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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, January 14, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXXI, No. 5

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“I HOPE TO MEET THEM ALL IN HEAVEN!”

By S. J. Thayer

Dying words of Mrs. Angelia Damon, who died in San Francisco, June 14, 1866, after an absence of five years from her childhood's home, aged 84 years.
“I HOPE to meet them all in Heaven!” Yes, sister, sweetly rest; We trust that when rewards are given To all the sleeping blest, A crown—a crown of righteousness Shall deck thy radiant brow: This hope removes the bitterness Of our affliction now.
“I hope to meet them all in Heaven!” Five now are passed away. Time yet unto the rest is given, It may be but to-day. Who next the darkened vale will tread? Who next to silence go? Who next be numbered with the dead? The living may not know.
“I hope to meet them all in Heaven!” Kind Father, hear our prayer! O let not one be tempest riven, Guide each one safely there. The oldest, middle-aged, and young, Bring to the promised land, That all may meet around thy throne, A happy family band.
S. J. THAYER.