Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-10-20
STEpHERD DSTOWE JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, SA


to mouldeI away, and. would never again
be seen OF lhem A; never again were Ihey
TO hear The voice once SO musical, never
again was he 10 ming le with the living,
while the worlds wild chimes would suli
be ringing on and feelings OF snBoca'
ZION, and tears that scalded the checks OF
those who wepi, and a weight OF some
thing at the heart. that had swollen, and
swollen. until it had grown too big for
uuersnce, would, in spite Of all efforts TO
euppgess them, rise up like unbldden
.peclres. and like streams overcbsrged,
break through all boundaries.
Law him in the earth Ashes to ash
es How strange DIES ihe old fashioned
doom sound to us, although i. be SO COM
mon. But OH face SO beaaiful-chiId
once so beIovcd-lel rs. ere The earth
eIod shall be Urown upon thy breast
ere the sltme of mold shall mar the out.
hnes OF Thy fair young face, gaze once
again, and for the last time, upon thee !!
TIE smile ye, fingers. and the faCe-oh J!
how suDken and pale Thy litle hands
are crossed as if in prayer, and HE flow
ers, wilhering upon thy bosom, are still
SWEET, though lasl assuming mortality s
decay. III look no more lest the sighi
should make me mad HIS face Is shut
in forever Law him in the earlh-leave
him with his God Ny poor dead boy
So the boys cholar, in his green and
innocent youth. with all his high ana
lofty hopes Of glorious fame and high
renown 10 the days TO come, had passed
as q shadow from hence, and gone TO his
burial. and was hidden away from The
sight Of moTlals, and from the hight OF The
sun. in his gloomy chamber. dark, deep
and cold, down among the dead men, and
was 10 mouder there until the day III
which he should be called to rise from
his sleep of earth, snd be summoned
with the grea, multitude TO appear before
the bar of God al ,be final judgment.
Wipe away thy tears. wnEul mother
the child, for whom thou mad S. maFked
TN, IN the ovefnowings Of Thy hearts mos
lid imao,r,nos so b,iuhl and sunny a
(u,u,e-npon nbose brows thou had st al.
eadv bound, perhaps. the wrea.hs nf glo
rv-whom, Il NAV be-, ihon bads't already
ul 4ced upon the hughes, round ii the lad.
der of Fame-lhe pride Of the Unl.erslly
for h,s was NO common mind-upor
~ hose head ,hou ha3s', asked so many
So many tears. is no
dead. hu, ONLY gone to mix with The an
coils a,ound lie Throue e. after some
Seasons Won will he i,ln.d 10 him again,
and Won v,lI see him. no, az you kne "
hiu ,o.,,h bu, nh so CHANGED 10 the
i,,o.oao IS c,,A br;,l, so .od.liL
90 beautiful And then there wiki be nc
no,o ,or,;r,s-no more wcepino-no
moro so,rows .nch as wring blood from
on, ,he be.1,s o( ,be earth born. The
S,; ,ho l,yod h;n so much. and
wbo offered himself az al obla,ion on
r.lu,v w;ll ba nm, Sayinur-his home
will no inv home-his God will be thu
Cod With ,hv child thou wilt shoul
p,,;ses of .dora,iou 10 the great Mediator
" no boueh, with his hfe's blood The Clio.
rious privileges thou wilt enjoy. and Join
in the Derpe,uaI hvmn of those no have
psssed through much lrlbulstion, through.
out The DAYS OF measureless and limilless
Eternity
Oh, wha, meeting ! You Will no no
more remember the tears which were
shed by those who stood around the
death bed Of your poor boy. lie VIII be