1897, Photograph, B 24250
In memoriam card for Johannes Rensch who died at Tanunda on 19 May 1897. The inscription is in German, the translated text reads: A Memorial / In loving memory of our beloved husband, father, brother and pastor / [photograph] / Johannes Reusch / died in Tanunda on the 19th. May 1897, / at the age of 54 years, 3 months, 5 days, / with a firm belief in his Saviour. [On reverse side] Sleep well, now you may go / Home to the promised land / And escape all suffering / In the hand of your God. / Oh, let fall away too here down below / the crown from our brows / Go hither, go hither in peace / and look at what you believed.! // Sleep well, for us too / God will keep His firm word / Managing in troubled homes / To comfort us strongly and firmly., / To lift us and bear us, / To send us His spirit / So that in the most difficult days / We are never rejected. // Sleep well, you remain in blessing / Here below near and far, / Now however we look forward / only more happily towards God, / He who showed you the pathway / To the light through the night. May His name be glorified, / He has atoned well! [Translated by R. Radden, 2008.]