Irwin, David McKinney d 1864

DIED--In Pittsburgh, Pa., on Friday morning, August 5th, 1864, at twenty-five minutes of four o'clock, DAVID M'KINNEY, youngest child of John M. and Martha A. Irwin, aged 1 year and 9 months.

We miss our blue-eyed boy,
Our little household pet;
The step--the laugh--so baby-like,
We think we hear them yet.

We loved our darling boy;
We list, where're we go,
To hear the bird-like music
That used to greet us so.

We loved him, O! we loved him,
How much, we ne'er can tell;
But if we love the Saviour,
We'll surely with him dwell.

For Jesus kindly called him,
That we might seek his love;
We'll strive to heed the lesson,
And meet our babe above.

We'll bow with sweet submission,
Draw nearer to his side,
And feel that it were better
For us dear Davie died.

We know the gentle Shepherd
Doth fold him to his breast;
Be still, our troubled spirits,
Nor weep that he's at rest.

Presbyterian Banner, Pittsburgh, PA 10 Aug 1864