Poems: With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith
BY MRS. REBEKAH SMITH.
MANCHESTER, N. H. JOHN B. CLARKE, PRINTER. 1871.
A small volume of poems entitled, “Home Here and Home in Heaven,” by Annie R. Smith, appeared shortly after her death, in 1855. Her numerous friends wishing some account of her life and last sickness, have from time to time desired me to prepare such a sketch for publication. I have also been requested to publish in connection therewith, a collection of my own poetical efforts. This is the immediate occasion of the appearance of the present volume, the publication of which, circumstances have conspired to delay till the present time. It lays no claim to literary merit, but professes to be only a description in rhyme of some of the ordinary experiences of life, and the common feelings of the heart. I have appended some additional pieces written by Annie R. Smith, and some by Uriah Smith, which I have desired to see published in this form. It is commended to the charitable consideration of friends, with the hope that its appearance may prove a gratification and a benefit to some.
Mrs. Rebekah Smith.
West Wilton, N. H.
In the deep recess of the inmost heart,
Where Satan tempts and angels come to shield,
Are foes by which we would be overcome,
Were Christ not with us on the battle-field.
The tempter, seeking whom he may devour,
Would sift as wheat, and finally prevail;
But Jesus intercedes and prays for us,
Rebekah Smith
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PREFACE.
POEMS.
Life’s Conflict.
Christian Love.
Love Not the World.
Preparation for Heaven.
Submission.
It Was True.
No Resting Here.
Deny Thyself.
Baptism.
Despair of the Lost.
Depart from Sin.
Old, but Young.
Passing the Gate.
Trust all to God.
The Vanity of Earth.
Dying Words.
The Slave of Appetite.
All Trials Cease.
To Ellena Boutwell.
To Aaron A. Smith,
To Samuel.
Lines
To My Mother.
Response.
Lines
Lines
Lines
Look Up.
Overcoming Sin.
Will You be a Pilgrim?
Home for the Weary.
The Enemy’s Power.
Sustaining Grace.
Go Forward.
Why Art Thou Cast Down?
Trust.
“Brother, Live!”
Condense.
“The Bond of Peace.”
Christian Submission.
Who is Without Fault?
Overcome and Live.
The Last Message of Mercy.
We Love.
Have Mercy on Yourselves.
The Advent.
The Coming Day.
Domestic Afflictions.
The Christian’s Desire.
The Warfare.
Always Rejoicing.
The Work of Reform.
Live for God.
My Sheep Hear My Voice.
Where Is Thy God?
They who Love the Law.
God, the Comforter of Those Who Are Cast Down.
Worldly Sorrow.
The Race and Warfare.
The Darkness of Despair.
The Latter Rain.
The Hour of Judgment.
The Remnant Church.
False Fame and True.
Return unto the Lord.
Safety in the Lord.
The Health Institute.
Divine Love.
Appeal to the Sinner.
The Love of Many is Waxed Cold.
Early Recollections.
The Circle Broken.
The Christian’s Confidence.
For a Gathering of the Aged.
Emptiness of Earth.
The Christian’s Triumph.
POEMS, BY ANNIE R. SMITH.
The Friends of my Youth: Where are They?
Ode to the Winds.
Lines
Lines
Oh! Let me be on the Stormy Sea.
The Exiled Prisoner.
The Clouds.
The Unchanged.
Lines
To M. D. B. On the present of a pen.
Be Cheerful.
The Sister’s Devotion.
Trust Not, Love Not.
Proof Reader’s Lament.
Lines to H. N. S.
Lines
POEMS, BY URIAH SMITH.
The Willing and Obedient.
Be Not Cast Down.
Be Faithful.
Lines
Passed Away.
Ode.
Ode.
I’m Coming Home Again.
Charity.
Lines
The New Year, 1871.
Almost to the Beautiful Land.
“They Shall be Mine.”
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
The Lord Will Come.
INDEX.
POEMS BY REBEKAH SMITH.
POEMS BY ANNIE R. SMITH.
POEMS BY URIAH SMITH.
Transcriber’s Notes