Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-10-07

agony wrung bhter tear-drops from In
eyes which fell upon her brow.
Nay, no not weep, dear father" sait
she, for will be with mother soon, an,
with our Father, my other Father, whC
has been so good to me and You vii
come there too. And we will NEE
again. oh |! father, dear, know we will.
My child, who taught you this ~
\ "You, father dear, you'll not be an
cry if l tell you now! You know IN,
grotto down beside the run. Where you
went once and made pretty seat for me
and did not let me know. And when
found 1t there | wondered how it came
or who made it Nobody went there
but myself. And then | thought it nigh,
be chance; but then it was so nice, the
nossy cushion for my little hand And
then knew you did IT. SO | sat down
and thought, and thought how chance
had made this grotto and the run, the
valley, and the trees with their strong
roots; and all their quiyerng leaves, with
myriads Of living things i'll every one. -
The birds to sing amongst the branches;
the bright fish for the waters; the beasts
TO eat the grass, and grass for them TO
eat. And made me too, with feet to
walk, my eyes to see, and ears, and oh |!
it seemed as If never thought Of it be-
fore. Everything looked so perfect, as
though some one had meant to have ii
so. My little hand seemed wrong but,
but then had my other one to lift it up
and he lp me cat, and all-and goa loved
it the most. ] thought so long; aud
then i minded how dear mother used TO
say, who made you dear ? and then
badc me say God And then felt
that God did make me, and made every
thing. Oh father how | felt The
little flowers ; the beautiful, soft moss /;
the graceful fern; the little darting fish,
aud all looked up and seemed to say,
God made me too, and me, and me,
lie is my Father The wind sighed
through the tree tops, and then it seemed
as though lie spoke TO me, j fell upon
my knees, held up my hands, and said
8 Our Father that was all | minded of
the prayer dear mother used 10 teach
me- Oh father dear, cannot tell how
bright the world looked then how full
of voices everything appeared. ] wanted
much to learn something about God i
and so when ] came home ] got the key
of mothers desk, and found her bible,
there; and next day took it down to read
it in the grotto. knelt again as when
was little child at mothers knee, and
said Our father, and the voices cane
again. The water murmnred on Our
Father, Father The leaves, the tree
ops, and the whispering wind said
Father The singing birds, and all the
pleasant voices of the summer woods .
lushed their accustomed strain, and
Father
When sat down to read, the first par,
vas, la the beginning God created the
heaven and earth, that the earth was with
,ut form and void, and darkness was up
IN the face of the deep The spirit Of
iod moved upon the waters and said, let
here be light, and there was light As
looked up, the bright light from the sun
lashed in my eyes ; and then ! knew
iods light was OH the waters yet
read then often about God and
Nanny told me AL she could, but made
ne promise that ! would not tell you of
t. You will not mind it now, dear faith
r you will not be angry with her for
t, for it made me happy. Oh so hap
" Oh father, if you would but learn
t all, you would not feel so sorry for me
,hen | go. You wiH read Of the Sa-
iour. You know dear father, when
hey came to take poor John to jail, you
vent his bail and paid the money for
i'm; and they let him 90. That is the
way our Savior has done for us. He
aid our debt of sin which we could
ever pay, and bought us heaven. Il
Dear father, will you think OF it! Oh I
you could but keep my little hand
ihen am gone, and often look at it,
nd think If chance could make SO
TRANCE a thing, and give 1t sense to love
gu so viii you then! You will, \
car father, will you not =
Yes, dearest, yes and the strong
nan shook with uncomfortable and bit
nr agony. For few moments she sank /
a silence, exhausted 10y the exertion of
peaking. Then as the setting sun came
Ill in view from her window flooding the
Dom in light, she icebIy raised herself,
nd stretching her thin hand, spoke JOY /
ally, " see, father, see, for there is Gods
rcat light hear the whispering in
ne tree tops now, aud | shall soon be
one" n
When next saw dear lizzy' she
as dead. Her dark, rich hair lay in
,osc masses round her childish face, as
had done in life. Her own sweet 4
nile was stamped upon her lips; but
lcy were molionless The laughing 4
We was hidden by the snowy lid, never to
pen more. The little hand was laid
pom her breast, and closely claspcd
thin the guardian comrade of IT'S help 4
'ss life If
Old Nanny, the good nurse wcpt, at
er side. umcontrolably, while the poor
Ither knelt beside hIs treasure all that
as lef of II with that iorsaken look of
retchedncss which seems TO say, now
tie has done her worst They bore
cf TO the grave made at her mothers