The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-02
PASS UNDER TEE ROD.

1 Jaw a young bride. i'm her beauty and pride,
Bedecked in her snowy array,
And the bright flush of JOY manted nigh on her
cheek,
And the future looked blooming aud gay:
And with woman's devotion she laid her fond heart
AT the shrine of idOatrous love,
And she anchored her hopes 90 this pershing earth
by the cham which her tenderness woye.
But saw when those heart-strings were bleeding
and torn
And the chain had been severed in two
She had changed her white robes for the sables of
And her bloom for the paleness Of woe!
But the Healer was there pouring balm on her
And wiping the tears from her eyes;
He had strengthened the chain He had broken in
twain,
And fastened it firm to the skies
There had whispered voice-'twas the voice of her
God
81 love thee, love thee-pass under the rod :"
saw young mother in tenderness bend
Ger the couch Of her sumbering boy,
And she kissed the soft lips, as they murmured her
name,
While the dreamer lay smiling in JOY.
oh, sweet as the rosebud encircled with dew,
When its fragrance is flung on the air,
So fresh and so bright to that mother he seemed
AZ he lay in his innocence there.
But saw, when she gazed on the lovely form,
Pale a. marble, and silent, and cold;
But paer and colder her beautiful boy.
And the tale of her sorrow tod !
But the Healer was there who had stricken her heart
And taken her treasure away;
TO allure her 10 heaven He had placed IL on high
And the mourner will sweetly obey.
There had whispered "a voce-twas the voice of her
God
81 love thee-I love thee-pass under the rod!n
/ saw fond brother, with glGnces Of love,
Gazing down on gentle young girl;
And she hung on his arm, and Dreathed soft in his
ear,
A. he played with each delicate curl
Oh, he loved the sweet tones of her silyery voice
Let her use IL IN sadness glee,
And he twined his arms round her delicate form
As she sat in the on his knee.
But saw when ne gazed on her death-stricken face
And she breathed not word in his ear,
Aud he clasped his arms round an icy-cold FORM
And he moistened her cheek with tear
But the Healer was there, and He said to him thus
"Greye not for thy sisters short life"
And He gave to his arms still another iair girl,
And he made her his own cherished wife,
There had whispered a yoice-'twas the voice of his
| God
81 love thee-I love thee-paSs under the rod ~
! saw, too, father and mother who leaned
On the arms of dear, gifted son;
And the star in the future grew bright to their gaze
As they saw the proud place he had won
And the fast-coming evening of life promised fair
And its pathway grew smooth to their feet
And the starlight of love glmmered bright at the
| end,
| And the whispers of fancy were sweet
And saw them again, bending low DER the grave
Where their hearts dearest hopes had been laid
And the star had gone down il the darkness of
! night,
And the JOY from their bosoms had fed
But the Heaier there, and His were around
And He led them with tenderest care:
| And He showed them u star in the bright upper
! world
Twas their star shining brilliantly there!
They had each heard voice-twas the voice of their
| God
81 love thee-I love thee-paSs under the rod ~