THE REV. H. STOCKER.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 657, 31 October 1882, Page 2

THE REV. H. STOCKER.

Some say this world is full of tears and sorrow, One long adieu ; That a dull day precedes a drearier morrow. It is not true. n > Sorrow there is, and now all hearts are thrilling To say good bye To one who ever in our cause was willing His best to try. ill. But yet withal there is a consolation, For well we know Others are gainers by our deprivation ; So, let him go, IV. Full of that peace that follows honest striving After the light; True comfort ever from the though t deriving That he was right

To seek a more extended sphere of duty,

Where health won't fail To give the strength to show the wondrous beauty Of the old tale. VI. [f we would show we really loved him truly In the time past, Why, let us follow those directions duly That were his "last. VII. To try to view our errimr fellow-sinners In their best light, Remembering all of us are but beginners In doing right. VIII. So that by kindly thinking of each other, Discord may cease, And both with us and with our earthly brother It may be " peace." IX. And when the weary pilgrimage is ended, The trouble o'er, We and the loved one who has us befriended May part no more. SILAS WEGG. Sunday Evening.