The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-10-14

HuHu, inc covers OF WhlcH were TORN pul Wy luNN uhu
| When sho saw the blind woman repdy TO lhnt shr
would read her few words out ofhis book, such NJ
! the following Blessed are tho poor in spi,it, lo
theirs is the kingdom Of heaven" "Bessed arc they
that mourn for they shall ho com fored," 81 will
novor leave thee nor forsale heop ''For our light
oflliclior, which is but for moment, worteh out
for US n hr more exceeding and eternal weight Of glo-
~" These quickened tho peace and sustained the
travellers aud the kind ncighhor Ivy directing the ut
tenon ofhe poor sufferer to the blessings Of better
world, helped to enable her to sustain the uflictons
Of this, mo,o aIeciuay than if she had had gold and
silver to besow on her.
Among tho travellers, HAD occasion TO romnr, that
those who most kicked and struggled under their bur-
dcns, only mude them so much the heavier for their
shoulders became extremely gnled by those vain and
Intellectual struggles The load It. borne patiently,
would in the eEd have turned even to tho advantage
Of the bearers for the lord Of tho valley Ind kindly
decrecdi bat as TO these grunbors they had all the
smut, aud none Of the benefit they had the pesent
suffering without the future reward. Rut the thing
which made all those burdens seem 50 very heavy
was, that in every without exception, there was
certain inner packci, which most Of the travellers
took pains 10 conceal, and kept carefully wrapped mp;
the other part of their burdens, few said word about
this though in truth it was the pressing weight Of this
secret paciq which served to render the general bur
den so inolerahlo. 10 spite Of all their caution con-
trived 10 got peep At it, found in each that hi.
packet had the same label; the word SIN was written
al a general title, aud in nli hnct that they
could not wash it out. observed that most Of them
took no small pains to hide the writing; bat | was
surprised to that they did try to get rid Of the
load, bu, the label Irnuy kind friend who assisted
these deope ia bearing their burdens, did but so
much hint at their secret pGchri or advise them to
got rid Of it, they took fire ut once, mud commonly
denied they had any such article in their porluan-
tcnu; and itwas those whose secret packet swced to
most enormous size, WHO most stouily denied they
had any.
snw with pleasure however, that some who Ind
long uborcd hcurliy get rid OF this inward packet
at length found it much diminished, and TIE more
this packet shrnnk in size, the lighter the other
part ortheir burden also observed, moreover thu
though the label Away remained in some degree in
drlihc, yet that those who were in earnest TO get rid
Of tho load, found that the original traces of the label
grew Ginter also; il was never quite obiterDicd
in any, though IN somo cases il seemed nearly eff
faced.
Then mcihought, all At once, heard a voice, rs it
had been The voico Of an ans, crying and saying
''Yo unhappy pilgrims, why are ye troubled about
the harden which ye are doomed tn bear through the
valley Of tclrs2 Know yc not, that yc
shall have escaped ou Of this valley tho whole bur
den shall drop oil, provided ye neglect not 10 remove
the inward weight, that secret load Of SIN which
principally oprosscs'you? Study then the whole
will Of the lord of this valley Learn from him how
this heavy part ofyour burdens may now be lcsscued
and how at last it shall be removed for ever. Be
comlorted Faith and hope may cheer yon even in
this valley. The passage, thoughit seems long to
weary travellers is comparatively short; for beyond
there is land Of everlasting rest, where We shall
hunger more, neither Ihirs; any more, when yo .
shall be led by living fountains Of waters, and all .
tears shall be wiped away from your eyes, Rural .
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