Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-07-05

mothers ve?'' I.asked of the little
one. The cEild looked up as if the in
quiry should be repeated. s, .....
eve make frequent visits hither,' -
said the attendant. :" We come almost
daily in good weather. sAe
ooh, yes!" said the child, eve come
every fine day visit where mother
lies-and | am not afraid" y
'Why should you fear?" said I.
The child looked confused at the eues-
ton.
you will some day meet your moth
er if yeu are constant in your love, and
thus sees to do whatever your friends
tell you she would have desired, and to
avoid what she would not have appro-
ved."
81 will endeavor to do so-but-I
shall not meet her-we are gong to Eu-
rope again, and shall not return
To Europe--but, my child, God is
everywhere" 49,
Yes, sir; but my mother is not
-" But, my dear child. your mothers
spirit, her soul, that which is loved in
your mother, is I hope, in Heaven it is
not in the grave to moulder into dust
the body takes that course, but the spir-
it returns to God who gave il"
"Sir," said the attendant, "they do
not teach the child such things, AMI they
do not approve Of them"
"Who does not 2"
"Her father and cousin-they are
good people, bat are unbelievers in all
such matters; and though they seldom
dispute with others, they never admit of
any instruction to their child about re-
ligion."
"But," said I, "sbe most know some
thing about it." ..e-.
Not at all, sir; she does not know
what you mean by spirit or soul
How should she know-the cousin is her
teacher, and she never refers to the sub
ject, and forbids it to me"
But the child has been taught some
thing of the kind"
"Who taught her, sir ?"
Perhaps God. But will see wheth-
err she has any idea Of the matter. Do
YOU know, my child, what the soul Il ?"
"No, sir-do you?"
l did not. like to reply to her query !;
so proceeded, "Your mother has yet
an existence, and if she was good"
"Oh, my mother was very good al
ways good"
"Then the spirit which animated her
body is III the enjoyment of all the good
belonging to It's present state, which the
body could enjoy on earth; tits happy"
l was ashamed of the explanation.
would it be like her, if could see
it?"
Probably exactly like her."
"And could I sec or know of her real
existence in that state?"
Eyes. though not usual. All is posi-
BILE with God"
"Then / understand you. I have
seen her 'often-ofteh at night; and /
have started as if l had been asleep.
But at night / see my mother just as she
looked when saw her before her death,
only there seemed to be light around her
head, and she moved easily and rapidly.
Oh, how night after night have been
with her, toiling on to overtake her steps,
or carried rapidly forward, sometimes
she seems to give me nstruction-somc-
times l rise in tho morning and think |
will pray to her, or I will pray God to
giveher to me again; l have made known
my 'feelings to cousin, and she has laugh
ed at me or chide me for being SO baby
ish as to be thoughtful about dreams.
But | see now that this was truly my
mother, and I will watch tonight, and
when she comes again, l will ask her
about her soul-have we all souls ?"
~ think, now, that I could have pla-
ccd the child in position to comprehend
these things a little better; but then |
was confused at the extraordinary state
of the child's mind" ..s........-
odd God teach her that ?" said the
attendant. '..~~
Ibid he not teach her that ?" / turn
ed away as saw some one coming down
the walk. s,..... .-.:a - -..,
Did Ged teach that child? Was it the
unfaded visions from which her soul was
drawn, ere it became q tenant Of the
clayey tabernacle that was overshadow-
ing her mind the recollections of heav-
en- Illuminating its little earthly expert
ence growing DINNER and DINNER with
time-was that the mother in the child,
or was there, indeed, an appeal to its
mind through its affections Had she.
shut out from all instructors during the
day. denied all the knowledge which is
the true foundation of Christians life /;
denied It by father and relative; had she,
in her bed, been met as little Samuel was
net. by the voice Of God. calling irp the
mind 20 its high destiny. and instructing
u IN The things that were 70 come?
lcJuld not solve this enigma. But
how innocent. how attractive 10 the spir.
IL Of goodness must have been that little
girl; and II would not be strange. at
least \ would seem most meet, that her