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In Memoriam. - The Little Brothers,

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WILLIAM CHILDS BREWER, died Jan. 24th, 1862, aged 7 years, and GEORGE CLEVELAND BREWER, aged 5 years, at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 4th, 1862.     The noble boy amid his sports         Droop'd like a smitten flower     That feels the frost-king's fatal shaft,         And withers in its bower.     But then a younger darling sank         In childhood's rosy bloom,     And those whose hearts were one from birth,         Were brothers in the tomb.     Not in the tomb. Ah no! They rose         Through Christ their Saviour's love,     In his blest presence to cement         Their deathless bond of love.     Are they not dwelling side by side?         Have they not 'scaped the strife,     The snares, the sins, the woes that stain         This pilgrimage of life?     Oh heart of sorrowing Love, be strong!         Tho' tenderest ties are riven,     For do not earth's bereavments aid         The angel-chant of Heaven.

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"WILLIAM CHILDS BREWER, died Jan. 24th, 1862, aged 7 years, and GEORGE CLEVELAND BREWER, aged 5 years, at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 4th, 1862...."

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