Show TO elden ELDEK GU WALLACE OS 0 1 THE DEATH OF SIS nis WIFE LYDIA nydia brother wallace I 1 would fain present the heartfelt tribute of a friend sincere fil ail this your hour of bereavement sad and kindly say mourn not that she Is gond gone to mansions of delight and blessed festl A the gentle tear of love iove itis right to shed but nut let lot not one of bitter grief bedew the grave that holds thy dear departed wife she was a wife in deed and truth faithful enduring to the end ot of life ilfe and if permitted she will hover still st ill lil A guardian around your life on earth she was a mother whose sweet soul was bound ju lin loves eternal bands forevermore for evermore her children were the apple of her eye her love and her ambition cente centered rod nod there will win she not hover round their youthful steps methinks she will if such employment Is bestowed upon the enfranchised soul soui for all in her was earnest fond and true germs in fruition now immortalized need I 1 add she was a saint in very deed the virtues I 1 describe comprise a saint and that full fall word embodies all the rest enough Is said sald but beye be ye comforted oh ohl friend and brother mine this life Is short let us u prepare to follow her ehos gone before us just a little while we too the deul debt of nature soon must pay mayme may e like her be ready for the change prepared to meet our loved ones onest ohl oh thought the loved and lost on earth in heaven found this gives us strength to cry thy will be done march 18 1869 arr air T |