Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-05-09


things. He had a sister who was 4 Child,
too, and his constant companion. These two
used to wonder all day long. They won
dered at the height and blueness Of the sky;
they wondered at the depth ofthe bright wa
ter they wondered at the goodness and
power ol God, who made the lovely world
ihey used to say 10 one another some
times, SupposiDg all the children upon earth
were TO die, would the flowers. and The wa
tcrs, and The sky be sorry. They believed
they would be sorry. For, said rhey. the
buds are the childlen of tho flowers, and The
little playful streams that gambol down the
hlll-sides are the children Of the water and
the smallest bright specks, playing at hide
and seek in The sky all plight, must surely be
the children of the stars: and they would alI
be grieyed, to see their playmates, the chill
tlren of men, no more.
There was one clear shining star that used
10 come out in the sky before the rest, near
the church spire, above the graves. il was
larger and more beautiful, they thought than
all the others, and every night they watched
for il, standing hand in hand at a window
Whoever saw il fret cried out, 4 see the
Star" And often they cried out both to.
gether, knowing SO well when il would rise,
and where. So they grew to be such friends
with It, that, before lying down in their beds,
they always looked out once again to bid il
good night and when they were turning
round 10 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 sadly Out by himself and when
he saw the star, turned round and said to
fsor, L. g., IL ar
star and then smile would come upon the
face, and little weak uoice used 10 saw.
God bless my brother and the star r
And SO the time came, all TOO soon when
the child looked out alone, and when there
was no face on the bed land when there was
little grave among the graves mot there be-
fore and when the star made long rays
down towards him he saw it through his
tears.
Now, these rays were so bright, and they
seemed 10 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 people taken up that
sparkling road by the 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, turn
ed their beaming 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 kissed
them terderly, and went away with them
down avenues flight, and were so happy in
their company, that lying in his bed he wept
for JOY.
But there were many angels who did not
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, The patient face that once had lain upon the
, bed was glorified and radiant, but his heart
J found out 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 had brought The people
hither:
is my brother come 2
And he said NO.
She was turning hopefully away, when the
child stretched out his arms, and cried, oh,
sister, am here ! Take me = and then she
turned her beamng eyes upon him, and il
was night and the star was shining into the
room, making long rays down towards him,
as he saw il through his tears.
From that hour forth, the child looked out
upon the star, as on the Home he was TO go
! TO, when his time should come and be
5 thought that he did not belong to The earth
alone, but to the star, too, because of his SIS
ter's angel gone before.
: There WAS baby born to he brother to
, the child and while he was so little that he
' never yet had spoken word, be 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 ofpeople, and The rows of angels, with
their beaming eyes all turned upon those
peoples faces.
Said his sisters angel to the leader:
SIS my brother come ?
+ And he said, Not that one, but another
And the child beheld his brothers. angel
in her arms he cried, oh, sister, / am
here Take me : and she turned and
smiled upon him, and the star was shining.
He grew to be a young man, aud was busy
at his books, when an old servant came to
him and said
Thy mother is no more. bring her
blessing on her darling SOM
Again at night lie saw the star, and all that
former company. Said his sisters angel to
the leader
is my brother come p
And he said, Thy mother !
A mighty cry of JOY went forth through
all the stars, because the mother was re-unit-
ed to her TWO children. And he stretched
brother, am here 7 And they answered
him, Not yet,' and the star was shining.
He grew 10 be man, whose hair was
turning grey, and he was sitting in his chair
by The fireside, heavy with grief, and with
his face bedewed with tears, when the star
opened once again.
Said his sisters angel TO the leader, sIs nv
brother come g
And lie said, Nay, but his maiden daugh-
ter t -..-.
And the man who had been the child saw
his daughter, newly lost to him. celestial
creature among those three, and he said, MY
daughters head il on my sisters bosom, and
her arm is round my mothers neck, and at
her feet there is the baby of old time, and
can bear the parting from her, God be praised.
And the star was shining.
Thus the child came TO be an old man and
his once smooth face was wrnkled, and his
. steps were slow and feeble, and his back was
, bent. And one night as he lay upon his bed,
: his children standing round, ,hecried,as ne had
; cried so long ago.:
4 see the STAR
5 They whispered one another, he is dying
: And he said, Il am. My age is falling
(, from me like garment, and move towards
! the star as child. And O,my Father, now
thank thee that it has so often opened, to
receive those dear ones who await me =
And the star was shining and it shines
upon his grave.-Dicken's Ne,o Pepper, House
/ hold Words.
A very respectable individual was OBJ.
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