Daily Republican., 1879-11-12

heirs In the past, and the nnger OF
corn will nsver be pointed at you, nor
ill the foul tongue Of slandsr ever
ully your fair name.
Father and mother, you start to-day
nth . new lease Of life; . newly we'd
led couple proudly conscious Of the
owe and esteem in which you are held
y your friends and relatives, some
4 whom have come from distant States
o manifest their good wishes for your
Welfare. know that each Of them
vish that you may live 70 see another
generation Of your descendants, and II
he third generation will follow the ex-
.mple set BY the first and second, you
vill not have many years 70 await that
pleasure.
GREETINGS BY THOMAS r. TAsKRR, sR., IN
MS 8lsr YBAR, DELIVERED IN rHE PRss-
ENcR OF JOHN AND ELIZA LYMAN.
Tho assure sky Of married life
Affections. emulative strife;
To WOO and win ~ years wont ON,
Improving = r.: tn:y Ps:ssS :'SaT TIs.u
The risen morn OF early days,
10 rich In charm Of prudent ways,
OF sober will applied with care,
In which You both had equal share,
Al duty was fulfilled.
And here within this ssnisl home,
You shaped your lives which made the sum
In culture, training, gospel truth.
And laying up increasing worth
Nv hnnaaf atAAhv alYA
While on your hocks and herds increased,
And blessings crowned both man and beast
And fields OF wheat and corn and rye,
As Christians giided BY,
And tided on your share.
Az well did boys and girls come on,
80 fast that love seemed on the ran,
And racing like reached up y ten,
Now ladies fair and we'll grown men
A model Of yourselves.
Yea, fathers, mothers, arc they to-
A noble circle well 10 do,
With children BY their side In turn,
Well trained In wholesome ways % run,
Which training 10 reveals.
We hail with glsdness this, your day,
The nitieth year Of married stay,
Divided In 90 many parts,
And dear to all these feeling hearts
May Christ's good will your portion be,
And as you journey may you SEQ
What honest stories time can tell
or those who meant to finish well,
Enshrined In honest fame.
Your living children know your worth,
Whose lives bear witness to the truth,
How well You watched their infant days,
Aud taught them honest, pi0us ways,
tp haat and hap INV Chnl0a
Then whom they left their training school,
Where patient care could always rule,
Their memory and their choice confirmed
The worthy lessons they had learned;
In which they now reioice.
Home culture ID the brightest chance
That children have for their advance,
In prospects, for successful days,
of safe and comsly. happy ways,
Unknown 70 dark remOrse.
Dear friends, accept our honest praise,
A well earned tribute to your days
Well spent ut homo, homo TO make,
For friends and children, iOr their sake,
Unwsvering In your course.
1t never can BY rs be known
How much You have In merit grown,
For tifty years, without break,
Kept up In worth Tor conscience sake,
nuA btuA pLOkiocSAh6 w.
Then may NO shadows spoil tho field
VI golden grain with ample yield,
But onward as you 70 increase,
Until the Lord gives full release,
And ali ysur work is done.
TO THE CHILDREx.
Dear children OF this noble pair.
You each possess an envied share,
Paternal h0nors crowd your path,
And show what you may reach In worth,
To Christ, yourselves and US.
Be patient, kind, and thoughtful too,
And let example guide you through
The anxious g. rats OF active care,
That long as God may choose 10 spare
Your talents for His will.
You may advance In virtues ways,
Then have your fair, consistent praise,
Refiecting back IRON whence you came,
John and ELIAS gracious name,
The Lynams' coat Of arms.
Keep up the royal name and blood,
because it's true and always good,
pass word In the marts Of trade
A lamily hue that should not fade
A memor. decked with charm.
TO GUESTS INVITED.
To you invited guests We call,
The oldest, youngest one and all,
This worthy family as you kn.w,
by stunning every empty show,
Have kept the royal way;
Have liv'd to purpose In your Wow,
Who ask for nothing but their due,
0f friendship, ia tn and good intent,
To which their efforts kindly bent
From first and every day.
Then let us Join with them to praise
1 he Lord, who guards the christians ways,
whose promise leeds the mind sincere.
And gives the grace OF holy fear
To those who do his will
That all may know there lives above,
A power that rules by tender love,
A sway divine, unseen but true,
So fresh Its beams are always new,
Appointed by his skill.
Who first ordained that man and wife
Should be as ono through longest lie,
And that their children should do 30,
The only way to safely 20
From earth to heaven above.
And now we each In prayer unite,
I hat he whose will Is always right,
May give this pair glorious end,
And then from heaven his angels send,
To bear them to his lOVel