Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-04-05
VOL. VIII.
A DREAM OF MOTHER.
BIZ WILL A. RICE.

Worn out with toll and glad the day was done,
l sought repose beneath sugar tree,
Where oft before, when weary, had won
That peace and rest known only to the 1ree'
Tbouob warm. it was lovely summer night,
t THE worlds above shOne out in full array,
To deck the skies with their celestial ngnO,
And sparkle in the meadows dewy spray
The moon was full and poured its mellow glo"'
In silent floods, on forest, plain ana sea-
And sent the shadows creeping to ana no.
Like phantoms, over the mountain mS'n
and lea.
Hither thither. by 6tful flames pursued
The lightning-bugs went diving through Une
The fit companions of the solitude
That seemed to reign unbroken everywhere
watched the scene, rejecting on its charms
Forgetting not the changes time had wrought
Until nv soul embraced in slumbers arms,
Was borne beyond the realms OF ear'hly
thought
On dreamland's shores, bllsstul conse-
quence
Nv soul beheld scene SURPRISING fair,
A scene in which l saw full recompense
TO one who had surmounted death ana care.
Long had that soul been bound with mortal
Oft had it drank the bitter cup of woe;
Long had 1t borne the weight OF human toll
And still remained pure as the driven snow.
For years and years it struggled on tn the a earth
Besieged by every phase OF grief ond pain, -,
Yet strOve through all with that exalted worth
Which proudly spurns all impulse 10 COM
plain.
The tempter warred upon its humble life
And rained his shafts against its shield like
But. true rue, to Christ it triumphed through the
Witbstanding all who dared its faith assail.
Armed with the truth and duty's dauntless
II stood unawed against all evil rule,
And proyed itself a victor in the fight
The peer of the seints of the mart-- school.
It's warfare DER, its domicile Of clay
Was laid to rest beneath its kindred sod,
While straight above the spirit made its way
To its happy home i'll the house OF 0od
Now. In nv dream, 1 saw it reach the gate
Where chosen saints are ever kep. on 9uaro; I;
Rnt here thank God it had not long to wait,
For soon the way in welcome was unoarred'
The portals passed, mid strains OF harp and
Thai shirt stood benea h fair heavens dome,
Surrounded by bright seraphic throng,
Who came TO gree it to its final home.
Embraced and kissed by each and every one
Of ali that host it knelt before the throna
From which the streams of life immortal run,
And where the Lamb receives a1d crowns His
own.
The seraphs praised, when Jesus spoke and
said:
Il find in thee servant undehled;
Behold thy crown, receive it on thy heal
And wear it as becomes thy Sevior's child;
sNo more shalt thou strive in that world OF woe,
Where thou hast borne the scofer 8 cruel roo,
But thou shalt drink whore fOunts OF Joy now,
And feast upon the blessings OF thy God.
Now crowned and blest, and robed in spotless
white
That soul was numbered with the saints above,
And took it's place amid thu seraphs bright,
To shine forever Ike 1 star OF love.
The Judgment past. then rang the blended
strains
OF harps and Tyres. and tongues of sacred
mirth
In praise of Him who was so rudely slain,
That all through Him might have immortal
birth.
Such was the dream that beheld that night,
And shall hope and pray to see anotner
Like it, except to never leave my sl9ht
For twas dream Of my darling mother
LEXINGTON, Tenn.