Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-07-06
CHILDREN AND ANGELS.
A DREAM.

1 a DREAM.
We remember remarkable dream which
occurred at time when a little being came
bnt TO leave us again, whom we had hardly
thought could have claimed place in oul
heart, but for the void it left; and it Away:
recurs 10 our mind when we hear OF new life
aud old death meeting thus Instantly on the
threshold
We dreami thai we we're conveyed b,
some mysterious guide to the entrance o
this earth. 1t was kind of gallery, through
which angelic beings, winged and beautiful
were rapidly passing, all towards the earth
some with grave, others with hopeful as
pecls, their expressions as various as they
were leglble.-
"What does this mean?" we said. "Who
are the passing spirits that go all one way,
and why are their countenances so various?''
Our companion replied:
"Fhey are guardian angels, each on his
way 10 take charge of newborn infant -
They know not its ultimate doom, but they
know OF the sphere 10 which il is born, and
the probable sins and temptations it will be
exposed to. Look at the angel" he said,
with serious mein, as if hard duty were
before him! His charge is the child of the
rich and noble OF the land, who will bring
him up in pride and luxury; and his heat
will grow hard and selfish, and selfshness in
high places has few sorrows, and without
sorrow the voice of his good angel will hard
ly be heard.
sand see tina, spirit who passes with ca
gar, hopeful look! TO him is committed
the child OF vicious father, who is rioting
at this moment that child is born unto him.
But open vices are not so baneful as spe-
cious virtues Tie child's heart will be
wounded and humbled in the sins ofhis f.
Their, and, in paying the penalty of anoiher's
guilt, he will himself seek the paths of viz
tue"
Then another spirit passed, with firm but
peaceful aspect.
"Iiis charge will be arduous. The child
now born will have ewilful and tumultuous
passions, and his heart will be stubborn and
perverse, and he will defy authority, and go
far wrong, and the world will say there is no
redemption for him, and even his father s
face will be turned from him. But in the
silence of a sick chamber, mother will
plead necessarily for him, and The child oil
many prayers shall be brought home TO the
fold"
Then came one with anxious mien, and
he was guardian to genius who would win
the applause and idola.ry of thousands; and
second, with heavenly CON pssslon, beautI-
full, and moving 10 behold, and he was hurry
ing to the obscure offspring OF sin and shaE.e
and third, calm and peaceful, summoned
10 preside over the even tenor of a poor or
phan, who inherited the blessings of sainted
parents; and a fourth, full of solemn anxiety,
who fastened TO receive his charge from "a
royal cradle: and fifth, whose counienance
of heavenly wo we dared not ask the cause
of; and many more, all going 10 the varied
poss-Io the children of the good and bad,
The high and the low, the careless and unbe-
lieving-iil we were tired of asking; when,
suddenly, came one, distinguished from all
by The radiance of joy upon him.
.'What is his charge?'' we said, "surely
must be that of some future saint upon
eanh?"
"No,n said our conductor, she is the ange
of a child who has died at its birth, and i:
going to carry it straight TO heaven"
And then we awoke and found il was only +;
dream; but ever since then we have move
heard of the death of an infant without
thinking OF the Joy on that angel counter
ance.