Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-03-24
IL Dying BOY.

may have somewhat singular ideas on
this matter, but such as they are, they have
been many years deeply Impressed on my
mind, tina, the death Of a child is not only
a release Of the soul from chains that would
ere long have proved CALLING, but is in every
respcc, one Of the lighies, affections, when
viewed in the light Of its accompanying
consultations, that the hand OF God ever
dealt TO his wayward children. Nor have
| ever looked on the eyelid which hides
forever from a mothers gaze The earthlight
that once gladdened her in her infants eye,
without the thought that, IL there was a
winning voice calling from heaven to one
on earth more melodiously than any other,
IL must be that voice which has never been
heard here in other than tones Of innocence
and affection. as II calls the dear one (dear-
est on earth y to CONT up and behold the
rest which the child is taking on the arm Of
its Father.
| am apt TO linger longer in a graveyard,
by the little mounds that arc between the
large ones, aud 10 fancy the astonishmeni
that will hll the eyes that have wept count
less tears thereon, when they behold their
little one grown Curious in the Sabbath
land. And while ! have never doubted that
the affections Of earth would be sancti6ed
and thus stronger in heaven, ] have won
dered by what tone or feature, or smile, the
mother would recognize there the long lost
idol child she buried once so sadly.
was standing in the recess Of a deep
window, looking toward the west. The
sun was gone, but the SUBMITS Of the Kay.
derocerous mountain were not yet cold ar.
- L.. -. IL UTs.l--. -.... A
stayed thus watching the sky. till a star
peered slealihiIy out. and then shrank back,
as If a wandering twilight ray had brighten.
ed il, and | sought ,ainly 10 discover il
again. The cold gray Of the sky contrast.
ed iorcibly with the white mantle Of the
earth, and fences and fields were alike
dressed in the robe Of purity. Would to
God that the tainis Of earth might "a easily
be covered with a s~potless garb! Would
to God that the stains Of guilt on the soul
Of man might US easily be hidden from the
all seeing eyel
They may be. just as easily. my dear
sir"
had uncunsciously been thinking aloud,
aud was startled by the interruption Of my
quaint, but most excellent friend DIR. vii.
hams, who had entered unperceived, and
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= added the kind physician. ',hal she ye, b,
y lieycs /, or realizes fully tina, her boy is S
: near his end. wish. Miss Jean. YOU woul
Try to prepare her for the result. do nc
\ believe il possible that he can live until Il
10 morrow night. Indeed. | feared the al
proach of death within The next FIVE hour
" and therefore desired 10 return instantly.
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