DAYS OF SUNSHINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 188, 11 August 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)

DAYS OF SUNSHINE.

In Memory of-Rodert 'Abamb,;A!6kd 21 Years. ' : /fe .■;■,*» ••. Was it because ihesuiisliino in thy li's Could pnly; last but for a liltlo.iimu1 •;■■: IJio goqil Lord called'tb.ee,. from this .^orld of To His o.wii everlasting 'snnsM'ne'clMe -

kro aughtpfearth should fciouittliyhapwfaeo, '■■■ ' Or dim the brightness of thy"sparkling oye, • Before lire s sorrows could have left a traeo Upon thy brow— He summoned theo to dio 1 Wo cannot toll; hut like athrondotgol'd' 1 Thy sunshine warned'the pattern ot'ourlivea, , And He alono wLd allthingo doth unltild' Makes record in, the depths oCHis archives. : i' Meantime Ihto goMon (hroad links us 1o Hipp In bonds of iiure, becan c of heavenly, lovo, I Content to know that wh it wo cannot lee

Down in this vale of tears, wo shall abovo, Where all is sunshine and clnrii.il tluy, Where life ami loro.aro bluiiti'ii itiiunup, .While in the twilight here ,j™ strive to say ■' Thou 'liiiowcsl liei.t, Thy lioly wjll bo dono!" A.TUSF JtDHS. f i uhorl lifoof tht'lati MrT.(ob,i'u Whuih, nf A'lams Jirds.,1 Ponsonhy, will shortly be published. It is to' he- called-" Days Of sunshine," and will contain sonio of the favourite songs ol ' tlwlato" happy Bob Adams." The. life will bo , . written by Mr Ross] ■ :' '■'■'■':'/[ ■>■'.