The angek were lonely without him, 

 So they wooed him and won him away, 



The gates of the city were open 

 The city of unending day. 



He in life met all his opposers with strength 

 and character, with a spirit of kindness and of 

 •Christ, but no doubt often. — 



While here in the Valley of Shadows, 



He often was longing for rest, 

 For the companionship of the Holy, 



And the joys only known to the blest. 



But we can all rest in this thought and say, — 



"We know that an entrance was welcome, 

 That a mansion for him was prepared. 



That a robe and a palm had been granted, 

 And a crown which the glorified wear. 



"And though our hearts were sad at the parting, 

 As we're passing through sorrow's dark night, 



Yet we all again hope to meet him, 

 In the bright resurrection light." 



He was a man of tenderness and compassion 

 .and naturally he would never have written the 

 hook on Eternal Punishment but that his untiring 

 zeal and his intense yearning over the lost of 

 • •arih brought before his spiritual eyes the awful 

 fate of lost souls, and Jesus seemed to take him 

 on 1 he Isle of Patmos and draw aside the curtains 

 of Eternity and inspired his soul to preach and to 



