Show written for louisa F wells on the death of t her lier son john brig Drig bain barn who died in 0 S L wf MY june gib 1866 aged io 10 years cak eak 3 months and 13 dy days I 1 know that he is happy that he dwell eth with the blest that hes heys free from pain and sorrow with which this earths oppress op pressa but bat 0 my healt head is lonely I 1 miss him everywhere here lord give thine handmaid comfort and let me not despair 4 I 1 feel that all is right and that I 1 should not grieve bat then my wounded spirit the burning tears relieve and when my iny little ones come prattling round my iny knee and I 1 feel that be he Is absent whom I 1 was wont to see oh a heart 0 of stone that would not aheda shed a tear to the memory of him whose presence was so dear AT my y first born yes when clouds did round my path bathna pathway Na lower his bright anT and happy smiles cheered many a botel lonely hour A thousand thousand dreams of love and hope blend with that childish face but now I 1 may not fold him in a mothers fond embrace lies lles gone id not recall him I 1 know that we shall meet in the resurrection morning and our joy will wilt be complete his loss to me on earth lord teach me how to bear and give me consolation when I 1 come to thee in prayer EMELINE answer to charade in no 19 if you add you will surely increase and nd vice will keep you from heaven advice such is human caprice Is not so oft daken taken as given answers short be becomes comes shorter by adding a syllable decapitate plague and it becomes ague ague add or prefix S 8 to IX and it makes arix SIX from take X and nine remain and from take XI and ten remain then add XI and X which make ANNA anta mabra MABIA 13 begins Ete rily it end time and space it begins every end and ends every place question 4 lady ad y asked a gentleman his age ile he replied I 1 it t i is a what you do in everything how old was he |