Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-10-16
From Arthnr,s " Home Gazette"
Where is Heaven7


deepening apace, seems to withdraw the
earth from us and to bring the heavens
near, mtther and her little girl sat togeth-
er by the open window, and both looked up
to the sky. The lady was lost in thought
but the child counted the stars to low,
merry tone, singing, "Two, six, ten, twen- |
ty, hundred-a hundred bright stars
Oh, how many; many, many! and how
bright!' until turning to her mother, and
grasping her dress 10 secure attention, she
exclaimed, with sudden energy, Tell me,
mother, is Heaven in the stars ?"
Gently, Alice" said her mother. In
the stars No, certainly not"
"Where is it then Pin the sky, between
the stars =? Do tell me where it is. Once
you said you would tell me when l was old
enough to understand, and think can un-
derstand now."
''Come here, them" her mother replied,
holding out her arms to the little girl, :" sit
quietly on my lap, and will tell you some
thing about it, but you must be very attent-
i've, because it is not easy for child to COM
prehend such great truths. You asked,
Just now, whether Heaven were in the
stars. What did your father tell you yes
terday, about the stars ~
"He told me that some of them, but only
just q very few, were worlds something
like our world, and that they went round
and round the sun, and had day and night,
and summer and winter. The rest, he said,
were great, big suns, ever SO far off! nobo
dy knew how far some of them were; and
he had no doubt there were worlds going
round and round those suns too and people
in the worlds who were put there to learn
what is good and true; and he supposed
they were tempted to do wrong, and were
sometimes unhappy, as we are"
"Then, do you suppose Heaven is therc?"
ooh no! of course it is not. did not
think of that ?''
"No, my darling child, Heaven is not in
any place which we can see with our bodily
eyes. We cannot point with hands of flesh
to the road that leads to that country, nor
walk along it with these feet. If you went
up into the depths Of the sky, and searched
it through, from north to south, and from
east to west you would not find Heaven
5 there, nor meet one angel on your way"
: Then, mother, are you sure there is a
f Heaven, if it is not anywhere ?"
/ Sure? Yes, as sure as that | love you,
: and that you love me. Doyou love me?"
"Why, mother, you know l do -
care you sure? Can you see your
E love-"
"No."
What shape is it, round or square ?"
Il don't know" said Alice, laughing
"Itis not any shape"
"Where is it ?-can you tell me that ?"
"No, am sure cannot. 1t is all in.
side of me; all inside of my SOUL
Then you see there can be real thing
which you cannot look at with your bodily
: eyes, nor touch with these little hands, ant
n which docs not occupy any earthly space
: but which is still a real, true, living thing
r Just such a real, true thing, is Heaven
i only it is different kind of thing, differ
L cnl kind of world from this earth, and, lik,
: your love, does not fill natural space. Yol
i. say your love is inside your soul; there
4 then, and not on the earth, or among tn
d stars, which lie all outside of it, you mus
of look for the pa.h that leads to Heaven. |
n you pray to God, and try to do what yo'
= know is pleasing in His sight, He will shov
Is it to you, and lead you safely along it."
I, "Will He really show it 10 me? and viii
n it be beautiful all covered with flowers ?"
= "You know told you we cannot see thos
of things with our bodily eyes but if you tr,
a TO be good girl, God will put true thoaght:
it and gentle, loving feelings into your hear
'g and they will guide you to Heaven, wher
the pure and happy angels line."
could Isee the angels with my eyes ~
lg Not with those eyes,
1t g But have not got any other eyes"
"Yes, you have. Your spirit has eyes.
" | don't think it has, mother, for when
m shut these two up So" said Alice, pressin
her lids SO tightly together that soarcel
: more than the tips of her long lashes wer
visible, 81 cannot see one bit; it is a
as dark. +" "--.---.r..-. ---..-.---.~.-
That is because your spiritual eyes al
i closed" a... ..
"But why can | not open thcm?"
ut God has not given us the power 10 ope
'le them while we are inthis world; and if the
he were open, we could no more see earth