GOSPET, - The Gospel Magazine

526
rB& Gospnl, r,taeAzrNE.
Anil when from the Lodv set free
We gazed on thy
What
beautiful
_
glorics then br,r:st on tly sight;
For while I was sorrou,ing for thee -
clar,.
So dear-tho'the spirit has fled_
And rve moulned_when
Thou entered
they
the
bore
city o1
thee
lighi.
away,
To the silent abode of the dead,
But vain is it for me to trv
Th.v,name is
To
engraved
desrribe lhe
or
eclestial"bliss
my heart;
,ou.l lnee-\rtth
Thgt m..1' Father abovc shall eljoy,-
_,,,
tl lendcrest love; [por+,
Ior the Saliour he sees as he ls.
l*o:l..l3r!
for awhile; yes awhile we-rnu"i
lJul t 1| Joln flree, nly lalher, above.
Then shall f so selfish apnear.
. Since.tJry_spirit
Tll.then I can biil thr:e farewell
to gluiy is gone,
;
And, m,al
As,to uish thou nasr iorrb*.iig
flra,.c to thy children be given
Leie ? That ai, death,
No,
all rnav ioin ihpp f,,. .-^.
no,
rnay-join
rn.v dear Father,
thee, fui
sleep
ever
on.
lo
And be a whole family in heaven. ldwe1l-
A Vrsrr ro rry
Anil is my own rlear lather eone p
trlATHER,s GRAvD.
Look higbet
IIim whom_my
tban my sleeping
love wrs fixei
drrst,
upon. And vierv 1by-Ia_rhei
Shall I not see
with
aEain
thJ jusi
?
;
This
Wbat.is
shall
tLat
thy
gentle
spirit cheer.
spiril Bed?
*,I've
ts he too nurubereil wirh done
I be with,earlh,
dead
rny raee is run,
And freed from
I te
every
b€tlle's
pain?
tought, lbe r.iclolv rvon,
^lo,
Shall I no more behokl that face?
,.
Dever more to roam.
I ve etriered
No
pori,
more_ receive
obtaineil
that
ihe
fold
prize;
embrace, l'vc rcacbeil
And
my
hear that voice no more ?
.rnansion in tLe skies,
lly happy, happy home.
' Beyold iie rcach uf pain or sin,
lor ever $ilh the Lor&shut iu,
De_ar lord, subdue this stubborn will;
Bid every. m-urnruring thonght be still,
Wdle I thy naie ailoie.
My lather, oft I here woulil call
To muse on thee, and think of all
Thy tender love to me.
fl-hile memory drrells
'thy
within my breast
lmage 9n_my ]eart shall relt,
Anil oft I'il think of thee.
But coulilst tbou see me as I stray
Hard by thy grave, rnethiuks thou'd sav_
" l\Iy child, why seek me herc ?
IJ blts
^
is now complele.
Lome dry,tbose lerrs anrl weep no nlord,
I am not lost, but qone before.
We soon ugaiishall roeet',,
Dear Saviour, low 1Ly grace impart;
llo thou_coDsole this aching beair,
Anil comfolt with tbt' lovc ;
r netr can -l
give my lather up,
And rest in sure anii certain frope
Of.meeting him above.
trf. a. s,
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