GOD'S ANGEL-DEATH OR REST.
Trembmng I saw him enter; silently lie watched beside the bed, Where lay my darling:, sleeping quietly ; An angel-form bent o'er his head ; And soon ho op'cd his eyes and looked at me, "Farewell, beloved !' —Oh : say not, "hois dead!" ITush ! 'tistho angels singing, " welcome home 1' The weary day is pust, And now the quiet even-tido is come, The toiler rests at lastBe still, my heart; and cease bhy weary pain, The angels toll mo we shall meet a.uaiu. Death's wings are folded, silvei -lined, The " shadow " fades from sight ; Ho turns his shining fnee to me, And lo ! a heavenly light Illumes the silent room, as there re' paled. I see the love by which all pain is healed. The angel of his love, whom men call " Dea h ;" How tenderly the silver cord Is loosod at labt, and man's immortal breath Ascends to dwell with GodPoor heart: be still, and know that he is blest, God's messenger has bun o him to his rest. ' Rest' is the name he gave me, ere he sped, On noieelo s wing to yon blight home. To tell me not that he I loved s dead : I know he H\ cs, and will ino-t surt'lv come To welcome mo chi yondi r glean. ing shore, Where loving spirits meet to part no more.
Jenny Wren..
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 222, 1 October 1887, Page 2
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228GOD'S ANGEL-DEATH OR REST. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 222, 1 October 1887, Page 2
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