Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-15
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Tile $ulIsiIiue and The Shadow.

va efj fh" hefesptF yer he went
light Toll flowed him. And tie light
rtsff ed upon al tlFRgs that lie
touched = and it was wondraus
light | saw him Uekide a pebbIy
brook, and tie watdlB gle AIMED in a
new beauty: he dIppf}i III his DIM
pied hand, and TIE llrops that he
sPlashcd irp pm lis r 8y fingers sllt
tered N'ith saeh a $pallAle, that lie
lapshqd V ilh a glad laugh. Oh
the beautiiul waters he was yer.
merry with them. And the hghl
tsIl upon the stones Under the wa
ter, and they shond like dian onds
aud rublesi and the LII tie child gath
cred many of lIlenI ana lelt yer,
3rlch; q nd lie scate h himself upon
the grd en- earth, AID played q long
lime with his beat tllul pebbles
PRESENTLY butterfly came along,
| and the light from lhe child fell on
the gay butterfly. And oh. such
BEAUTY The child thought he nev-
er had seen anything halt 50 beat.
ltiftll: he watched it with a Wonf
drous love; he woi ll not move, but
/ his large loving eyes tested on it, full
of hope and Dc sire i5r he saw it fly
from flower to foyer slipping che
honeydew. And a large buttercup
bloomed very near tp him, and bis
! lighs shone full upon it; and he
hoped that the blight butterfly
would come and dfiIEk out OF that
yellow cup, and th cnh would bet
ter see those beautiful wings. And
the butterfly felt theI Hight that was
around the little boy. Iand so il feared
moi, bat came and Irested in The
pleasant flower 50 ldng, that the lit
lid boys desire was satisfied
| And now he heard a ia sing,
and such a song II seemed as If
the light from thq iiit!e boy fell up,
on the birdee's sdngI for it was The
merriest and s wd etc Il a child eyer
heard. And now die clild's moth
er came; and he spring TO her with
such loving JOY cIdfped his arms
afoNnd her-rc fed bis Sleepy face
on her bosom laid the angel
thoughts passed. OVER his face in
4 dream smiles. And tie lightoftRe
chiiG rested on theI good mother.
and she, too, was beautiful, because
she had a good fhiiF.
| But saw anoE hef lille one. and
n Ilooked in VAIN II r THE light There
II Was mono; but wi erdsoerer lie went
/ d dark shadow followed him. al
Il tiled to please-to make him happy
but the shadow fell upon the cost
i toys they gave hiln, and they be-
dame broken, USELESS fragments;
and on the cakes aid candies, and
changed them to lIprtful poisols,
which, when he had eaten them,
made the shadow mich more tIack
And then he, too, WIS taken out in
TO the beautiful COUNTRY, but tile
/. pebbly brook, wi th is pretty wa
tiers became a m ereI muddy stream
with earthly ston es, under that dark
shadow. The Happy butterfly was
CHASED from ev erY flower u pom
which itIighted, tiIlIa last its wea-
.ry wings gave out. il was snatched
By rude hand and became a loatI
some mass. oil! i'll was that darn
shadow. The birds few trembling
away-they could not sing, Of il
they did the shadow would not 1T
The bog hear the sweet sounds. =
Even the flowers dill not look at all
beautiful; so he whipped off their
delicate heats nithIa switch.
4 And now The mqiher came for
This tired boy, 200, bHt he strugg lied
and cried, and the shadow fell up
onIthe motl.er, a nd made Ter SO I'M
beautiful that | copbl look 20 lon
ger, for | saw her sgize the sly itch
that had SO cruflly fused the sw eel
flowers, and did Not wish 10 see
what She was going to do with it,
and .wished to eSdape from The
shadow.
:. Little cbildrqn-5h de sunshine was
Love, and the sliadGw was Hair ed
II Now if You would, all Of you.
when YOU think til + evil temper is
upon you,l OF if you feel
-ldisposed to say unllnd words br be
Edisobedient, b4t ilst reflect fof a
while npon this -'dalk shadow and
, its gloomy ccnSequfhces, and pause
: and pray to Ina We ybtlr hearts filled
! with love and wisddln from the | ofd
/ Jesus, The gloom y IL be dispelle
! and the bright sunshine Of love and
) peace would soon sled its radiant
, and haIlowed il fudrce around you