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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MEMORIAM, by CLARENCE SYLVESTER JARVIS
First Line: A thousand hours of organ interlude
Last Line: And thrice ten million souls are comforted.
Subject(s): Memory
First Line: A thousand hours of organ interlude
Last Line: And thrice ten million souls are comforted.
Subject(s): Memory
A thousand hours of organ interlude;
And thrice ten thousand listeners recall
The dulcet tones, soft-blended and subdued,
While somber evening shades began to fall.
A thousand days you tarried while your heart
Was ever calling westward to your "Bill";
Yet ardently you strove to do your part
In leadership to serve the Father's will.
Your life lends broader meaning to your lay,
The hymn, "God Loved Us so He sent His Son";
Alike, "The Night is Wearing Fast Away";
"To Him Who Rules on High," another one.
Among soul-stirring hymns each choir knows
In all our missions and throughout the West,
"The Wintry Day Descending to its Close"
Blends Whitney's talents and your own the best.
Your hallowed memory will ever stay
Where Tabernacle broadcasts, through the years,
Have comforted bowed hearts, and soothed the way;
Your final message sung: "Oh, Dry Those Tears."
Oh, could the youth incline to dedicate
Their lives to follow where your path has led --
Ten thousand crowded days in Man's estate,
And thrice ten million souls are comforted.
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