Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PREACHER'S WIFE, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: God bless his wife, the preacher's wife Last Line: The rising of the just. Subject(s): Life; Marriage; Religion; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology | ||||||||
God bless his wife, the preacher's wife, Wherever she may be; A cheerful joy, a comfort and A blessing, all is she. Whether from humble cottage, or From mansion great and grand, Where ease and luxury she left To travel o'er the land, With him, her Christlike husband, Who doth labor for the cause, And faithfully doth bear aloft The banner of the Cross. In village and in town is he, And on the hill and plain, Through forests vast, through swollen streams, He goes in sun and rain. Oft persecuted, oft despised, His fare is rough and hard, But God he seeks to please, not man, In God is his reward. And tho' it may not be the lot Of her, the preacher's wife, To mingle as her husband does In ruder ways of life, But hers it is to visit and Cherish the sick and weak; And nurse them in affliction's hour And words of comfort speak. And other's burdens nobly bear, The sorrowing hearts to soothe, And with affection's loving hand The dying pillows smooth; And in the Sabbath school repeat The story's oft been told; And lovingly and gently lead The lambs to Jesus's fold. What tho' her life may trials have, Her pathway checkered be, Will not a golden crown of life Be giv'n to such as she? Far, far away from childhood's home, 'Mongst other scenes and skies, These pure and unfamed women live, And for their Master die. All over our dear land to-day Are graves where rest their dust; With their work done they dreamless wait, The Rising of the just. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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