Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
Harris Darling.

As mother ever .lsd,
The form, the features, the expression
Were all to be admired,
Were all to be desired,
The beauty too Q! health was his possess'Sa.
An air Of honest truth
The finest thing in youth,
Or in ase-was eyeTmor about hltn.
When he gavo ven his word,
As soon as Il Was hear ri,
You know there was no need 10 DOUBT bin.
A worker toc was bo;
In this tioy all agree,
" no ever saw him work, or ever knew aim.
And we have heard them say,
Who saw him every dagt
That few eould match, and ncNe! cue, eut-do him.
Skillful ,eo-exart
ThsyS say he vas, IN fact.
The men all praise his way Of working.
They called hin tpithfhl toe;
To his employers true.
Never one suspected him OF sntrklng.
lie had a generous hear.
Ready WAS 70 part,
With anything he had, to help another
Glad to give or 'taI,
lie was u generous friend.
His sisters know lie Mas q generous brother
And when. the other dr.,
The brave lad Nrut aw,.@,
We fcI; q pang Of more than common sorrow,
And ii SEEMED the very ligh5
OF the sun was not SO bright,
As it rose upon our village IN the morro~!
We copldn't II We would
Bat wouldn't If We could
Bsfur, Us spread what fault 70 had and falling
70! know them a. We might
To heip ustn the right
Such knowledge, would DO worse than %unayNil-
ms.
Faults, no doubt hs had
AIMS It's very sai
To know thtL 50 have We. as We bcmoan him.
Be sc that have 10 sin
The First then TO begin
To judi; e him, 10 condemn him and to stone him.
"But where did he GO a"
The reader wants to know,
lie has gone, whence there i no returning.
But chcrs. tell US tchtrt!'
Is still the readers prayer.
To hel'-so they think-'the place OF burning
And how can tity tell
That Harris Went to hCll?"
Softly, reader; don't be disconnected.
They do not WtSh he did.
But truth must not he hid:
And he dad X he had never been converted.
And he never was" they say,
because he wouldn't pray
And wot lin't go to church and make profession
b II turned WAY from all,
no on the master call,
To go wit those deltghtlAs in trAn'gression.'
An are you not agreed.
Ia thls simple creed
Repent ani be forgiven mere or %tIfrtr'
lis orthodox, YOU know,
In pew ard pulpit; so,
If he rcpentod net he lost forever.
b perhaps h. did consent
To he wise and did repent,
Vixen too far away for us to know IT,"
Perhaps but more and more
| think lac itd, before,
And | have had ID dream that seems to show t.
In q lone quiet place,
The boy WAS tlpp to tprn
With his lite-so | dreamcd-Hnd he was "A "jls
Alas: my whol" life Icing,
] have been gong wrong:
. help mt, Lord if thou canst hear my play as.
Thou knowcst / arc tried
TO mend my ways, and crIei
Win very shame and pain for nil my sirnlns.
But all my efforts tagI;
Ms shame does rot avail,
To got HE any further than beginning.
Thy servants give no Md
For they grC all atrhih,
Even Wnnn | tell them | ain trying
10 do To bcs, | can
And pc E righteous luaa,
That ! am only knocking, only lying.
0GoI il thou art s1od,
Is have understood,
20 help M that / mny not i'll keep falling
Aud let me somn- ~ staD!
All saTe, on t'ty right hand.
Would no. | help i wretch thus on mo calling
know lis oGea said,
Aui | have often read,
Thatthou from aut my Wonderous home above Us
Thy tcst Beloved didst sen
To show thvsclt . friend
To such As |, and prove THAI thou dost love US.
BltI an almost blind
With SHINING, amt my mind
Has grown so da2., o Col: l cannot see il.
BIT Il thon lowest me.
NJ Father; make Inc seq
And shall loTo thee cserlaore. - DO II.
Then saw I-,o it seemed.
As stu ! slept nnd dream cd
L shining Onr draw near, rs he "cNsHd speaking
Who SAID with sweetest voice
NY urpthcr ! rejoice
We've found you, WHOM 50 long We nave been
seeking.
You've rightly understood
ThGt tod is very good
lie loves YOU and win help yu,t, me poor krg:asr.
Il he caunot save YOU here.
In this world Of sin and fear,
He will send as TO take YOU 20 a..Olhor."
Iawokc-,t was n dream;
But sill II wouldn't seem
To be thr play OF mere imagination.
80 | waited day by 1ay.
EApcctlpg, IN some way,
10 IND the good, lho true INTERPRETATION.
uc2mc-I have i now
Ineoi not tell yuu how
and it gave me mighty comforf for my .adness;
For I says, The Master sent
For Harris, nIi he went
With the shining ones, to safety aad to gla4no+7,
think that up there
l. m end Of Harry care;
They n7e merry making over the newcomer,
Ani the blessed angels words,
Like song Of JOYOUS birds,
Turns VAC g'NteT Of my sorrow int, seminar