William Baxter Lines on the Death of Mrs. Clarinda Pendleton (1851)

FROM

THE

MILLENNIAL HARBINGER:

FOURTH SERIES.

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VOL. I.] BETHANY, VA. JUNE, 1851. [NO. VI.
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LINES ON THE DEATH OF MRS. CLARINDA PENDLETON.

      Dear Brother Campbell: I trust the verses below need no explanation. I never have known any one, of whom they could have been more truthfully written, than your daughter Clarinda.

W. BAXTER.      

O,   M O U R N   H E R   N O T.

O, mourn her not! for she is happy now,
Since she hath left this world of care and sin,
The pearly gates have opened, and with joy,
While angels welcomed, she hath entered in.
There she hath found the Lord she loved in life;
She swells the number of the blood-washed throng;
A golden harp now graces her glad hands,
And she hath joined the everlasting song.

O, mourn her not! the desert now is passed,
And she hath gained the bright and sinless land;
She was too pure for this dark, sin-stained world,
And God hath called her up to his right hand.
She dwells where sorrow never may invade,
Where tears come not, and sighing is unknown;
The soul's deep thirst is quenched; for now she drinks
From that pure stream that flashes near the throne.

O, mourn her not! the victor's fadeless wreath
Is bound upon her pure and spotless brow;
Trial is passed, and on her bright reward
The one you mourn has gladly entered now.
Then strong in hope, and trust, dry up your tears;
Her God is thine; and oh! it will be sweet,
With her you loved, and lost, on earth below,
Around the throne of God above to meet.

[The Millennial Harbinger (June 1851): 360.]

ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION

      William Baxter's "Lines on the Death of Mrs. Clarinda Pendleton" and "O, Mourn Her Not" were first published in The Millennial Harbinger, Fourth Series, Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1851. The electronic version of the letter and poem has been produced from the College Press reprint (1976) of The Millennial Harbinger, ed. Alexander Campbell (Bethany, VA: A. Campbell, 1851), p. 360.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

Created 20 June 1998.
Updated 28 June 2003.

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