Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-19
Lost.

Lost.
Her lips were chaste as sunless snow,
Her eyes were blue as Heaven.
All! me, she walks the streets in woe,
Her heart aSunder r1Ven;
For false Lord Harry came to WOO
Diana for his eden.
He soiled her eyes of heavenly blue
She's neither wife nor maiden.
Through mist and gloom
Down TO the tomb,
Afar from christian leaVen
She walks alone,
Her soul moan,
Hereyes up-lift 10 heaven.
In staid attire Lord Harry prays,
Within the village church.
his voice rings out in psalms OF praise.
He fingers at the porch,
As though he loved the very air,
Made fragrant by the breath of prayer.
But black his hands as midnight sin,
And fouler still his heart within.
His bride and scorn his wrftning lips.
In secret show souls eclipse.
Out in the pitiless snow,
Out in the driving rain,
Magdalen wanders to and fro,
Her heart an ache of pain,
Her fiute-lilxe voice wall, "A moan.
Her sunny face turned into stone.
30, drops of pity fall from heaven,
since earth refuses leaven."
Was that an angels voice
Rejoicing in the air?
Christ did say they do rejoice
Over penitent prayer.
Down to the gates of doom,
Lord Harry take your path,
Down to the midnight gloom,
Down to Satan'S wrath.
Scourge the coward through the world.
ScOrn and wrath AZ him be hurled,
Storm at him you friends of hell;
Mock and gibe and taunt and sheer,
Till he lies upon his bier,
Their his heart and soul convey,
Down to devils, who never pray.
Open wide your gates Of life,
Let freed soul flutter in;
Magdalen conquered in the strife.
Her soul is free from sin,
Her soul is white as sunless snow,
Christ wore crown upon his brow.
Submission.
, God, lay this weary face
These palsied lips, as cold as stone,
Upon Thy peaceful breast, and say,
With closed eyes, '''fhy will be done"
} King bring this wounded sdllI,
Dragged DER the walls and through the
And make it meexly kneeI to thee
'Tis Thine-O seal it with Thy name.
D Lord, cast this sinful heart,
Aching and lost and dark within,
Down at the foot of Thy sweet Gross
Thy blood shall cleanse 1t from all sin.
The Burial of wicked People.
EDITORS APPEAL-With a view to
contrast the conduct of the Episcopal
rector of the 'fLittle Church around the
Corner'' in New York." and that of the
rector of our Calvary and our st. Laza-
rus churches, all three of whom have
never hesitated to bury with the solemn
- tIa.r al,rfral, hot
in life as wicked people, l enclose the
from the New York EUeai1lg
Post. and ask its insertion. As a citizen
Of Memphis, and one differing from
Doctors White and Wheat in mon
l am proud that they have
done their duty after the manner Of
Him who said: ''He that is without sin,
let him cast the first stone"
''The poor girl shot to death in Neil
son Place, a day or two ago, by her I'M
Gle, was buried yesterday. The reports
all agree in saying that it was with diff
Guilty that clergyman could be obtained
to conduct the simple exercises, those
applied to at first, belong
ing to different denominations, eXcus-
ing themselves for one reason or anOth
er. Whether any Roman Catholic
priest was asked to Officiate or not, We
do not know, but if the facts are report
ed correctly, we should presume not.
Rev. John J. BrOwner, of the North
Baptist Church, was finally asked to
take charge, and did so. When rich
and what we msy call respectable sim
ners die there is no trouble in obtaining
TO read and pray and perform
the other duties attending Christian
burial; but when pool. and 'disreputable'
sinners die, preachers find reasons as
plenty as blackbeTries for refusing to
perform the customary rites in their be-
1alf. This is a fair illustration of human
nature, whatever it may be of Christian
nature, and the clergy may thank God
hat they are like other men. This
young woman, for example, violated
10Th the laws Of God and man, and al
,hOugh society looks with degree of
on one who simply breaks
he Divine laws, it never extends for
yiveness to one who persisteBtiy tramp
es upon its own regulations OF course,
society in this acts partly in
Social misdemeanors
must be made terrible by the
severity of the penalties inflicted for
heir commission, else practical law
essness would again appear and our
antilles would be left open 20 the worst
Influences. But society has nothing to
ear from dead person, and it is pre-
sumption for us TO attempt to infiiet
after death. The clergy,
however, are independent of the social
;ode in this respect, that mo odium al.