OBITUARY by James H.; Mary Titus

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 11, 1858

OBITUARY.

By James H.; Mary Titus

FELL asleep, Oct. 4th, 1858, our only child, Alvah N. Titus, aged two years and six months.

"The loved, the bright, the beautiful, From earth must pass away; And bitter are the tears that fall Above the senseless clay. "Alas! 'tis hard to part with thee, Our darling little boy; Yet well we know 'tis promised thee To rise to perfect joy. "Oh we shall miss thy joyous laugh And shouts of childish glee; And listen oft with throbbing heart For thy footsteps light and free. "And oft in slumber shall we meet Thy small mouth's rosy kiss, And waken with a bitter pang, Thy twining arms to miss. "A vacant place is at our board, A void is in our heart; Our child, our loved, our beautiful, 'Tis hard with thee to part! "To lay thy little form away Within the silent tomb, Then turn and leave thee slumbering there, In darkness and in gloom. "Yet Alvah, darling, short thy stay Within that narrow bed; Thy little form will scarcely feel Corruption's withering tread, "Ere thou shalt hear thy Saviour's voice, Arise, ye dead, and sing, Where is thy victory now, O grave? And where, O death, thy sting?" JAMES H., & MARY TITUS. Perry, Mich.