Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-01-25

perhaps 0y truant disposition, ana that reckless
spirit of enterprise and adventure which is charac
,erstic in the American people, they had wander.
ed far, before they here pitched their tent Ac.
customed in New England to the comforts which
industry places within the reach of ALTO the re.
fnement OF mind which education creates-to the
social habits which the institutions and manners
OF New England fosters and above ALL 10 the re-
gious privileges which bless the decendents of
those who sought a new world to worship God az
ter their own conscieDces, the Far West for many
weary month seemed TO them solitude dreary
ndeed-but never quite a solitude. They had
early learned that there is One from whose pres.
ence no creature can be banished and isolated as
they were in the mighty forest, the little family
never forgot that He l,ves of whom it is written,
aft take the wings OF the morning and dwell in
the utmost parts of the sea, even there shall Thy
hand lead me, and Thy right hand uphold me-"
TO mothcr--to father---to sister, and to the
brother who had accompanied them in their wan.
derng the birth of that child had been new
creation it had consecrated for them new home
and created tie which bound them to the spot
The gift of Gods mercy 10 them, it had been as
raw of light which made the desert blossom as the
rose. All their hearts chung to the little stranger
every feeble opening of the precious bud, was
watched, every gmmer of future intelligence in
the child was TO them as the earnest of becoming
perfect day. The smiles of its inhnlile joy had
been the sunshine of their hearts. The tree be-
fore their door appeared greener and stronger
when the little one showed its admiration in look
ing up, and vany strove TO grasp its branches,
the clearing about the door was thought of as only
, little Ellens play ground--he house which SEEM
ed before her birth, dull and narrow and dark,
was now paradise on earth, since there the cher
ub first saw the day. Any shelter would have
e seemed a palace to them in which the babe could
e stand upright and learn to walk.
And now the hand of death was upon these
hopes and silently they waited the fearful consum
e nation of his work Thought was busy with her
father and mother one sentiment they held in
common. But week before, had any one doubt
ed in their presence, that their cottage ely
snm, each would have eIoquently defended it bu'
now to each it seemed charnel house, and they
felt as if the damp ofdeath was on its walls. The
mothers mind wandered back to the home of her
childhood.-to the pleasant places which she had
k deserted for the fores-to the cheerful house. and
IT friends sympathsing in her joy, when Mary, her
C eldest born She counted one by one the
If kind faces which there would have crowded a
round her. in scene like this. She remembered
IS the village pastor, who would have been ready
II with the words of consolation, words fifty chosen
IF like apples of gold, in pictures of silver She
1. elected the kind physician and can we wonder II
she felt IN her grief, that his skill might alleviate
IS and postpone, if not avert the death which threat
1t ened her dearly beloved infant?
d The father as he unused, thought not of the past
), but of the future. To him. as to her, longer resi-
1t dence in the spot seemed insupportable while
e visions of the home she had left occupied the mind
j. of the mother, the father looked forward to still
IF another home, as if by retrea.ing from mankind
he could remove the exposure 10 disease and death
n To neither could their recently pleasant dwelling
IS be tolerable; with boh the place would seem
to create none but melancholy associations Blu
d he felt at last was his duty to struggle TO check
q repnngs against Gods providence. and looking
(. for aid to that source whence alone support in
e all afiiction shold be sought he opened the sa
If cred volume.
h His eyes fell on the history of Hagar in the DIES
At ert In low but distinct tone he read of thu
,t despair of the exile in the wilderness and while
a their daughter was expiring far from human aid
IS the parent felt with the Egyptian woman that they
v could not see the death of the child and like Ha
q. gar they 'lihed up their voices and wept' AS hi
o proceeded in reading, land the angel of God call
N ed to Hagar out of heaven, what aeth the Ha
=. gar? Fear not 1.-The quick perception of thu
ofl mohercaughta movement in the cradle. All flew
70 at TO the childs SIDE prepared to witness it
q. last breath But as TO Hagar in the wilderness
of so has God been merciful 10 them. The crisi
o frrer's brow, its eyes opened, and faint smil'
IF played around its lips Affection, ever ready II
~ catch at the slightest ground of hope, was not TIN
!, time deceived As the child now again fell int
-, Sleep but sleep that of welcome rest, instead o
4 the feversh sumber which had before harrasse'
~ their affection, the cmigrant family knct in JOY
y ful thanksgiving too deep AMI heartfelt for lou
4 words
=, Joyous was the following Sabbath nor did tn
-. happy family forget that Being 20 whom thei
", gratitude was due for the great mercy vouchsafe
~ to them The mother had already renewed tn
=, youth of which affection had dcspoiled her, an
~ little Mary. as she leaned affectonately on he
VI mothers shoulder smiled that awe-mingled graf
y ~ ude which children as well adults may fee
a. though incapable Of other expression than the s
e lent and natural workings of their happy faces
V, With cheerful hearts they worshipped Him VIII
~ dwellch not in the temples made with hands
" r. and heart and voice responded Amen as the f
toll Their of the little household said, with the swe'
~ singer of Israel, 80, give thanks to the Loc
~ for he is good and his mercy endureth forever.
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e. Providence, than il does to transport barrel
~ ao,r No ,vonder the bublc are demanding