Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-05-24
A CnILD'S DREAM OF A STAR.


A CfsILD'S DREAM OF A STAR.
There was once a child, and he strolled about
a good deal and thought number of things. He
had a sister, who was u Child too, and his con-
slant companion. These two used to wonder all
day long. They wondered at the beauty of the
flowers; they wondered at the heighth and blue
ness of the sky they wondered at the depth of
the blue water; they wondered at the goodness
and power of God who made the lovely world.
They used to say to one another sometimes,
"Supposng all the children on earth were to die
would the stars be sorry?" They believed they
would be sorry. For, said they, the buds are
the children of the flowers, and the little playful
streams that gambol down the hill sides are the
children of the water; and the smallest bright
specks, playing at hide and seek in the sky all
night, must surely be the children of the stars E;
and they would all be grleved to see their play
mates, the children of men. no more.
There was one clear, shining star that used to
come out in the sky before the rest. near the
church spire, about the graves 1t was larger
and more beautiful, they thought than all others,
and every night they watched for it, standing
hand in hand at the window Whoever saw it
first cried out, see the star :" And often they
cried out both together, knowing so we'll when it
would rise, and where. So they grew to be such
friends with it, that, before laying down in their
beds, they always looked out once again, to bid
it good night and when they were turning round
to sleep, they used to say, God bless the star !"
But while she was still very young oh, very,
very young, the sister dropped, and came to be
so weak that she could no longer stand in the
window at night; and then the child looked sad
ly out by himself and when he saw the star,
turned round and said to the patient pale face on
the bed Il see the star! and then a smile
would come upon the face and little weak
voice used to say, Sod bless my brother and the
start" .
And so the time came all too soon when the
child looked out alone, and when there was no
face on the bed and when there was Il little
grave among the graves not there before and
when the star made long rays down towards him
as he saw it through his tears.
Now, these rays were so bright, and they see
med to make such shining way from earth to
heaven, that when the child went to his solitary
bed he dreamed about the star: and dreamed,
that lying where he was, he saw train Of peo-
pie taken up that sparkling road by angels. And
the star opening showed him great world Of
light, where many more such angels waited to
receive them.
All these angels who were waiting, turned
their beamng eyes upon the people who were
carried up into the star; and some came out from
the long rows in which they stood, and fell up
on the peoples nccks, and kissed them tenderly,
and went away with them down the avenues of
light, and were SO happy in their company, that
laying in his bed he wept for Joy.
But there were many angels who did not go
with them, and among them one he knew. The
patient face that once had lain upon the bed was
glorifed and radiant, but his heart found out his
sister among all the host.
His sisters angel fingered near the entrance
of the star, and said to the leader among those
who had brought the people thither,
"Is my brother Gomez"
And he said "No."
She was tur ing hopefully away, when the
child stretched out his arms, and cried, "Oh, Sis
ter, | am here! Take me-" ard then she turned
her beaming eyes upon him, and it was night
and the star was shining into the room, making
long rays down towards him as he saw i through
his tears.
From that hour forth the child looked out on
the star as the home he was to go to when his
time should come and he thought be did not be-
long TO the earth alone, but to the star too, be-
cause of his sisters angel gone before.
There was baby born to be brother to the
child and while he was little that he never
yet had spoken word, he stretched his tiny form
out on his bed and died
Again the child dreamed of the opened star,
and of the company of angels, and the train OF
people, and the rows of angels with their BEAM
ing eyes all turned upon the peoples faces.
Said his sisters angel to the leader
as my brother Gomez"
And he said I" Not that one, but another"
And the child beheld his brothers. angel in her
arms he cried, "Oh, sister, | ain here! Take
mel" and she turned and smiled upon him and
the star was shining.
He grew to be young man and was busy al
| his books, when al old servant came TO him and
said;
"Thy mother is no more. l bring her bless.
| ing on her darling son
| Again, at night, he saw the star, and al! thai
| former company. Said his sisters angel to the
! leader:
| g" Is my brother Gomez"
And he said " Thy mother :"
| A mighty cry of JOY went forth through all the
star, because the mother was reunited TO heI
/ two children And he stretched out his arm:
and cried, 90, mother, sister, and brother, | an
/ here Take mel" And they answered him " no
! vet" and the star was shining.
He grew to be a man whose hair was turning
grey. and he was sitting in his chair by the G9e
side, heavy with grief, and with his face bedewet
with tears, when the star opened once again.
Said his sisters angel to the leader, Is m,
brother come ?"
And he said, "Nay, but his maiden daughter.
And the man who had been the child, saw hi
daughter newly lost to him, celestial creature
among those three, and he said, " My daughter.
head is on my sisters bosom, and her arm
round nv mothers neck, and at her feet Is IN
baby of old time, and can bear the parting iron
her, God be praised ~
And the star was shining.
Thus the child came to be an old man, and hi
once smooth face was wrinkled, and his step
were slow and feeble. and his back was bent
And one night, as he lay upon his bed, his chll
dren standing round, he cried as he had crled s.
long ago: