The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-28
In Memory of MY Mother,

MRS. PHEBE GREENLEAF BEAUMONT
who died at her praire home, on the san
Antonio river, near Goliad, Texas, ON the
Goth day of October, 1851, and nliectionntely
dedicated TO my father, sisters and brothers
on beautiful spirit now dwelling In bsss,
NV mothers sweet spirit the angels now KISS
All! know thou art one of the ialrest there,
For such were you here In this sad world oil
care
Oh beautiful spirit! my dear mother still
Oh ! list 10 thy child yet In this life OF Ill,
And nearer 10 night, draw the nearerto me
Let me feel thy bright presence cannot now
seel
Let's gently in feeling, In silence commune,
And Memory's Tyre let us sweetly resume;
And sing to Its music of those we love best,
some of whom can see some with thee do
rest.
All many long years have since come and
since thy body was laid meath the prairie
But often, in spirit, I've sat meath that tree,
In memory re-painting my picture OF thee,
For fear that Times changes thy image
As other than this in my soul have not;
BESIDES, darling mother, LIES troubles, you
Make children of men, and to mother they
go.
My mother, so pure, when the tempters
allure,
Is Il your gentle whispering voice hear?
Are you the kind guardian I've oft turned to
see,
III voice, so familiar 1t sounded to me"
fain would believe 1t none other than you,
My guardian angel, my mother SO true
Tie fancy-'tis thy gentle voice and SAD
smile
Has often and often restrained me from guile.
Yes, many long years have since come and
then gone
Since thy body we laid meath the prairie
So many, dear mother, have since passed
away, 49,
.hy children remaining are all Hinged with
gray.
And fathers and mothers we each have be-
come,
Aye, many II little one is new In our room {;
But mother dear mother, you surely know
this,
For some OF our darlingS are WIN lnee III
bliss.
And oh It's a solacs t, feel and believe
That thou knoweth them there. ana that
they receive
Thy tenderest care. IT'S such consolation
To us, who remain in lifes tribulation.
My mothers true spirit! All now do feel
It's bright presence tonight! ltS mem RES
reveal
Remembrance of times--hid treasures Of
thought
Childish pages of life-all, almost forgot
Yes, now do feel IL as felt when n child,
Receiving hei gentle Instructions, so mild,
She, fondly the WHILE dandling my curly
hair
ASH, at her feet, sat in my little chair.
1t seems l can now almost hear her sweet
voice,
Singing one of those hymns that, in life, were
her choice.
Sweet music now all through my soul how
il rings,
Like faint gentle strains of AIolian strings.
1 meier can forget the impressions she made;
80 long as Pm living they never VIII fade;
Ave, daily in life its the bright polar star
That points me the way DER life ocean alar.
And rs magnet to steel, may ever feel
Her sweet influence here, increasingly zeal,
Aye, steadily drawing me nearer TO her,
Till LIES sea Is passed-I'Jn safe on Heavens
Shore
But, dear, darling mother, in this life of pain,
| ask, nor wish not to meet thee again
Here, only in feeling, I'll sweetly commune,
1t leadeth me nearer to thee and thy nome.
MY mother, so dear, now an angel of light.
Now singing to God with the "saints clothed
in whte"-
There's many a loved one with thee in that
Uniting their voices with thee in tn song,
But many, dear mother, are still here to-day,
Awaiting the summons TO call Them away
Some crippled by age and full OF lies years,
But firm, trusting Jesus, are free from all
fears.
Their harvest is ripe. their treasures in
Heaven,
And soon will the bonds that now bind them
be riv'n;
On them viii bright resurrection soon
dawn,
In the bright "better land" they II soon be
reborn.
But many a more, darling mother, are here
Tn children thy children would iaithiully
rear
AS thou didst thine own. They're now large
throng,
And oh may they also unite in thy song.
We pray thy sweet influence may reach unto
them, 49,, ,
And unto their children, till women and
men, . A., >,
Fen as the promise, "to fourth generation,
Till all, all do meet thee in final salNation-
I'LL. - IA