Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-06-01
From the German of Johann Won Herde.

"Suffer the little children to come unto Me
and forbid them not for such is the kingdom
OF God."-.Mark r II. ..
In n winding dell, thick-sown with flowers
Often played together through the hours,
tra or the live-long sunny Summers day,
Two most lovely children, one n boy,
One n girl n sister und brother
80 And along with them did ever play
Innocence, and GracefuIness, aud JOY.
Here there stood an image of The Mother
or our Blessed Savior, with her child
In her arms, who always looked aud smiled
On the play mates; aud their own dear moth.
One day>told them, after they had played,
Who The smiling lit Infant was
How lie was the mighty Con, who made
Sun, aud Moon, aud Earth, and the gree n
.. grnss,
Aud themselves and when she saw them
moved
With deep reverence, and their childish mirih
flushed, she Told them how this Con had loved
Little children when lie dwelled on Earth,
And that now, in Heaven, lie loved them still |.
Aud the little girl said 81 aud brother
Both love GoD-will II Ia, US too mother
And the mother said: "If you bo good lie will q"
So upon another time, bland,
Bright, soft Summer evening, as the fair
Children sat together, hand in hand,
On. said 10 the other, Ciwas the boy
To the grl,O "Oh, if the dear GoD there
Would come down to us There's not a toy
In our house but would give Him"
And tho girl said 81 would Gull Him all
Pretty flowers" Sand would climb the
tail
Trees, the boy said, "tilI The day grow dim,
And would gather fruits for Him" And thu,
Each swee, child did pralle To the Other,
Till the sun sank low behind the hill,
And both, running, then sought out their moth
And cried out together "Mother will
GoD come down some day aud play with us''
Gently spake the mother in rebuke
Ofthcir babbe but il bore deep
Meaning in the eternal Minute book
For one night, soon after, in her sleep,
She brheld the Infint-Savior pIayiug
With her children, and she heard Him saying:
"llow shall requlte you for the flowers
And the fruit YOU would have given Me (!
Thee,
Brother, will | take along with Mo
To My Father $ many mansioned home,
And will guide thee to luxuriant bowers,
Where bloom fruits unknown To Earth be-
meath
Aud to thee, Sister, will come,
On thy bridal day, aud with wreath
OF celestial nowrrs adorn thy brow,
Aud will bless thy nuptials, that thou
Shalt have children good aud innocent even
AS my Fathers angels are in Heaven"
Aud the mother woke, and prayed with toars
"Ob, nv GoD my Savior spare my son
Spare him to console my waning years,
lfrl"u canst lfnot, Thy will bs done -
And The will Of Con was dune The boy
Sickcned soon, and died. But ere he died,
Those about him saw his countenance
Lighted mp with gIorousnoss and Joy
IusNpressblo for, by his side,
He bchrld (rapi all the while in trance,
As his mother notlccd) young Child
Brighter than the sun, and beauteous as
GoD HIMSELF
Year after year did pass,
And M length her twentieth summer smiled
On the maiden with her wedding day
But, behold Ills she kuelt down To pray
AZ The altar, heavenly radiance beamed
Round her, and she saw, aS though she dream
cd,
Illw, her childhood's Inant.Savior, reaching
Her wreath Of brilliant flowers, with some
Dark ones iniormIx"J--a symbol teaching
Her what hue the years that were To come
Should assume for her. And truly, she
Spsnt life ofpeace and blGsscdness,
Mingled with such mild adversely