Thursday, September 2, 2010

My Grandma Della Larson Schofield

THINKING OF SOME THINGS TONIGHT. YEARS AGO MY GRANDMA WROTE A SONG AND I AM SURE SHE SUNG IT SOME. FOR 2 TIMES I WAS APART OF AND THE 1ST WAS MY YOUNGER BROTHER JOE SCHOFIELD'S MISSION FAIRWELL WAS ON MAY 11, 1980 38TH WARD. MY GRANDMA WAS IN ATTENDANCE. SO THE MUSIC IS TO THE TUNE OF "OH DANNY BOY" WORDS BY: DELLA SCHOFIELD
SUNG BY: MY MOTHER ELAINE SCHOFIELD, MY SISTER JENNIE GARNER, ME TAUNA SCHOFIELD, ADELE UDY, CONNIE BLAD & LATER WE SANG IT AT HER FUNERAL ON JAN. 1981

"O TARRY NOT"

THE LORD HATH SAID, HOW OFT' I WOULD HAVE GATHERED THEE,
COME UNTO ME, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
NO MAN DOTH KNOW THE HOUR, THE DAY WHEN I WILL COME
SO FILL YOUR LAMPS THAT YE MAY READY BE.
THE WISE WILL HEAR AND BE PREPARED TO COME TO ME,

O TARRY NOT, O TARRY NOT SAID HE.
FOR I WILL COME AND PLACE MY SHEEP AT MY RIGHT HAND.
COME UNTO ME, COME UNTO ME I LOVE YOU SO.

WATCH YE THEREFORE, AND TO MY WILL UNTIL I COME,
BEHOLD, I HAVE PREPARED A PLACE FOR YOU.
I AM THE WAY I AM THE TRUTH, I AM THE LIFE

LOVE ONE ANOTHER E'EN AS I LOVE YOU.
HE THAT BELIEVES ME AND THE WORKS THAT I SHALL DO,
HE SHALL DO EVEN GREATER WORKS THAN I,
MY PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU UNTIL I COME AGAIN,
O TARRY NOT, O TARRY NOT UNTIL I COME.

WORDS FROM THE SCRIPTURES

SHE WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL LADY AND VERY CLOSE TO THE LORD. wE ALL LOVED HER VERY MUCH.WE ALL MISS HER VERY MUCH. SHE WAS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.

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