Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-10-03
Affecting Incident.


4 ere Of our western towns, clergyman
: ~ cne morning told by his wife that little
boy, TIE son Of neighbor, was very sick, near
% ieota, and asked him if he would not 20 in |
and see hun
1 hardly know what to do said the good
nan 4 fear my visit would not be well re>
Scived.'
'i'a., reloined his wife, when you were sick, |
2. shor; time since, the mother Of the little boy
sen. in kindly every day 10 inquire how you
we're, and think they will expect you 10 come
IND see their son.
Ih.s v-Ss a sufficient Involvement, and he was
upon his way to the dwelling Of the sorrow.--
ne mother was hanging over her precious and
tca0:itul child who was tossing from SIDE to
flae il the delirium Of a brain fever. The
minister, after watching him few moments,
.Uruo3 20 the lady and said
This e,cr child should be kept perfectly
Qus: ma dam; he should not be excited IN any
,1Ecne:'
4'i-, qaid she, will you offer prayer"
a. s,s. be he itated, fe ring the effect upon
.ae child but, on secon thought, knelt at the
BEDSIDE and uttered few petit ons in His
a., ne 7rh0 sald suffer little children to come
Ln.C me The nomen, he commenced spe1k-
.-r. :ha ll..lc sufferer, who TIL now seemed un-
y
~ Sill "p3n ii . bed, and fixing his dark eyes
,ra @.-a llsteaad to every word. The minis
81 rcSr from his Knees, said few words to the
r.o.h2-, and wen. home leaving the child IN
,ay:ec franc Ill state. The next morning
lie As, inte gence which greeted him was
20: li.!le Frank had died during the night.
lie lad become extremely interested, and
To 7garen. effect of the voice Of prayer upon
re 3v.ng boy had surprised him. He went
,-a.n 20 visit the family. attended the funeral
~ p. length learned the following facts -
She had two children. Frank was the cid
~. and the second was daughter Of five
va,.i A few months before, little Alice had
gene e spend The n'El with some companions
N ne neIs:ihorhood, wlose parents were
Christians ana were training their children to
ioow the steps. A. they were about retIr-
~ 20 Yes. acse iItle ones sand to their visitor,
VIC I'D -; inow the Lords Prayer:
Come Alice. AnetI down with us, and say
O.. ! a,ae-,' before we go to bed
.l!c2 oeing bright little glrl, soon COM
::a.;ac . memory the precious form OF PRAYER
-:a,l us gone up from 50 many lips since the
~ our st uttered II. The next morning.
raj. Of an;maton and delighted with her new
acquisition, she returned home and the mo-
.Hent her brother Frank appeared from school,
s,a began to tell him all about her visit, and
eg him to learn Our Father, and say 1t with
5,r.
From that time, the mother SAID, knceling
together, they lad daily repeated the Lords
aver with great earnestness and delight,
and hal also learned other prayers, IN winch
hey seemed mucA interested.
A few days before he was taken sick, Frank
had come to her with book in MS hand and
said
'Oh, mother. here is beautiful prayer will
you let me read ii to you'
1t was the remembrance Of this which indu-
ced her to make the request that the minister
you'd pray by the bed Of her suffering boy,
snd this was the secret of that calming lntlu-
fnce which that prayer eXerted, lie contlnu-
81 t.us tranquil for long tim, but at length
h,s distress returned, and the hour OF death
drew near. About midnight, suffering and
agonized, he begged Of his mother to send for
t1e good minister to pray again. lie must
have somebody to pray. The parents dsllked
70 call him at that hour Of the night, and knew
not what to do. At last the mother went up
stslrs, and, taking the little sleeping Alice
from her bed, brought her to her brothers bed
aide, and told her what Frank wanted. lmme-
diately she knelt down, and slowly and SOL
EMMY repeated the prayer which they both so
much loved, and then, unasked, said
Now Frankly avs him down to sleep,
pray the Lord his soul TO keep,
II he should die before lie wake,
pray the Lord hls soul to take
The first words soothed the little sufferer,
md with the last, his spirit fled,
Witnessed c'rth ever subhmer spectacle:
=, the dead hour of night, in the chamber
where waits the king Of terrors, surrounded by
weeping friends, the infant Of five summers,
-0used hastily from the sweet slunbers Of child
hood, kneels in her simple nightdress, and, un-
disturbed, unterrltied, lisps in childish accents
the PRAYER which Heaven accepts, and on whose
breath nissoned angels bear upward the ran
Boned soul.
would teach lesson. They labor not in
vain who SOW precious seed in the fresh soil Of
youthful hearts.-.)rS. UhWieSey's .uaga.lne.