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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 31, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 6.

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“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.

THE SLEEP.

Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar Along the psalmist’s music deep, Now tell me if there any is For gift or grace surpassing this,— “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
What would we give to our beloved? The hero’s heart to be unmoved; The poet’s star-tuned harp to sweep; The patriot’s voice to teach and rouse; The monarch’s crown to light the brows? “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
What do we give to our beloved? A little faith, all undisproved; A little dust, to overweep; And bitter memories, to make The whole earth blasted for our sake. “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
“Sleep soft, beloved!” we sometimes say, But have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep; But never doleful dream again Shall break the happy slumber when “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
O earth, so full of dreary noises! O men, with wailing in your voices! O delvèd gold, the wailer’s heap! O strife, O curse, that o’er it fall! God strikes a silence through you all, And “giveth His beloved sleep.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Johnson.—Died at West Dayton, Iowa, July 22, 1879, Eld. John Johnson. He has fallen asleep in Jesus, to await the morning of the resurrection. He leaves a wife and six children.
PETER JOHNSON.
Heacox.—Died at our home near Kilbourn, Wis., July 20, 1879, Jennie T. Heacox, wife of Albert Heacox, and daughter of A. and C. M. Tenney. Her age was 26 years and 5 months. Our family circle including eight children, is now broken for the first time. We have lain our dear one away to rest in bright hope of a glorious resurrection. The funeral services were conducted by Eld. Moulton, F. W. Baptist.
G. C. TENNEY.