The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-06-21
A SOUVENIR.

some near our cal across Lle ocean ueepg
And send message full Of truest love
For Memory to her trust must always keep
Alive this spark divine-'tIs from above!
Some Iightsome forms Of maidens, fair and young
Have changed to matrons staid, with wifely ways
While gleefuI voices, IuIlabies have sung,
/ And homes unbroken crown such royal days.
| Oh, God we think thee, that amid lffe's gloom,
There comes this brightness from such perfect
homes
/ Help each, who sees in view an open tomb,
To wait thy welcome, "child, now come home p
And while to each greeting warm we send,
Our hearts most fondly turn to those whose care
| And kindly deeds, must ever clearly blend
With aught Of good that we've mpIished here
Dear DR.. MATTHEWS! may thy lessons, given
/ In faith and loves abiding, fervent prayer,
Aided by that pure saint, so safe in Heaven,
Guide our fraiI barks into her haven there
The links are breaking in our household bands,
But thou wilt safely cross the narrow stream;
To clasp once more those meekly folded hands,
Thy step renewed-thine eye with vigOr gleam.
And, midst our schoolgirls pictures fresh and
bright,
Unchanged, through lapse Of busted, hceting
years,
Miss GEAND-GIRARD viii CLEAN in purest light,
A beacon on path oft dark with tears. D
What worth to crown our perfect, spotless dead,
So safe from need of earthly praise or blame,
If we forget her, ever at our head,
Whose cultured impress on our lives remain2
We may not know what simple word or deed ~
Shall bring the peace on eartI, goodwill to
men,"
But each may plant, in sacred soil, such seed
As cen ga hundred fold" be counted then.
We'd not forget, amid these garlsuds, vove
To worth and patient toll in College past,
Our friend and Teacher, Mrs. KERR, whose love -
Was changeless, and a solace to the last, -
Her youthful days clouded with trial sore, 4-r
God let the sunlight in, as years went by;
Mid useful works she ripened more and more,
Now, counting jewels won, she dweHs on high.
The words recorded by her loving hand,
Among our cherished autographs we claim
'The Lord watch between thee and me, my friend,
While absent for awhile We must remain"
Yes, only "for awhie!" Lies wheels so iwift
revolve,
Each moment nearer brings the gIadson1e Hodr,
When all the mysteries of death wen solve,
And share in thought divine-Christ's richest
dover.
Now, glancing back through Memory's distant
plain,
The classroom seems as in the days of yore-
Our Teachers in their places once again,
While schOol-mates hasten through the open
door.
And cheered by Fancy's sweet, alluring charm,
We reyel in the halcyOu days of youth
No clouds, no shadows, our glad life can harm,
The way seems full Of love and perfect truth.
Justhere one murmurs, ''tweHty years have sped,
Aye, fifty, since our Presidents work began!
Roses from cheeks and Joys from hearts have 1ed,
And life's swift mils-stOnes seem but one brief
span.
And gathering here Ito crown the golden hours
OF one, wed in his early years to lore,
Giving the strength of his ripe mental powers .
In hope the youthful mind with truth to storey
"Him will I satisfy with length of days"
Who yields fresh service to his faithful Lord
And seeks to follow Christ in all his ways.
God grant that now, restful evening time,
The labor of this faithful toll may crown;
Till, garnered in that cIOudIess, blessed cline,
He may, with all the saints, in Heaven sit down.
wepause to-day, warm hands to clasp once
more,
Then varied cares OHr barks again win drive
Ger distant seas, while far from home and shore,
Our love renewed, will yet more constant thrive
For this Reunion, with it's Joyous hour,
VIII cause our hearts to throb with richer joy, =
As Memory, with her bright and matchless power,
Recalls this days delight, without alloy.
And now our sails all set on Hfe's broad sea-
Some crafts too full Of hurried toll and care,
While others, gliding toward the open lea,
Are free for travel, books and culture rare.
But God, our Father, unto each doth prove,
(Whether we're led by mount or shaded Ians)
To all, His sovereign and unchanging love,
Guarding and strengthening paths Of JOY or pain.
So waiting not the lightuing's sudden stroke,
Nor furnace heat, in deep Affections tried,
Nor mighty earthquake, such as rent and broke
The rocks and pillars, when our Savior died;
Let each, cen now, accept the stin, email voice,
Of "Peace on earth, good will to men,"
Till 'rcsting from our works, we may rejoice,
That safe in Christ, we're one again
And over your homes, may the Angel Peace
His snowy wings very teuderly spread
And the love Of your friends never more cease,
While each passing day marks some noble deed.
And when ali the lessons Of our earth-Ife=-
Are ended, and school for Times day is done,
God grant we may meet in that land so rife
With JOY, in the light Of our Lord and his Son!
And If, in Christ's infinite love and grace, o..
He shall grant us a peaceful hour, to 60 home
To our dear ones, so safe in heavenly place,
And forever at rest-no more TO r0am---r
Increasing praise shall our lips then employ,
For such rich boon, to each pilgrim child.
But if mid deep anguish, bcreft Of joy,
We're driven to the shore in a tempest wild
Still, cIinging to One, the pitiful Friend,
Our Father, Brother and Savior divine,
Wen know in the ages in Heaven we spend,
NOtOne earthly cross can make US repine.
Hail! Welcome and Farewell to all and each
Instructors, classmates, bound by tenderest ties,
And friends, grown dear by kindness, which must
teach
The lesson our OJrH heart Herer denies
That love, once planted in such human soil,
Must grow and thrive with each increasing moon,
TIL, garnered in that land, all free from toll,
We talk Of all these homes-ended too soon.
And when around your hearth-stones bright you
crowd,
And call to mind these simple thoughts and
lays,
Let one swift prayer, in heart or brcajhed aloud,
Reach Christ for rHe-your friend OF other days
Nothing makes a bald headed man
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