GOSPET, - The Gospel Magazine

EI,EGY IN A COUNTA,Y BW,YING-GROTTND. OUD
Stay, haste not;ef, Lnt tan'y here awhile, ,\ge hacl nol, yet produceil the silver.y
rlrese sotemn
hair.
mllsrugs \viJl the timc beguile, Aud though his rnanly brow seemeilploughed
Corne.gaze ulou this tonrb whiJe lei,tis DJr eale,
lrght
Yei hail not time, marlied furrorvs
Reflect
iu his
upon this sad instructive sight.
face,
l\[anhood to age had searcely given place.
Here mayest thou learn to know the chastelinE
lod.
Tlreie slcclrs inl,eace below
Frrv.
a
wele
cLild
the
of Cod;
veat.s allotted him to keep,
ljeueat.h.tlris romL, his
\f
nould,ring
iLh ncrcr-{irirB
I,od1 lies,
zeaL his Master's shedp,
IIis spirit mounted upualds
Short rvas
to thi ski6s.
1 lre 1 i n-re hc labour.cd for his lo'rd;
He's nov
Here lieth l{illiam Krause--a name helal
-wiih
C.lrist, and reape his rich
telvard.
derr
By many sorrowing friends boi h fr r and near, As in a moment he was snatched away,
No more they'il hear his solemn ualning Il_r'e yeslerilay he preacLe,l-he's goue io-day,
votce,
He died in Chriit-tliis *as Lii only ple'a,
\4 hich bid their souls in Jesus, name rejoice. " M.y Saviour died, and sheri his blood for
No more shall he
me."
the Gosnel truth imnart.
{rn d soo t h^e the -ii t tte or.phrn,s
No more for aid, ach i n g kird Leart, O; may we all like him, make Christ onr
pitrous s[all h"e .ou", stay,
Nor plead the orpharii' cause lvith ththerst And so, be founil in Christ against
Iove.
" thai
dav,"
{o-*g.g
in his lov'il pulpit shall he stand,
Clothed in our Saviour's robe may we,appear,
And derl the heav'uly iood witb gentle hand,
Ard like our friond who's gone have nought
O, no, he's gone, by death's ruJ-e shock removed,
io tear.
We weep indeed, yei in
He's goae
orrr tco.rs
to
rcjoicc,
meet his Saviour, whom he Again shall hear oul friend's beloved
loved.
voice,
Our wanderings past, we'II stand on Canaan's
shore,
There shall rve meet our fiiend to part no
mote.
While here below he loveil to preach the
word,
He's now we trust for ever rviih his loril,
\Yashed in his Saviour's blood, he bears no
starn,
Nolr., stranger', rise, thy homeward cour.se
Seeing his Saviour.'s face, he feels no pain, ilursue,
This simple lesson lear.n-'. go thou aud
Those whom he lefi behind jikewrse
do,"
lament him sore,
Still rejoicing ,they
say, ,'not lost but gone like him nho's gone in Jesus' blooil rejoice,
oelore,
lYe for ouselfies anil. ours, ,tis So urayest thou hsil with joy the archaigel,s
true, must
volce.
weel,
Yet not lbr him ; in Christ he fell asleep.,, Thus spolre a pilgrim in rhis vale of tears,
He while
l\'lose'siiverei 'ioch" alive, was
belukened
loved-perhaps
lcngrh
too
of
rnuch,
Iears,
The instrument
And as he
was
ceased, the
scarcely
tear unconscious
reckonetl
fell
such,
But row that
Upon
God's
{,he grave of him he loved
removeil
so wel.
the boon so
prized,
Thus, ofi he comes to read tire sacred. Word,
The treasure il earthen vessells recoEnisetl. Ard thinh of him who's joineil his riseu
Consistent in his life-of humble minil,
Lolil,
In him base crlumny could nothing find;
llele trr lrom city dirr, he spends his day,
Upright in mien--hc caiurly passei alonE.
Then wends t"onalils horrre his ', soliiary
Watching with silent grze, ihe giddy tbro;g.
rvay,"
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Th e scene of the_ foregoing is snpposed t o be llotnl Jerome Cemel rr, n car: DrLbl i n, in rvhich
tbe lrierrLls of the latc ticv. W. Il'.'l(uuse l;""" ;iJ;;onurncul'ro t i. o,",,rJrv. til.
neecl-less to remark, that the iLiea was suggestetr by the celebr.aterl " Elegy io u boooiry
Churuh-Yrril." Tjrc readcr wilr par.don t[i"s tu.il" irrernpt, when ]re I,uoii r.hui ry;;i_;
objecL in committiug to pxpcr tdese ferv hasty thorrghrs,'rras to aild my hurnLre tr,iliufeo'f
eslcem, to lne meurory ol my .tamentcd and beloved pastor.
Dub lin, Septem| et 28, 7852.
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