The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-09
Written for the True Northorner.
THE LN'y:9LfD.

Affectionately inscribed TO Mrs. Eli Lyon, De-
catur, Mich,
Finished are the tasks--all the fe-work done
That idle lie the hands so busy once ?
Nay, nay, not yet may Deaths ice fetter them
Not yet the ruby stream may stay that nows
Along the veins, aud warns the kindly hear
Which beats responsive to the throb OF loveS
In kindred natures; and upholds their faith
In the unchanging pity of that One
Who chastens but to cheer.
No Ichabod
May vet be written on the well-flled scroll
Recording acts OF self rorgetfulness,
And shrinking charity which hid apart
From public ways and corners, where meH stare
And shout applause.
mission higher far
Than any other earthly sphere can bring,
II gwen to the stricken one, w..o waits
In trusting patience on the Fathers time
Aud with submission meek, kisses the rod
His great omnisclent hand in mercy lifte.
The cares OF time are ely Delilahs al,
And furnish new cords SIMPSONS strength
Alone can break.
Those bind us slave to earth,
Nor grant us space to feed the starving soul
Then comes the veto from the loving Power
Who watches over all HIS creatures veal;
A check effective yet with kindness blent--
Kindness that leaves the mind untouched and
free;
Thus offering q respite, grand and true,
From sordid toll.
Then real life begins.
And lite vast work lies ready to take up.
The still and humble spirit now looks cut
From tender softened eyes, to cheer lov'd ones
Whose hearts arc bowed and heavy with their
grief.
And brayely it supports, and lifts them w;
And teaches them whence comes 6 mora,
strength
That grandly dominates times blacklist III;
And bears the soul on tireless pinions far
Into the realm Of Truth above the flesh
petlenoe born of pain now Crews, and thriyes
On this enforced inertia, till it takes
The form Of holy calm, and breaches well
The gospel of submission; though no voice
has this apostle for the outward ear,
But sweet and silent as the breath a rose
Sends out upon summer night, 1t steals
Athwart the mental horizon that bends
Around the couch Of heightened suffering,
Pity and Charity. twin sisters fair,
The offspring Of Affection, hover near
And pour gentle chrism OF the heart,
(By Christening subdued) that soothes and healc.
And makes it KIN to oil the human race.
A precious privilege 1t is to serve,
And minister to one beloved and neal;
Whom fell Disease has touched, yet spared
while
TO gladden. us with love-light from the eyes
Dropping and sunken meath the pallid brow,
Where yet the marble seal has not been set.
Which shuts them from our hungry gaze tor
aye!
How thrilling is the touch OF fevered hands
Which never more NAV ply their wonted tasks,
Though quick to meet and own the clasp OF
love
What eloquent and SAVING homilies
or faith ana hopefulness, are briefly read
| In the soft kiss Of sorrow-hallowed lips
Oh! We who by disease are laid aside
From active life, yet left the boon OF sense,
Deem not your days an idle waste, and vain,
While loving hearts may profit by your help
And progress toward the better land be made
By the sad minstration OF your pain.
No flush of agony, no pallor white
Fits DER your cherished face, but does the worl
OF an Evangel
You may never know
While here, low patiently the voiceless i'll
Has preached the peace of resignation full;
And guided tear-wet eyee to the bright bow
OF promise, arching over earth's despair:
But in the harvest-home. when you shall come
Bearing your sheaves with joy, some, you me!
ind,
Bound with the lash that soreiy scourged on
earth
HAMILTON, January, 1877.
j.. Atheriy, Esq, citizen OF Van Bure'
county, is now calling upon the people for tn
purpose Of giving them an opportunity OF pro
curing the Oficial History Of the Centennia
Exhibition, with full description Of the gres
buildings and al the objects OF interest tbs
were IN them by james ID. McCabe. Embe'
lished with over 800 fine engravngs This worl