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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 4, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 11.

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IN MEMORY

By Annie Teague

Of Mrs. Wm. H. Brown, who died Aug. 21, 1879, at Adams Center, N. Y. The obituary was given last week.
FINISHED the steps of her journey, Past all its sorrows and pain; Resting and waiting for Jesus, Promised “home-coming” again.
Busily wove the fair fingers Raiment of purity white; Bought with rare wisdom the treasure— Tried gold, in the city of light.
Fragrant her life was with blessing; The cross no burden to bear, Twined with the blossoming garlands Fresh from her tenderest care.
Ever her memory lingers Like a silvery sounding bell;— A crushed rose’s dying sweetness, Breathing its odorous spell.
Fearful we question the wherefore; But, safe from sorrow and sin, God holds the precious casket, And numbers the pearls within.
Chastening is but for a season, Yielding its fruits by-and-by. We shall forget, at Christ’s coming, We questioned how, or why.
ANNIE TEAGUE.
Beloit, Wis.