Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-23


will be no wicked boys in heaven, and no mud
to fall into there Teacher, | do love Won. /
should like to see you;o and then, after a mo-
ment's pause, he added, +" but / shall see YOU in
heaven These remarks were made with so
much simplicity, that were it not for the con-
dition he was in i could have taken the dear
child in my arms and pressed him to my
bosom contenting myself therefore. with CIV
ing him few words of encouragement, left
him in the care of his mother, and returned to
the school,
For some weeks after this, my little pupil
never seemed SO happy as when he was at
school, and even then, as when he was upon
my knee. Teacher" he would say, /" tell me
about Jesus. When he was upon earth, he took
little children in his arms and blessed them
VIII he take them up in his arms in heaven
should like to be carried in his arms Dear
child, did not then imagine how very soon
his wish would be realized but SO it was. He
sighed for a purer air, and he found it ; he pant
ed to behold the glories of the Redeemer, and
his desire was satisfied for in few days this
tender plant was removed to more genial
cline, and those eyes, which never beheld the
natural sun, were blessed with full vision of
the beauties and glories Of the Sun Of Right
eousness. t #, &#
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illness, he seemed to have a presentiment of
his death. Although there was nothing in his
indisposition calculated to excite the slightest
alarm, yet he spake Of his approaching end with
as much confidence and the same joyful an
ticipation, as the schoolboy of his approaching
holydays. +" Mother" he said, /" | shall die and
60 to heaven, that beautiful place, and there |
shall see grandmother, and little Willy, Ia de-
ceased brother, and, above all / shall see Jesus
for teacher says that nobody is blind in heaven,
but that every eye shall see him" His mother,
however, did not take much notice of his
remarks, being confident that ip}a few hours
his usual health would return The following
day he appeared to be rather worse, and such
remedies as were deemed requisite were ad-
ministered, though with little benefit; still, no
immediate danger was apprehended but
towards night it became evident that the child
was seriously ill, and required more skilful
medical aid. The doctor came, and everything
that experience could suggest was tried to re-
lieve the sufferer, but in vain the child grew
rapidly worse and eventually his case was pro-
nounced hopeless one. All this time the mind
of the dear boy continued in peculiarly calm
and happy state. His thoughts and desires
seemed to centre in heaven, and nothing de-
Lighted him so much as the certainty that he
was about to depart and to be with Christ; and
if his mother at any time would say that she
hoped she was not going to lose her darling,
he would reply, 20 yes mother, | feel sure
that am going to be with Jesus"
On the night preceding his death he called
his father and mother to his bedside, and told
them that |" the time was come, and that he
was about to leave them" "To-morrow,o said
he, twill be Sunday, and | shall not 60 te
school to see my teacher; for in the morning
shall be along with Jesus. Do not disturb
my brother and sister, but bid them good-by,
for me. Tell them to be good, and prepare t.
follow me to heaven. A short time before ht
expired, he raised himself in bed, in order thai
he might pray on his knees in this posture he
continued few minutes, and prayed that God
would keep him in the hour of DEATH and make
him patient to the end. He asked for bless
ing upon his parents, his relatives, and his
teacher, and having laid himself quietly down
in bed, he sweetly, as the morning dawned,
fell asleep in Jesus