Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-27
Their Trausplanted Rose.

A Tribute to Lena, beloved and only
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Jeide.
| early you sought the beatific vision,
| The unfading light
DO you remember in the lands Elysian
| Our endless night?
Love, had you known you would not then
have left uSs
Heavens joys were here,
| And,going hence. OF heaven you bereft US
Of all things dear
And should we come one day unto Gods
From very far.
And seek you, daughter dear, among the
| immOrtalS-
Our guiding star.
Would you not know you were Yourself
the guerdon
Of our long quest,
And that we had laid down our earthly
TO be your guest?"
1t is said death loves a shining
mark" On Tuesday, May 10Th, into
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Jeide
at Lancaster, entered that Grim
Reaper, and with his sickle keen"
he cut down at a breath the fairest
Hover that grew upon the parent stem.
the idolized daughter the pride of the
elder brother Oscar, the twin sister of
Leo, the younger. Had Lena lived
until the 22nd of June, she would have
reached the age of twenty three years.
While dutifully discharging the house
hold cares so that her mother could
rest, Lena was stricken suddenly.
mysteriously. ruthlessly, and in one
short hour, life, with all it's possibili-
ties, it's hopes, it's yearnings and it's
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plunged in deepest gloom and the
| thrObbing heart of the whole commun-
lily was stirred with sorrow for the
fair young life thus early ended, and
sympathy for the breaking hearts
within that stricken home, was uni
versal. Lena was born here, had
grown mp among us, had blossomed
into bright maidenhood, tasting on
~ the sweets OF life, plucking the
spring-time's fairest flowers. Ere
womanhoods cloak Of sorrow fell upon
her shoulders and the summers sun
had scorched her tender feet or wintry
SHOWS had touched her brow or stolen
the roses from cheek and lips, she laid
down the burden. And lying there in
the quiet of her home, amid vast
profusion of flowers whose perfume
filled the air and whose beauty broke
in upon the shadow that had crossed
it's threshold, Lena significantly,
sweetly, with no track of death upon
the beautiful face save it's unbroken
silence. Sorrowing brothers, heart
broken parents, weeping companions,
grieve not as those without hope. Our
friends are not really lost to us, for
while we may not see the form so be-
loved and SO familiar, or hear the
music of the voice which has so often
been an inspiration in days now past,
there abides with us the memory of
the loved and their influence. In these
they live with us, and it requires no
great exertion of faith to believe that
there is another and better home be-
yond this vale of tears, where those
into whose lives have been woven the
things which are "true, honest, just,
and OF good report" shall be reunited
to part no more forever.
We all know that sooner or later
sorrow comes into every life, and may
hap this dear girl has been snatched
from evils to come. We do not know.
But now, she never feels the pain of
Tolls without recompense,
Tears all in vain.'
that life SO often brings. Her heart
strings will never be torn with such
anguish as her departure has wrought,
and even in her passing, she was
spared the pang of parting. The fair
form is hidden forever from our earth
ly sight, but the soul is in Jesus hands
and it is we'll.
"Since thy Fathers arm sustains thee,
Peaceful be;
| When Christening hand restraints thee,
Know His love in full completeness
| Fills the measure of thy weakness;
If He wound thy spirit sore,
Trust Him more.
| To His own the Savior giveth
Daily strength;
| To each trOu oled soul that liveth,
| Peace at length,
Weakest lambs have largest share
| Of this tender Shepherds care;
Ask him not then. ''When? or 'HOw?
Only bow" B. D. S.