Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-18
A DREAM or MorHER.
By VIII A nrG


Worn out with toll and glad the day was done.
sought repose beneath sugar tree,
Where oft before, when weary had won
That peace and rest known only to the free.
Though warm, It was lovely summer nights
The worlds above shone out In full array,
10 deck the skies with their celestial light
And sparkle In the meadows dewy spray.
In silent foods, on forest. plain and sea.
And sent the shadows. creeping to and fro,
Like phantoms. over the mountain. main
The lightning-b1g went diving through the
The at companions of the solitude
That seemed TO reign unbroken everywhere.
Watched the scene. rejecting on It's charms,
Forgetting not the chenges time had wrought.
Until my soul. embraced IN slumber's arms,
Was borne beyond the realms OF earthly
thought
On dreamland's shores. o bHsstui cOnse-
Ny soul beheld scene surprising fair,
A scene In which saw full reeompense
To one who had surmounted death and care.
Long had that soul been bound with mortal
OFT had 1t drank the bitter cup Of woe;
Long had It borne the weight Of human toll
And still remained pure as the driven snow
For years and years It struggled on the earth,
yet sreSo t 81 v h ~S q tss s sa R Worth
Which proudly spurns an Impulse to com
plain
The tsnpter waz4ed upon It's humble life.
And reined his shafts against its shield Ike
But true 70 Christ. it triumphed through the
withstanding All who dared isa faith assan-
Armed with the truth and dusy's dAuntlsss
It stood unawed against al ev11 rule,
And proved itself a victor In the nght-
The peer Of the saints OF the martyr school
It's warfare Ger, its doniciIs OF clay
Was laid TO rest beneath its kindred sod.
While straight above the spirit made It's way
To tts happy home In the house OF God
Now, IN my dream, saw 1t reach the gate
Where chosen saints are ever kept on guard;
But here. thank God. It had not long to wait,
For soon The way in welcome was unbarred-
The portals passed. mid strains OF harp and
ThaS spirit stood beneath fair heavens DOME
Surrounded by bright seraphic throng,
Who came TO greet It to It's hnal home.
Embraced and kissed by each and every one
OF AL that host, 1t knelt before the throne
From which the streams OF life immortal run.
And where the Lamb receives and crowns HIS
own.
The seraphs praised, when Jesus spoke and
It md In thee servant undsfled;
Behold thy crown, receive It on thy head.
And wear it as becomes thy Savtors chtldi
enc more shalt thou strive In that world Of woe.
Where thou hast borne the scoffer's cruel rod,
But thou shalt drink where founts of Joy how,
And feast upon the blessings OF thy God
Row crowned and blest. and robed In spOtless
white,
That soul was numbered with the saints above,
And took its place amid the ssraphs bright,
To shine forever Ike star Of love.
The Judgment past. then rang the blended
strAina
OF harps and Tyres. and tongues of sacred
unirth.
In praise OF Him who was so rudely slain,
That All through Him might have immortal
birth.
Such was the dream that behe1d that night.
And shall hope and pray to see another
Like IL, except to never leave my sight,
For twas a dream OF my darling mother.
LEXINGTON Tenn.