niifplo proof that death hath not power To hold us always. “I come,’’ our Snvlow Said, “that yo inav have life and have it more “Abundantly. l lie blessed the children. And samples lhade them of tlio saints He’d Have Th make His kingdom up when Hu ciimo back. Not, then, will lie abandon such to moulder Back to dust, no life to have again : lint. When themhchtv trump shall sound tlioslgnal OX Ills confiug. Crace the bonds of death shall Break, And rise with us. If she, then, shall ’scapu The mart's mil sifrrows that beset us hare Tiuuugh mortal life, what though she sl*t*p awhilo - Before we go asidlmu si go V M ors.hav Peace; her anguish less: iuit not n whit the f- Bess her Joy than ours in that bright age to Come. Tiie’u grieve ye not, frieuds, nor give yourselves To meditations sad; but rather take Consolation in this thought: How in tlio Purpose of Him wlio died that we might have That more abundant life to rotne sliu lives Eternally; for Him to purpose la To Btlllll; tins deathly sleep not long lienco Shall bo broken nml she'll come forth clothed with Life immortal; and yo with her, if so Yc keep bis law that yo may have a part In such a life; and, when ye there shall nicot Her in the throng redeem'd from every tongue, Kindred and tribe that have obeyed, 116 more Shall death separate, nor pain disturb, but Sweetly, on throughout the ceasoless ages Of unending time, ye inay enjoy the Bliss of her society, with nought to mar Or make afraid, deep intensified by Surroundings of only pure and holy InlluCueCd. So, when you o’er bor grave Shall weep, take comfort in the thought. And with Yotir tears of mortal sorrow shed, mingle Tears of joy for tho hope of that blessed Aud sure restoration. , A Sympathizing tiiiENb. January 25th, 1879.