THE MEETING TIME.
Oh. bitter Is the sorrow When here we part In tear*. And heavy Is the burden Of lons and lonely years! But what will be the meeting' When life's sad Journey's past. Within the Father's keeping We And our own at last! As mists that cloud the morning— As shadows of the nightForgotten In the glory Of noontide's radiant light. The weary years of waiting As nothing then shall seem. The pain, the loss, the sorrow— Remembered as a dream. Oh, what will be ihe meeting! No words Its Joy may frame! When face to face we see them. Immortal—yet the same: When dear, long-silent voices Shall speak our names once more. And smiles of welcome greet us Aa fondly as of yore! Oh. blessed thought of comfort. When those we love have gone To seek a better country, ' And we are left alone! Shall we not wait In patience A little longer here. As those who know that dally The meeting time draws near? —lira. J. E. Lyman, in Jf. Y. observer.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 352, 5 February 1903, Page 8
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176THE MEETING TIME. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 352, 5 February 1903, Page 8
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