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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
GRANTS BIRTHDAY AT GALENA.
W. f. Gurley of Omaha Delivers
Address on Notab @ Occasion.

GEIena. ILL.,. April E.-The eleventh sue
cessive celebration OF Grants birthday in
Galena proved to be one OF the most sue
cessfui The historic city was decorated in
honor Of the great hero. and the beautiful
weather brought many visitors
The noon train on the Illinois Central
from Chicago brought the special guests of
the day from that city. The chief feature
of the programme was an address by W. E
Guriey Of Omaha. whose defineation of
Grant was enthusiastically received From
the same platform on previous annfver-
slries Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt
and Charles Emory Smith had spoken.
The visitors after the conclusion OF the
exercises viewed Nasts great painting
hung In the Public Library and the statue
OF Grant given to the city by H. Il Kohl
saat Of Chicago
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
INJUNCTION AGAINST TRUSTEES.
Wapella Citizens Restrain Board
From Spending Towns Funds.
R~EPTRLIc sPEcIAI.

Bloomington. Ill. April G.-There i a
curious controversy at wapella. a small
town south Of here. An injunction has been
secured to prevent the six Trustees Of the
village from appropriating money from the
treasury.
In the bill filed in the Chancery Court in
Clinton It is charged that the Trustees
favor the licensing OF saloons. and. being
irriiated over the outcome OF the recent
election. which went antilicense, are NOW
trying TO cripple the treasury by spending
all the money on hand. including the money
due from this years taxes. 50 that the An
tilicense Board will be financially emOar-
raised without the assistance OF the saloon
Licenses.
One OF the alleged acts of e-xtravagance
Is the building Of a concrete walk, which
is declared to he unnecessary on account
of the slight travel in that direction.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS
ARE TO BE AWARDED TO-DAY.
Bids for Public Work viii he Re-
cciyed by II. r. L. Mt Meeting
To-day Ht Noon.

At the meeting OF the Board Of Public
improvements to-day bids will be opened
at noon for the letting OF contracts which,
when completed. Will entail the expenditure
OF over 100000.
This is the largest letting the board has
been called TO pass upon for several years
BIDS will be opened for half q million dol
lars worth OF REORGANIZATION woTh-
Another half million will be used by the
Street Department, and the session to-Gay
viii determine who the successful blcders
ara and the cost to the city for new streets.
The two public lighthouses. one IN Market
square. Caroudelet. and the other at the
SOulard Market. will be erected rs s0on as
the board awards the contract.
The Water Departments coal supply also
will be determined. This alone necessitates
the expenditure OF over Slo9.epe. The low
service station at the Chain OF Rocks has a
coal bill Of about &5o. the station. at
Baden 21.0Jl. while the high-seTvice station
at Bissei Point consumes $LGo worth OF
coal annually.
The Board OF Public improvements will
hold a special meeting Wednesday TO award
the contracts so hat the improvements may
not be delayed any longer than is absolutely
necessary.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Monroe city BaceaIaureate.

Excuse me. Craymer. I must 20 Il
BEGINNER for my Dedication shoes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
D. A. R. STAND SAFE STRUCTURE
Building Inspector Approves Work
of Revolutionary Daughters.

The parade stand OF the Daughters OF the
American Revolution at Sarah street anu
Lindell boulevard has been comp eted am
the BuildinE Inspectors department. With
the additional supports that have osen
pleced under the stand Il t. Thought lhat
ing structures placed along Linde'l boule-
ward for the benefit OF those who want 20
So the parades this week.
The Daughters OF the American ksNo.u-
ton arc murh Interested IN the stand en-
terprise. as the receipts from the sale o.
reserved chairs are to be applied TO a Iuaa
for the establishment OF a permanent heao-
1rartsrs OF the D.. a. r I'm St Louis.
The uSa Of the land on wh oh the stand
was erected was donated by the owner
who asked that his name he not mace puo-
lie while much Of the material for the
structure was donated
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
WIFE PAYS HUSBANDS
FINE FOR THREATENING HER.
William Bell. Who Ran His Brides
Family Out Of the House and As
sauIted stePs0n, Is Forgiven.

William Bell. who caused a sensation in
Valley Park last Wednesday night by run
Ming his wife and family out OF his house
and then assauIting his stepsOn- Robert
Neibert. wa fined 81 and costs by Justice
Buermsn yesterday.
Bell Is said to have threatened to Kill his
wife. whom he married about eight months
ago. and also kill her children. The trouble
arose In a dispute over Mrs. Belle property
Mrs. Bel and her daughters ran scream
ing from the house and attracted nearly
half the towns population. NeIhcrt kept
his stepfathe- from getting a shotgun. and
was assaulted.
Despite the fact that Mrs. Bell was the
object OF her husbands wrath. she paid his
fine and costs yesterday and took him home
with her rejoicing after the adjournment OF
court.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
BRIDE REMOVED HER SKIRT.
Explained 1t Was Unlucky 10 lie
Married in Black.
REPrpLIc

REPUBLIC
Carthage. Mo., April Ea.-AIiss Avis Ather-
ton OF ScammonVille, Has. created aston
ishmeut IN the Office Of County Recorder T.
=. Hobbs yesterday by asking permission 20
remove her skirt before her marriage to
John Humble. also OF S~caInmonvilie. who
had accompanied his fancee to the Office
After securing a liCerse to wed the couFls
in the Office Of the Recorder. Tho bride had
worn n black skirt in oIder to avoid eus-
piCiun. but after the change. which was
made IN the presence OF the officiating Of
lcer and a force OF deputies to the Re
cordeT. she appeared in a delicate white
costume.
Miss Anterior explained that she consid-
cred 1t unlucky TO be married in black.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
CHILDREN HELD FOR BOARD.
Boarding-H House Keeper Refuses TO
Give Them Up Until Bill Is Paid.

Mrs. Kate Rolins. living at No. "a South
Tweuty-third street. complained to Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorney Da.ton yesterday
that two OF her children were beng held
by Mrs. Nellie Blank as security FOR q
board bill.
The Blank woman, she says. lives at the
corner OF Eleventh street and Clark ave
nue. For the past few months Mrs. Rollins
has had the children live at Mrs. Blanks
She paid their board bill. she says, but
the bOarding-house keeper Gains she sill
owes 81 and refuses TO give them up. At
torney Dalton advised Mrs. Rollins to Sc
cure the children anyway, as according to
the Missouri statutes liens on children are
NOT legal.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
DETECTED YOUTH ENDS LIFE
AT HIS SWEETHEART'S HOME.
Charles Young Mounts Doorstep and
sends "a Bullet Into His
brain.

Charles r. Young. a grocery clerk OF No.
fs3i Clayton avenue. yesterday morning
chose the front iOor steps OF the home OF
the woman who had refused his love as his
place 20 die.
Standing on the steps at No. l2l Pine
street. where lives May Hampton. AT 10
o'clock. Young fired a bullet into his brain
and was dead before he arrived at the dis
pensary. one block away. The body was
taken 20 the morRue.
giving directions as to the disposal OF his
body. and another TO the Hampton woman.
telling neT she might select anything. she
desired from his effects. were found on
Young's person
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
CREED REVISION is ASSURED.
TwO-Thirds of Presbyteries Have
Voted Favorably.

Philadelphia. April E.-The Reverend Doc
tor W. H Roberts. stated clerk Of tie Pres
dsy that ~ o-thlrds OF he ~pTessyterses
had voted in favor OF revising the Con-
fession OF Faith and the declaratory state
ment calculating chapters iii and 4 OF the
confession
The subject will be finally disposed OF by
the General Assembly, which meets IN Los
Angeles Eext month. 1t Is sad that the
overtures from the p~resbyteries will be
enacted by the General Assembly.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
TRUST FIGHTING STATE PLANT.
Wants TO Force Kansas Peniten-
tiary to Cease Making Irvine.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Topeka. Eas.. April T-Warden Jewett
announces that the price or pen Tertiary
made twtne this year Will be 81 cents a
pound at Lansing in lots OF SEQ and 10
cents a pound IA lots OF less than 20
pounds. These prices are about a cent uu-
der the trust prices.
II IL reported that the Irvine Trust has
ordered its agents TO cut prices so that
farmers can do better by buying Irvine from
the dealers. The trust has been trying to
destroy the penitentiary plant by work In
the Legislature and activity on the market.
Up TO this time. however. the penitentiary
plant has held the trust down.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
BEAUMONT CONSTABLE KILLED.
William Reddick Had Made Him
self Obnoxious 10 SalOonkeepers.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

Beaumont Tex. April G~.-COnstabic VIII
Reddick. leader in = crusade to compel the
closing of saloons and gAmbling-houses IN
Beaumont. was shot through the heart and
Instantly killed last night Mat 7. C'Doc')
Harris. one OF the proprIetOrs of the Met
ropolitan saloon aid billiard hall. was ar
rested ~ the police after the shooting
Harris was shot once In the right ann
The Coroner viewed the body OF Reddick
rs II lay on the saloon floor. but did not
render I verdict. Harriss friends cain
~self-defense. and efforts are being made TO
release him on bond tO-nieht.
Reddick has been cor We trE a sporadic
campaign against Sunday sa oons m
rambling halls Friday he not nd all the
saloons that they must keep c oSed for
twenty-four hoIrs on SUNDAY, instead OF
from 9 to {, a. heretofore.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
COAL MINES CONSOLIDATED.
CarbOndale Company Preparing TO
Build Electric Line.

Carbondale. Ill. April SE.-SeveTal Of the
coal mines for miles east of this city. to-
Eether with several hundred acres OF I'M
developed lands. have been consolidated in
10 the CarbOndsle Goa Company. aud the
building OF an electric railway to the mines
Will begin at once.
The line will extend on to Carteryille.
where a connection will be made with the
coal-belt electric railroad. which trayerses
the Williamson County coal fields. The
president and general manager OF the new
company IL L. Sponseler Of this city.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Files Shit for Divorce.

IlETL bLI EIEIIAI
Centraiia. No. April T-NTrs Mary pob-
erts OF this city has filed suit for divorce
against her husband. W +. Roberts she
charges desertion and asks for custody OF
inelr three children. Both parties are mem
Ders OF highly respectable families and the
suit Is a great surprise to many. Mr.. Rob
stts Is q son of Judge w. F. Roberts of
san trancisco. Cal. for mere than a year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
YARMOUTH : THAW WEDDING.
Brilliant Assemblage Witnesses
Ceremony at Pittsburg.

PittSburg. April g1.-The wedding Of Miss
Alice Thaw Of this city to the Earl Of Var
mouth took place in Calvary Episcopal
Church at 40 o'clock this afternoon before
one Of the most brilliant audiences ever
seen ut a wedding in Pittsburg.
Air. Henry Kendall Thaw gave the bride
away, and the oficiadng c~lergyrnen were
end John II. McIlvaine.
A reception followed at the Thaw resi-
dence. Lord and Lady Yarmouth will de-
part this evening for n brief honeymoon
trim before sailing for England.
The Earl called at the Courthouse this
afternoon at 4 o'clock and procured the
license. He was accompanied by his law
yer.
Excuse me. Craymer. must go to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28

MT NbLIN NTENIaN
Monroe City. Mo-. April 1.-THE Rev
erend Homer Il. Starr. rector OF ST. Jude's
Parish. delivered the baccalaureate sermon
to the High School graduates and an audi
ence Of about 100 at the First Baptist
Church last night. The church was deco
rated in the class colors. white and red.
and blooming potted plants On Thursday
night the closing exercises will be held at
the opera-house where Doctor w. II. Block.
president OF Missouri Valley College. will
address the class and present the diplomas.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Knight. of Father Mathew Euchr.

Uniform Rank OF the Knights OF Father
Mathew at the Exposition building on
Wednesday evening. May Handsome
ing an upright PIANO, as an attendance
prize. About 5000 seats have been provided
for this euchre. which viii be the largest
ever held IN st. Louis
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28

Biblical description of the New Jerusalem
tells OF the streets being paved with Jasper.
Great quantities Of this stone are now be-
ing used on ST. Louis streets. On Eighth,
mems OF Jasper may be found among the
gravel dumped there within the last few
polished surface. In proper form and size
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
To Take Up Tontine Case.


Washington. April z.-The newly sp-
Post once Department. Mr.. Robb. who was
formerly connected with the Department Of
Justice. has set Tuesday for confederation
Investment Company of st. Louis. a con-
Germ AGAINST which charges have been fled
with the dep2rtment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
euIck Relief for indigestion.

In cases OF 4 weak stomach. indigestion.
nervous dyspepsia palpitation OF the heat.
insomnia. general debility. etc. Eupeps a
Tablets will restore to the full vigor OF
health All druggists. 6c- Sample treat
ment and pamphlet on stomach troub- IS
sent free Address Eupepsia Chemical Co,
- Clark a~venue--AdV.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
CITY ITEMS.
CLOSED OK Turpsn.r

CLOSED ON THURSDAY.
THE CRAWFORD STORE will be closed
the whole day THURSDAY. in honor OF the
Dedication OF the Worlds Fair, and their
Palace Store will be decorated In keeping
of st Louis Greatest StOre," The window
dresser. and for the nouce the outside
decorator Of this store. remarked yester-
the city. so far as they had naterfalized,
was any Indication Of what the youId
be. that I'VE VIII skin them alive" ana al
q quarter of the pEce IL would cost themi
Home talent only tells the story. No Sum
day workii
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Files Petition I'm Bankrup,cy.

A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was
filed IN the United States District Coart
Yesterday by. Frank Loesch. a manufac
turer, OF REFRIGERATOR at No. SeS South
Broadway. The petitioners liabilities are
placed at N-Sa-Z. and his Assets at 2OsI-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Wedding Limitations.

Announcements, reception Invitations. etc,
executed promptly in correct styles; very
finest materials and workmanship. very low
prices. Samples and prices mailed free.
MERMOD & JACcARD'S.
Broadway and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
OPPOSED SUNDAY BASEBALL.
Ministerial Association of Paducah
Adopts Resolutions.
REPCBLfC SPECIAL

Paducah. KY. April 57.-The local minis
teriai association this morning adopted a
resolution opposing Sunday baseball.
II states that the association will do all
in Its power to prevent such Dissertation OF
the Sabbath and pledges itself to assist the
officers in enforcing the law.
Paducah is in the X /. 7. League this
year and II It cannot play on sunday would
suffer greatly.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
$500 to New Orleans and Return

Louisville and Nashville Railroad. account
American Medical Association Tickets on
sale May ! to 4. limited TO ten days but
may be extended. Stopoyers lowed
Special car. 81. Louis contingent. leaves AIS
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
TRACTION FRANCHISE GRANTED
Jacksonville County Gets Charter
From Winchester, Ill.

hEBIBDiC 6Ff<lLAL
Winchester. III. April IA special meet
ing OF the City Council was held tonight
and a franchise granted TO the Jacksonville
Traction Company. which will operate an
electric line between Winchester and Jack
~sonyille.
The line must be in operation by January,
1906, or the charter will be forfeited.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
The Eye Need, Great Care.

Properly adjusted glasses at the proper
time will preserve the sight and prevent fu-
ture eve troubles. Consult DR.. Bond or DIT.
Montgomery. our xpert opticians. Eyes
terted free Steel frames. 81 up; gold. s.
up MERMOD & JAcCARD'S.
RrosdRaY and Incfist.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Died of ~Inturies.


SPECIAL
Pilot Grove. No., April 1.-Mrs- Martin
DorfinRer, whose clothing ignitsd while she
was burning old papers about a month ago,
died from her injuries last night
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
SHOOTING AT COUNTRY DANCE.
Farmer Shot When He Refused to
Let Youth Waltz With Daughter.
lEPUBLiC sPEc1AL,

NIL|INL. -"
Armstrong. Mo. April T-RanJOIph
Pritchett, a young farmer, shot and seri-
ousiy injured James Hammers Saturday
night at a dance. near Steimmetz. I'VE miles
north of this place.
Hammer refused TO allow Pritchett the
permission to dance with his daughter and
as a result Hsnners was shot four times by
Prffrbetf
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
ausdruple siIrer-Piated Tea Set.

No finer silver-plated wares are made
than those we manufacture and sell. The
guarantee Of quality Is In our name.
stamped on every piece Complete sets. so
to SO. MERMoD & JACCARDs.
Broadway and Locust
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Paper Changes Hanas.

Springfield, lie. April I.-The Evening
Record. published for the last four years
by w, c. Vancieve. has been sold 20 H
8 jewell OF the Leader-Democret, n viii
be merged with that paper.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
SEWER Elected Principal.


New Douglas. Ill, April T-E II. C..
Solver has been elected principal OF the pub
lowing additional teache s: E W. Bum
and Misses Norma Nance and Estella Alsop.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Manufacturing jewellers.

In our extensive gold and siversmith
shops we are prepared to make and design
any special piece desired. however elaborate
MERMOD & JACCARD's,
broadway and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
OBSERVED GOLDEN WEDDING.
Four Hundred Guests Attended
Celebration Near Carbonate.

Written for The Republic
Carbondale. Ill. April T.-The fftieth
marriage anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rison Greathouse. who reside three miles
north Of this city. was celebrated to-day.
a large number of relatives and more
than 400 guests were present.
The aged couple have lived continuously
on the farm they now occupy since the day
OF their marriage. April q. iSa-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Woodrow wilson 10 Lectur,,

President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton
University viii address the members OF the
pansion and Character OF the United
States" appropriate to the centennial or
the Louisiana Purchase Several dfstdn-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
SIS. 90 to Atlanta, Ga. and R.,yr,

Via Louisville and Nashville Railrosd. &C.
count National Conference Charities and
Corrections. Tickets on sale Nav 4 and Z
limited TO May 16 Three trains daily.
Through sieepers- Ticket Office, sos North
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28

ST. LOUIS MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Illinois Central Railroad City Ticket Of
fee. 3s North Broadway.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28

To Finish Floors and Borders
Use Floor-Shine enameled heor colors. TAX
no Write Tor sample cards Ad-
dress Floor-Shine Co, 81. Louis, No.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28

The Republic Is the leading "Room-foT-
Rent medium in st Louis. II you want n
nice room. read tho Rooms for Rent" Ads
in tO-day's Republic.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
sIs New orIear, and Return,

Via Illinois Central Railroad May 1. . )
and & Stopovers permitted. Full Informal
tion City Ticket once, sos North Broadway.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
Jasper In Gravel Paving.

H A. Hesse. Tailor,
s7 Pine street. says: It's In the make"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-09
RheG ForAftorne/ General

The Richmond News says: Some Of
the admirers Of Congressman William
f. Rhea, Of Bristol, are beginning to
talk OF him for the Office OF Attorney
General on the Democratic ticket in
1905, and it is said that he is receiving
IA pretty substantial boom for the place
out in his section. Judge Rhea is re-
garded as one Of the most attractive
campaigners in Southwest Virginia. and
being strong lawyer, would help the
ticket in the estimation OF many.
He is serving his second term i'm
Congress, having twice defeated the
late General Walker for the honor and
having in turn been beaten by n mar
row margin by Colonel c. Slemp in the
last election. Judge Rhea has served
as State Senator and Judge Of his
County and City Courts and is popular
in his section. He made his first gen
eral reputation as one Of the strong
Cleveland leaders i'm the great State
convention OF 1892.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-09
A FAMOUS PRISONER.
John Bryant, VINO Killed VIM
KqnOYef. to Serve Is Years.

Richmond, Va, January Capitol
Policeman G.. w. Haynes, whose home
is in Dickinson county, returned here
from his Christmas vacation this morn
ing and brought with HIM to the peniten-
tiary famous prisoner who is to serve
eighteen years for murder. The mans
name is John Bryant, and he and his
brother, Wilson Bryant, We're convicted
in Dickinson recently Of the killing of
Will Hanover, of Pike county, KY,
commonly known rs "Kentucky Bill -
The other Bryant is sentenced to hang
at Clintwood on March Goth.
1t seems that the Bryants were in
dicted for some crime i'm Kentucky and
fled to the Virginia side They con-
ceived the idea that "Kentucky Bill
had informed upon them, and when he
came over the line on business the
Bryants attacked and killed him
Haynes also brought down Creed
Fleming, who is to serve four years foI
forgery
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-09
In Memory of Bernard Reynolds,
Our 0HIk Son.

How can we spare Thee, precious
Onel
Our hope, our pride, our greatest iovl
Thou vert our staff. our only son:
or seven children, the only boy.
1t seems a strange and cruel deed
And one we cannot understand.
That thou the very one we need
Should'st be plucled down by Deaths
chill hand.
lis hard 10 bow beneath the rod
And say with truth, "thy will be
done"
When He, the one we serve Our
Doth take from us our only son.
But He who reigns DER sea and
earth,
by whose command this deed is done
Has more than paid our darling's
worth
BY giving us His only Son.
Then bets rejoice with all our
might
And joyful echoes let's awakel
We're counted worthy i'm His sight
To suffer this for His dear sakel
l.. II. BALDWIN.