Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1864-11-09
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For ira Beacon.
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On The deaM efhe RL Rcd JAMES Il. OTET,
late Bishop Of Tennessee.
Nh how sublime is death, when his cold dart
Pierceth the recess Of good maA's heart;
Now like to sleep the settled, calm rePose
Wbiob briDes to end Lile's conflicts and its
woes
How tair the face wh osC hneOmcnis portray,
How much benevolcnce may pass away
From this cold, world whenlqucnchcd theglow'
ing light,
That il the close-sealed eye. EhOnc warm and
bright,
All! blest the silence Of that voiceless tongue
IN which whole multitudes in rapture hung,
To learn Of Him whose sinless feet once trod
Earth's dsrkened paths ofpain to bliss and God.
How el oquent the mute pale lip whose words
Drew ycarning hearts US with strong binding
chords,
Whose ltryor led enguiring thought to stay,
Where peace alSue is tound-~in wisdoms way
Tbou man of God, thou prince Of israeIs King
why to thy sepulchrc rad thoughts we bring,
Why speak oftheo amid our tears as dead
Thoueh frozen earth-clods hide thy regal head !;
Have not the good place beyond all strife,
With Him, "thc resurrection and the lile,'
Whose service here exalted times brief dream
Aud gave thy tuncIul tongue, ennobling theme.
So strong in filth, SO gentle and so mild
. ! In meek simplicity little child,
, And in wisdom still the full grown man,
Leading the ,lmd with fathers hand
!, Who would not yield she all Of earthly fame
For that which hallows' now thy cherished
nameg
Who would not here their nObest gin employ
To taste with,thec the christian sheavenly JOY
= Oh well may lourcls deck the conquerors brow
As from The bood.stained field victorious now
r lie comes in triumph to accept the need
/, Far which ambition sighs ard heroes bleed
= What to his ear the stldlere empty name
ii history spcaks not through the trump 0
= fame,
Ard with TINT name links deeds of high re
n0wn.
( The ,yrant balIled and the shattered crown.
Q But not for thee such guerdon, thou who's
g hand
# But scattered blessings where it held command
/. Whose foes were ialsehOod, treaehcIy an
d wrong,
i The countless army that to sin belong
Whose warning weapons were not fire an
"a sword,
" But truth and justice strengthened by I'll
Word
= That Word whose promise proved at last no
- sweet,
"Liqht to thy rnth--a lamp unto thy feet
All, not for thee the glory which must live
Upon that lickle praise the world may give,
A noblcr heritage beyond the fhy
- A surer promise to thy dying eye
That fldeless crown; the Lambs approVH
II seal
~ Which moth nor rust corrupt nor thieves CT
" y, steal,
u The lows thnt die not with the failing breath
" The bliss that iriumphs oor hepangs OF deaf
nH
II. Thee moved each impulse Of thy brcathil
heart
And gave thee here on earth that 'bctter part
Which men call poor-whc others lived
fame
Thy highest glory WAS the christians name
And now while ambition madly tolls,
" For pcrshable praise and empty spoils,
IL Thy dcathlcss guerdon is liics victory won,
n The NJ astcr plaudit and his sweet, "irtH dom
9 Sleep in thy grave, oh form beloved how for
Soar deathless spirit to thy home beyond
I! Times restless cravings O'er-forever DER,
~ No cnres shall vex. no sorrows pain thee moi
w Though cold and dark the path our feet mt
'' tread,
IV' No cruel storm, thank God, may reach our de'
ca Though tears beseem bereaved Zion now
re- Ger all her foes ''n9rC haR eoEqaeror' thu
'cr GIN. j
3sDFsED CouNIY, VIRGINIA.
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