Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-06-12
Dream o. q Star.

These lwo used to waIrier all the day long
They wondered al the beauty olthe flowers
they wondered at the height and blleness
Of the sky they wondered at The bfiGh
water !; they wondered al the goodness ant
and the power OF God, who made the love
Iy world.
They used to say to one another sore
times: Supposins all children upon earth
were 10 die, would the flowers, and the wa
Ter, and the sky. be sorry! They believed
they would be sorry. For, said they, the
buds are the children of the flowers s,and the
little playful streams that gambol down the
hill sides are the children Of the water ;
and the smallest bright specks, playing al
hide-and-seek in the sky all night, must
surely be the children Of The stars; and
they would all be grieved TO see their play
mates, the child,en OF men, no more.
There was one clear shining ster that
used to come Gu, in the sky before the rest,
near the church spire, above the graves. /.
was larger and more beautiful they thought,
than all The others, and every night they
watched for il, standing hand in fand at a
window. Whoever saw II first, cried out,
81 see the star.' And often they cried out
both together, knowing so well when II
would rise, and where. 50 they grew to
be such friends with it, that, before lying
down in their beds, they always looked out
once more, TO bid i, good night and when
they were turning round to sleeP,they used
to say, "God bless the star !"
Bu, while she was still very young, oh,
very, very young, the sister dropped, and
came TO be so weak that she could no lon
ger stand in the window at night and her
brother looked sadly out by himself. and
when he saw the star. turned round, and
said to the patient, pale face on the bed, 81
see the star - and then sole would
come upon the face, and little weak
voice used to say, "God bless my brother,
and the star -
And so the time came all too soon! when
the child looked ont alone, and when there
was no face on the bed and when there
was little grave among the graves, not
there before and " hen The star made long
rays down towards him, as he saw it thro'
bis tears.
Now these rays were SO bright and they
seemed tovmake such a shining way from
earth to Heaven, that when the child went
10 his solitary bed, be 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, sho~ed him great world of
light, where many more such angels val
ted TO receive them.
All these angels, who were waiting,
turned their beaminy eyes upon the people
who were carried up into the star and
some came ou, from the long .ows in which
they stood, and fell upon the peoples neck
and kissed them ,enderly, and went away
with them down avenues Of light, and were
so happy in their company, that, lying IN
his bed he wep, for joy.
But there we're many angels who did not
70 with them, and among them one he
knew. The patient face that once had
lam upon the bed was glorlfiel and radiant,
bu, his heart found on, his sister among all
the host.
HIS sisters angel fingered near the en-
trance OF the star, and SAID TO the leader
among those who broush, the people 'hilh'
er: els my bro'her Gomez"
And he said, ''No."
She was turning hopefully away, wher
the child stretched on, his arms. and cried
20, sister, am here! Take me,'' anC
then she turned her beamins eyes upon him
and it was night and the star was shining
into the room.making long rays down low
ards him as he saw it through his tears.
From tha, hour forth, The child looked
out upon the star as on the Home he wa
to 20 10, when his time should come ant
he thought that he did not belong 10 tn
earth alone, but to the star too, because O
his sisters apge! gone before.
There was baby born 10 be brothe
|, TO the child and hIle lie was SO little ,ha
he never yet had spoke word, he stre,che
his inv form out on bis bed, and died.
Again the child dreamed OF the opene
star, and OF the company of angels, aud tn
train Of people, and the rows Of angel
with their beandng eyes al! tnrned upo
those peoples races.
SAID his sisters angel TO the leader:
"Is my brother comes'
And he said" mot that one but another.
| A the child beheld his brothers. angel
her arms, he cried, 20, sister I am here
e Take mel" And she turned and smile
. upon him, and the star was shining.