Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-02
Trihute of Respect.

Where the flowers gently wave,
Hes the one We love 80 dearly,
In his lonely silent grave.
Farewell dear father may your slumber
Be as gentle IS your love ard when
God shall call US homeward,
May we meet you in heaven above.
1 miss you everywhere
Home is not what it used to be,
Since our. dear father is not there,
A shadow over my life is cast.
1 miss the sunshine of thv face,
Thy kind and willing hand. thy fond
And earnest care our home is dark,
Without the father, I miss thee every
where.
Oh. the memory of that night as
We stood by the bed with breaking
hearts.
Seeing the ore we loved SO dearly.
Pierced by deaths most evil dart.
Three months has passed since
We were forced to part
But time nor space can ever
Erase his memory from our hearts.
But we know that you are happy,
In the mansion of the blest; tits SO
Lonesome nov down here but we
Know thou art far better In thy
heavenly home.
Up there tits SO hard to give thee up
But God thought it best to take thee
From thy earthly home unto eternal
rest,
God grant it that we may meet thee
in thy heavenly home above.
He has crossed the shining river
And has gained the radiant shore,
Where no hearts with grief can culver
And all parting scenes are DER.
We will pass on to meet him
And make whole the broken band,
Meet him just across the river,
In that happy spirit land.
he has gone to heaven before US
But he turns and waves his hand,
Pointing to the glories over US
In that happy spirit land.
Friends may think soon forget him
And my wounded heart be healed
But they little know the sorrow,
That within my heart concealed.
TAou art gone but not forever,
Some day we meet to part no more,
| For time love can never sever
| On heavens bright and shining shore
He fell asleep in Jesus,
This one loved SO we'll
How much l truly loved him,
| No one but God can tell.
Gone from earth, yes, gone forever,
Tears dimmed eyes shall gaze,
In vain l shall hear his voice again,
Oh, never more on earth again.
Life was desired but God did see
Eternal rest was best for thee,
And while he lies IN peaceful sleep,
His sacred memory l shall Away
keep.
He has gone over the troubled river,
Which lies between US and heaven,
A robe of white shall wear a colder
crown is given,
And rejoice in the sweet ASSURANCE
he giveth his loved ones.
Sleep farewell dear father, is a solemn
Word which thrills through ever.
heart,
But oh, it is the will of God,
That dearest ones must part.
10 God what weight of sorrow
Hath the lonely one to bear
The silent room the empty bed
And the lonely vacant chair.
Tenderly nursed and cared for him
Trying in vain to restore his health
This would have been worth an empe
ror's dover;
His life to me was worth more thai
wealth.
Thy work is done; low sinks the sun
On thy low mound of clay.
Oh, could 1 open wide thy grave apt
see thy face once more,
And hear thy voice 1 crave as 10 th,
days of yore.
For am alone; yes, all alone
In this great world OF strife;
You are not here to walk through
The rugged paths of life.
We loved him; yes, no tongue can tel
Eow much we loved him,
And how we'll God loved him too; :
And He thought best to take GU,
dear father home to rest;
lis the debt which all mortals mus
pay.
Yet of all the sorrow l felt in my
life
l never knew grief till we laid
The last one away.
You are gone but not forgotten,
Never will you ever be,
For as long as life and memory last
We will always think of thee.
May his soul rest in peace.
BY HIS DAUGHTER.
Mt. Olive, Va.
May Pit
Newport Times-Herald: Mrs.
Charles MOWbrv. wife of a nrom.