The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-13
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THE THREE s o N $
BY REV.. MoULTRIE.

BY REV. }. MoULTnIE
! uAvE little SON. hoy just five yeats old, q
With eyes of tlioughtui earnestness, and nina o.
gentle mould. u,.... -,
They tell me that unusual grace IN al MS "a'' 'P
pears 49,. Lo,,o,d
That my child is grave and w'so u ""a'' ~
his childish years ,,t Goo =
/ cannot say how this may be, KNOW MS 'ace !"
fair, .- -,
And yet his sweetest c""e'inesS Is MS S"ee' ""0
serious air; -,
know his hear; is kind and fond, know he low
But loveth vel his mother morc with grateful fer
Bu, that which Others most admire, is the thought
which fills his mind,
The food for grave enqurlng speech "e e'e'! "'e'O
doth find. L ~ -
Strange questions doth Ne ask OF mo- ""o' We ~
gether walk; , ,,a =.
lie scarcely thinks as chhdroh thlnN' VI '"N' "'
children IN TX.
Nor cares he much for childish sports doats no, on
bat or ball,
q l,u, looks on manhood ways and works, and apt
~ mlmics all.
His itle heart is busy stu, ana o'tonlmes per
picked :,
with thoughts about this world of ours, and thots
about the next.
E., knneIs n, his dear mothers knee, she teaches
And strange and sweet and soL,mn then, the
Words which he will say.
Oh, should my gentle child be spared 10 MANHOOD
A hocr and wiser man trust that lie will be;
And when | look into his eyes, and stroke ms
thoughtful brow,
dare not think that should 'ee'' were 10 i'Se
him now
l have a son, a second son, simple child OF thTee;
III declare, how bright and talr, MS hte iea'
lures be,
Ties on my knee:
do not lhink his light blue eye like his brothers
keen,
Nor his brow so full OF childish thought as ms mas
ever been;
But his little hearts fountain pure OF kind and
tender feeling,
And his every look CLEAN ofIjght, rich depths
of love revealing.
when he walks with me, the country folk, who
pass us in tho street,
Will shout for Joy, and bless my boy, ne looks so
mild aud sweet.
a play fellow is he to all, and yet with cheerful
VIII sing his little song CT love, when lett 10 sport
alone.
Ills presence is like sunshine SENT to gladden. home
and hearth,
TO com fort US in MI our grief and sweeten all our
mirtb.
SHOULD he grow up to ripper years God grant his
heart may prove
AS sweet home for heavenly grace, as now ior
earthly love:
And if beside his grave, he toars our aching eyes
must dim
God comfort us for nIl tho love tina. shall lose
in him
have u son. Il third sweet son, his age canno, tell,
For they reckon not by years and months where
he has gone to dwell
To for fourteen anxious months his infant smiles
were given,
And then he babe farewell TO earth, and went TO
1.-Two in heaven.
We cannot tell what form his is, what looks he
weareth now,
Nor guess how bright glory crowns his shining
seraph brow;
The thoughts that FIJI his sinIess soul, the bliss
which no 10th feel,
Arc numbered with the secret things which God
will not reveal.
But we know ((or God hath tnid US tis) that he is
now Mt rest,
Where other blessed infants be, their Saviour's
loving breast
We know his spirit feels moro this weary load
of flesh,
Blu, his sleep is blessed with endless dreams ofjoy
foreE err fresh.
We know that angels fold him close beneath their
glittering wings,
And seothe him with a song that breathes OF heav
ems divinest things"
] know that we shall meet our babe--his mother
dear and I,
Where God tor aye shall wipe away all tears from
Whnte'er befalls his brethren twain, his bliss can
Pheir lot may here be grief and fear, but his is
tain peace.
1t may be that the tempters wies their souls from
bliss may sever,
But, if poor faith fail not, he must be ours
forever.
When we think of what our darling Is. and what
still must be;
When muse that worlds perfect bliss, and
this worlds misery,
When groan beneath this load OF sin, and feel
this grief and pain,
OBJ we'd rather lose our other two than have him
here again.