Your family was large when on the old farm,
And now they are scattered, of course that's no harm,
Your family's now larger, and will increase more -
More numerous than sand on the sandy seashore.
May the God of your fathers look on you and smile,
As he did upon Moses in the great river Nile;
May your life be spared until Christ comes to reign,
A complete salvation I hope you'll obtain
You have lived, 'tis true, to a good old age,
Eighty long years you have been on the stage;
Live another twenty, then one hundred you'll be,
We'll then have a family jubilee.
In honor to you I have made you this rhyme,
May the Comforting Spirit be with you through time,
Through the blood of our Savior your robes will shine,
Power and glory and dominion be thine.
-Peter C. Wood-
Date unlegible however Daniel was 80 in 1880
Retyped by Staci Bailey, May 21, 2003
