The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-27
For the Girls and Boys,



1 was lhs youngest Of nine ehilllren, and
was eiayen years old, My mother wns SICK,
1lsf ply sIeIas thought she would hardly &C.
sosVaf, ! learned ha pplulon early ~ the
morning, and IL was 10 my soiii tks- sinngHr
OI,on niIrs, wrs agilaled, ihen sad went
uloDe tried lOprhy, but could not ~
forwards tried 10 be gay, Laos NY heart SAID
sof laughter, IL 10 mad" ! went "a school,
morning aud afer.noonIbul could not learn
any lenfons, nor Rx my mind 0npy hooks
viewer spent q more unhappy day lad lhe
beat ~ mothers The thought Of soon seeing
her face no more, no doubt affected me, aud
snda sOine circumstances wonld|.a.a NOV
al mo deeply. Iiul This was far RON teing
any chief sorrow, also dreaded anolber VS.
IL OF death 10 onr family. onee only hnd leo
been there, aud that was rad Il0ie, Yet
could brace my nerves 10 se6 ey0u my moth,
ar die, NJ least thought could Perhaps
was mistaken. Non lad a'lear concerning
l,er eternal happiness. lad seen her walk
ing with God ever since could remember
knew how tender was her conscience, how
eonalatent WIS her life, how irn her ihiih'
lhnsyef occurred 10 mo tliat tle would hot
Hisrayed. Yet spent day Of angulslH my
'ronscirnce aud my heart were'in feurlul con,
HlicL do what would, go where might
~ns miserable. do you-ask what troubled
4
Dns thing, like Aaron's rod, swallowed up all
others; saw them not, felt them not my
Fr0ublu was lfim Conscience todd me- in terms
too char 90 be- misunderstood, aud ~ tones
700 loud not Ia be heard, lliui had been u
lad hoy, that had often disnbliped aud die, /
olleyed my good mnlher,nnd tint iirlie should
now ID should go through life with u cou'
science accusing me with iuRrn'luido to her, /,
Vet l was too proud to usk her iorFyeIXTg.
conscience Hnid, "you must hhk her pardon
NY proud and siublorn heart said ~ VIII not
do IT," Many plaas aud excuses did frame,
Aueh ~ that ! was quite young, nnd ih|I
wha 40 worse ilinn many others Sometimes
dor lhtle whiIo felt uiisGedNyid my cNcu- .
SEE. | found cQnsidcrahle.rullcliu for perhaps
bnlf al hour, irom the thought HAT had uni
sinoboygh hor for some months pasbBuI cot
science returned 10 che chnrRo with renew
ed yigor mud hllod mo with shame aud hurror
I snw nothing lat relfrcproncl, Rnd misery
buloreWne through life, unless bundled my
sclc uld that speedily. MT q lenr Ind shed,
sioi u tender emotion had felt NIL day 80
the sun was going down made up my mud
TO ilo Ms consrieure bhdo me, Whatever might
be The result. felt that my uolhoru forgive
sIcSu might be rgMfuliy withheld. Idi
Knew she was my mother aud had mothers
heart. knowing iliht slio was commonly a.
loue about twilight, lquietly stole 10 her
roam. She was lying plncidly, aud holding
oui her hand, che ldndly said, show are yo'l
my sonYn InhdG no answer, bnl sat down,
aad buried my blti,hiug face IN the cover Of
the bed. was ngilaiCd aud she raw II. Buj
NV heart was hard aud proud, Consc icncei
mot n rjglh state of lcart, had brought ne
there, Seeing llSI something distressed me,
ale said, "wmi ~ the matter, my rhlldi' AT
Ver another terrible conflict succeedrd ~
rny ing, that fRred she migl'tnoi live long
That knew ! hrh griovrd her by my. iuseon.
Luci, that was greatly ashamed ofmy. pnst :
10 her, md that II -li- rfotiid
die without expressing hcF forgiveness TO
mr., should be miserable through life At
this sire pressed my hand,nnd said:"My child.
] have nothing against you. IL yoU have dis
obeyed nc, 10 not remember IL now. Al
the iino rrprovud or corrected yol la the =
way ihouglt right. ] always loved yoUr1y
son, have nothing now TO forgive you. hut
1 eiYo sou n mothers, perhaps dying moth
er's blessing" Nowmy Tears flowed IN tor
rents never was moro ANONYMOUSLY sorry,
My heart was all dissolved. never had hn- !
ted disobedicnce to parents, aud especially !
my dsobedisnce To my parents, ns did then. q
Yet loved my mother As ! had never done
before. / was happy IN the favor of such n
gnothcr. WINS full Joy and wopt on. For
n long time my feelings remained suhducd
aud iendcr. determined that never would
tIissblige l,cr ngnn, and though sho lived till
] wus nearly eighteen years old, never did
knowingly act counter to her wishes again
i',n -onco. Tim, one not grcvod mo more '
than can tell. with many ienrs asked
md Obtained her pardon for II. Though che!
has beca dead eight and twenty years, and
thesgh aa, si,o~ grey hcatud uIun, nm /,
ashamed Off. Yen, though have hope in ;
Christ, and hope that glory in the cross, !
nIicA soy of my many childish sins, ind of /
this ono in particular, 30 God, remember
not against me tho sins Of my youth"
This liue scrap oFpersonal history sug- J
gests rotne Obvious aud important lessons to
Shildrcn. But need not detail them. ]
will sny that hnvo never been sorry, but n o
thousand times have been glad, TINT sought :
my mothers pardon. o, Presiyse'tag,
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