The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-05-30
A CIIlLD'S DREAM OF A STAR.

A CIIlI.D'S DREAM OF A STAR.
There was once a child, aud hc
s,rolled abouta good deal and thought
number of things. lie had SIS.
ter who was a child, too, and his
constant companion. These two used
to wonder all day long. They won.
dered at the beauty of the flowers !,
they wondered at the height and blue.
ness Of the sky; they wondered at
the goodness and power Of God who
made the lovely world.
They used to say to one another
sometimes, supposins al! the children
upon earth were to die, would the
flowers, and the waters, and the sky
be sorry? They believed they would
be sorry. For, said they, the buds
are the children of flowers, and the
little playful streams that gambol
down the hillside are the children of
the water; and the smallest bright
specs, playing at hide and seek in the
sky all night, must surely be the chill.
drcn Of the stars; and they would
all be gricved to see their playmatcs,
the children Of men no more.
There was one clear shining star
that used to come out in the sky be.
fore the rest, near the church spirc,
above the graves. 1t was larger ana
more beautiful they thought, than all
the others, and every night they
watched for it, standing hand in hand
at window. Whoever saw it Fist
cried out, i see the STAR And often
they cried out both together. knowing
so well 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 a.
gain 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 droop-
ed, and came to be so weak that she
could no longer stand in the window
at night, and then the child looked
sadly 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 smile
would come upon the face, and lit
tie weak voice used to say, God bless
my brother and the STAR
And 50 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 a little grave a,
mong the graves, not there before I;
and the star made long rays down
towards him, as he saw it through his
tears.
Now, these rays were so bright,
and they seemed to make such sli,
ming 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 people taken up that
sparkling road by angels. And The
star, opening, showed him a great
world of light, where many more
such angels waited to receive them.
Az these angels who were waiting,
turned their beamin: 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 upon the peoples necks, and kiss
ed them tenderly, and went away
with them down avenues Of light, aud
we're SO happy i'll their company, that
lying in his bed he wept for joy.
But there were many angels who
did not 60 with them, and among them
one he knew. The patient face that
once had lain upon the bed was glo-
rihed and radiant, but bis hacrt found
out his sister among all the host.
His sisters angel fingered ne ar the