This bright little jewel was permitted to bless their home with sunshine and joy for only about a year. His stay on earth was short and yet he was here long enough to find his way into many hearts from which his dear little image will not soon be effaced.
How sadly he will be missed in the home from which he was taken. In Mamma's daily round of duties everything must be a reminder of her darling. The little ones have no employment since baby brother is gone. When Papa returns from a day's work no baby voice lisps his name; when sister and brother return from school no little arms are stretched out in loving welcome. But dear parents, brother and sister, God has seen fit to take your little one to Himself which He has done with unspeakable tenderness. His great heart yearning for your welfare as His children. He gave and he has taken away. In tearful yet cheerful submission you have the privilege to look up and say: "Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Your little ones are safe in the arms of Jesus and methinks I can almost hear their baby voices singing around the great white throne and calling back to loved ones to come on.
Sweet little darlings,
Light of the home;
Waiting for some one,
Beckoning come.
Bright as the sunbeams,
Pure as the snow;
Anxiously watching,
Mother, for you.
Grieve not, dear loved ones as those who have no hope, for though you cannot call your darling back, you can go to him. May God bless, comfort and sustain you in your bereavement.
J. W. H.
Wheeling, La.
Published in The Southern Sentinel (Winnfield, LA), Friday, April 17, 1903
This bright little jewel was permitted to bless their home with sunshine and joy for only about a year. His stay on earth was short and yet he was here long enough to find his way into many hearts from which his dear little image will not soon be effaced.
How sadly he will be missed in the home from which he was taken. In Mamma's daily round of duties everything must be a reminder of her darling. The little ones have no employment since baby brother is gone. When Papa returns from a day's work no baby voice lisps his name; when sister and brother return from school no little arms are stretched out in loving welcome. But dear parents, brother and sister, God has seen fit to take your little one to Himself which He has done with unspeakable tenderness. His great heart yearning for your welfare as His children. He gave and he has taken away. In tearful yet cheerful submission you have the privilege to look up and say: "Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Your little ones are safe in the arms of Jesus and methinks I can almost hear their baby voices singing around the great white throne and calling back to loved ones to come on.
Sweet little darlings,
Light of the home;
Waiting for some one,
Beckoning come.
Bright as the sunbeams,
Pure as the snow;
Anxiously watching,
Mother, for you.
Grieve not, dear loved ones as those who have no hope, for though you cannot call your darling back, you can go to him. May God bless, comfort and sustain you in your bereavement.
J. W. H.
Wheeling, La.
Published in The Southern Sentinel (Winnfield, LA), Friday, April 17, 1903
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