Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-05-05
Meet Ne in Heaven.

of the voice, or glance from tn,
eye, will remain fresh in the mem
ory? and how, when long years
with their accumulations of joys
and sorrows, shall have passed, Q
few words from the lips of the dy,
ing will lingeri in our ears, and even
be, as it were, the guardians of our
destiny? Wherever we may wan
der, amidst whatever scenes we
may mingle-be the circumstan-
ces which surround us what they
may, however truant we may prove
to the souls highest and dearest
interests, these little oracles will
force themselves upon and claim
our attention. We may have many
rubies in the casket Of memory
whose beauty and purity are sour
ces Of careless joy; but what heart
will not acknowledge this little
string Of pearls" Meet me in
Heayen'-to possess a superior TO
them all ? They may have come
from the cold lips of that sainted
being who watched ourinfant years,
and who first taught us to bend
our knee in humble prayer before
the Throne Of Grace, and ask that
God would deliver us from the
temptations Of the world that he
would give us strength in the fu-
ture to preserve untarnished the
integrity Of our hearts, and that,
when the fierce battle Of time shall
have been fought, we may be found
with the conquerors wreath upon
our brows. A darling sister may
have uttered them just before her
spirit winged its flight to the bet
ter shore; and while we think of
her many acts Of kindness-the
gently manner in which she would
reproye us for our faults, and how,
with fearful eyes, she would plead
with us to turn from the error of
our ways-do we not frequently
say to ourselves that we will en-,
deavor to lead q new life-try to
meet her? A father may have spo-
ken them, even while the last sand
was passing from the hour.glass of
existence, and though every tho't
associated with him recalls the
memory Of a stearnness which al
ways quelled the gushing forth Of
the young hears pure emotions,
still he was our father, and "Meet
me in Heaven as it family comes
from his lips, falls upon our hearts
with a peculiar mournfullness, and
bears away all unkindIy feelings
If we wonld harken more to
these little sad, but holy verbal
Of the past, and permit
hem to have their way, they would
.reate q well-spring Of happiness
within us, whose glad waters would
rot only give life and yigor to our
own enjoyment, but would also ex-
end their virtues to all around us. I
Oh ! yes, we should ever keep them
n our minds, AID constantly dwell 7
lpon the love that gave item utter
ince. They will prove sweet and
powerful counte.Nctants Of this !
worlds selfshness; they will pour
within our hearts a continual (
tream Of Christian sympathy for
ach Others mis'o,t lnes-a sym
,athy which will bless the giver as
much MS the receiver. And this is
Iot all L; they will fortify us amidst
he trials and sorrows Of life AMI
viii tell us, in pleasant to e3 Of
he good time that is coming, when
,ur hearts shall be no longer weary.
" Meet me in Heaven, We
hould never try to drive that little
tote from our ears-never strive
o raise its soothing influence from
,ur hearts we know not what a
moral power it may WELD; we
hould place it even as a beacon
ight upon the watch-tower Of our
learts, aud permit its glad beam to
'Xtend far out upon tie ocean Of 1
ife, and though we be tossed about I
~ rough gales, our way shall be |
made clear, And thus this little
,racIe will follow us until the pc {
iod shall come for us to journey
ence, and rs we turn our backs t
Ipon time, and our eyes toward t
ternity, if we will listen we will
ear the spirit voices Of the house
old band calling us up to their :
'wn beautiful home, while our ,
wn glad hearts can send the cheer I
no answer to them that we are !
oming-coming to "meet you in
leayen."
- The first entirely colored jury