The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-22
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Lsi me fpi sou Who sas the happ.ust child
] seer saw.
sht.Has lri.n Fisl WHOM / once last nav,
ilE Zoo a coach We were both going on a
iaH-aaf to Laal3n, slri ws travelled great
maar miles lssl'rr Size was ul'y eight
yoirtu.lani VS. qu.n b.al She bad new
81 been Hb.u % slc 30 an. Sire had never
frFn the f47, sal tlo sglr, AND she grassland
lp ilaHfsl aui DE rrsr and the birds, aud
,fi u.eaF l.es4It tling sli.h yea Gee every
Gy Of yogr Ayes Lai sl..l sAo vas quite bop
saa WAS By hprsalf moor little ding She
TIA no friends on rrlAdpns 20 take care Of her
90 her iolrsey, sad b. klal to her, bat she
7oas qai.e Lsply s.d content she said, when
- goi rt1 lhe COACH, "Tsll ms how many
p,eple tierl abe In ihc coach / am quite
BIND and ran see nothing" A gentleman
uased her, 'lfsoe was afraid" $50" sho
'asd, u aln not frightened. ] have tp,slled
l'elsfsi and lFusl ia COD, ana people Are a.
ways very Kind 70 me-
Bat soon found oul the reason WY ste
'vas happy tnd VIA. dD you think Il wa p
Sic lntll Jesus Christ and Josm Chris loy.
"a hsr--shr bad ssashl Js'p, chr'st,aad she
had f1ugl hlp
began 20 ialk ohrf about ,ho Bible, and
soon iouud tht she iaow a great deal about
H. She weii ~ a.h0d whore the n,istress
Hsed % read ihe Bible 70 herr and she was
attentive, and,hal remembered wins, her mis-
trofI hal rv,d You cannot think how many
Tti#FI ~ '7r i4iilir iils t,as iillls blind gil
knew, ONLY wished lhst every grown-up
person % England knewE ouch a. she did
Boil must trv snd trn vow some ofthom.
She talked 20 me ulont dn; how Il fret
came Into toe world qhen Adam nud Eve
ste Sire f,tilddsa fruit, aud hon IL Was 20 We
tseA cyUrywhrrr now -'it}f' size said, there
are 90 really good q ople. The very best
people In iho world ulyr many sins every
dsy, aud avn sure we all Of ~ waste a great
dsd u lme, five do nothing else wrong
Oh No are al such sinner. there Il nobody
who has not Hnned a great many sins"
And then sho talked about Jesus Christ
Sho to'l me about his agony in the garden Of
Gethromane--ahout bio sweating drops Of
bl53i-about the soldiers mailing him TO ia,
ersss--abont the spear piercing his side and
blood and water coming out ooh /" IN,
aid, "how very COOL Of him TO die for us---ant
sagh aeruei death How good he was to suf
ior % for our sins,
And thea slr islkGd about wicked people
She told me she was afraid there were grca
may Ia Tho world, and II made her very un
happy 90 hear now many Of her school Tel
lows and Acquaintance went on. "But," sh
sail. ~ know the reason why ihey are ,,
wicked; Il ia because they do not try TO b,
gool--ihcy 10 not wis, 10 be- aood-,thcy d
nj AZ Jesus 20 make ihcm good,T
| asked her. What part OF thcBiblo sho lik G,
hest She told me she liked all the hiator,
Of Jcsas Christ, bat the chapters she was mo,
iord OF, wrre the last three OF tho bnok az
Revelation. had d hb!o with me, and
took it out aud reed those chapters to her o
We went along
When h,d done she began to talk abou
heaven, "IAink," the said, chow nice Il vii
be % be ihere There viii be no sorrow
nor cryingnor tears, Aud than Jesus Chr,
vii be hcrc, lor L Nys, THE LamU Is IL
ligh, thereof, and We shall al ays he wit
him and huririr-- this, there shall be n
night thcre' they need no candle, noi,hc
iight Of tho sun ."
lust think Of this poor little blind girl
Think Of her taking pleasure IN talking o.
jesus Christ Think Of her r,joicing in IA
rupvv Or ir-rr-rr7 ~ ..s-s-..
row nor niuh.
Dear children arc YOU MS happy and a
cheerful u' she was You ure not bind.yo
h5ye eyes, and can run about aud see every
thing, aud 60 where YOU like, and read q
much a. you phase to Yourselves. But mr.
Nga as happy as this poor little bin
Rirl2 Oh. II y3n pisb TO he happy IN ihi
''sSrld, remember my advice io-day-do As III
liItlc blind girl did Love Jesus Christ, an
he will love you; seek him carly and yo
shall End him. '--Rer. j. e. Rfc.
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