Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-06
Macon, Miss,
Dec. 80, 1893.
A OF LOVE.

DrED-ANNIE LEE ELKIN, daughter Vi
Robt. f. and Mollie H. Elkin, Wednesday,
Dec. IS, 1898. age three years.
With the falling leaves and the iau''s
flowers, softly and tenderly we 'a,o o"I
darling to rest; for the reaper, Dea'h VIII
comes with sickle keen,
FEELING the bearded grain ~ ore"'n
And the flowers that grow between
had come into o%urlittle circle, cutting down
the rairest. tenderest flower, our beau'iio''
brown-eyed, golden'haired pet e..
some one has said chow sweet IL Is ioi
the Young to die, before their tehuer lew
wander into paths Of sim" But no" we
miss the pattcr of the eager, restless 'ee''
How we miss the baby's rrattlc. An ! no"
sadly we miss those bright eyes ana the
; curly, golden head. Yet, those niue 'ee'
will never he pressed by life's cruel 'hor"s,
The baby voice will never grow haru wv
. cold. Those eyes will never be diliIheu
+, with tears. That brow will never ache WIN
Il main. To the loving father and tender mo-
thor the blow is most crushing, but remem-
S her the Psalmist has said: "The chiio can
not return TO me but | can so to IT, sue
. was but n flower, lent you for Il little whl'e
Is to bloom and shed its fragrance, Hike sweet
!. incense around your heart and home; 'Aeh
y Gods own hand plucked the tender bul'
F and planted it in His own fair garden IN inc
skies, where all its sweetest leaves VIII We,
lis unfold. and where it will ne'cr be bruised
,ts nor broken. She was but a sunbeam lem
YOU for awhile TO scatter sunshine rouho
nd vour halfway; then to be drawn baci
u" where it will shine with bright radiance
IA. with no cloud to mar its brightness 81,
is now A treasure softly laid away, whic'
SITS God will gdard and safely keep e'en int IN
sts resurrection day.
"When the flowers lie dead III Winter,
re, In their winding sheets of snow,
,.u We know they'll rise to charm our eyes
on. Again in summers glow.
Thus, In this chill season,
sss' When frost and darkness reign
Waitthe blcst spring whose warmth sha
ba- bring
Ca Life to your flower again.
/. II To the dear oues, who watched aud wa
ed in the gathering gloom, stralnlns !
and ear Tor a sound of the boatman's oar, rs
smashed the waves Of the waters coiu, y
know
Hen ..Tbere was one with ringlots Oh sunny &C
Who crossed m the twilight gray anu 20
the male mists hid her from mortal Vi
You know she is safe on the other size,
Where all the ransomed and Angels oe''
over the river, the peaceful river,
Sour darling ia waiting to welcome you
Yet. still aching hearts ask again ana
toh,o oa,n. ucap it beY Is our darling dead 7
lson Deadl Yes. " but as the sun dies, as
stars 20 out, as the flowers fade" 10 !
,on,. and shine aud bloom again with inh'
brightness sover there" And the mi
Mart there. and the sunbearas there, ana
, car aowers there, and her wee beckoning Ma
win WOO our hearts TO the heavenly no
hn d The last words of a little child. spoken v
a husky, Whispered tenderness were: :
sfi" bettcr,in m~ornin-bye, bye" so Al
] 7 Lac is better novs and tits morning alN
d there.
"Ohl frivolous men and women,
y Do YOU know that around you aud n
liIder A,;ka from the humble aud haushty
der Goeth up ever more the cry,
nns0' My child, my precious. my daring
How can ! let yoi dier
oh hear We the white lips whisper,
!. Shed bcttcr-in mornin-bye-bye,"
S. l.,