FROM
THE
MILLENNIAL HARBINGER.
DEVOTED TO PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY.
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| VOL. 39.] | BETHANY, W. V., MAY, 1868. | [NO. 5. |
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| James Challen | Voices of Home (1868) |
FROM
THE
MILLENNIAL HARBINGER.
DEVOTED TO PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY.
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| VOL. 39.] | BETHANY, W. V., MAY, 1868. | [NO. 5. |
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When with my books I'm reading
A mother's voice is pleading In earnest, fervent prayer,-- And sisters' too are there,-- The old familiar voices. Some look, or word that's spoken, A tear, or some love-token,-- The smile, or tone of others Are echoes of a brother's,-- The old familiar voices. In unfrequented places I see their cheerful faces; They come when I'm not thinking, The past and present linking The old familiar voices. The loved ones may be taken, And I by all forsaken, But we can part, no never, You're with me now and ever,-- The old familiar voices. The friends my heart embraces But bring me back the graces Of those who've gone before, Safe to the better shore,-- The old familiar voices. |
DAVENPORT, 1868.
[The Millennial Harbinger (May 1868): 287.]
ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION
James Challen's "Voices of Home" was first published in The Millennial Harbinger, Vol. 39, No. 5, May 1868. The electronic version of the poem has been produced from the College Press reprint (1976) of The Millennial Harbinger, ed. Alexander Campbell (Bethany, VA: A. Campbell, 1868), p. 287.
Pagination in the electronic version has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. I have let stand variations and inconsistencies in the author's (or editor's) use of italics, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in the poem.
Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.
Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA
Created 21 June 1998.
Updated 2 July 2003.
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