Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-03-03
"s'ea" y OF milk and her calf, poor thing, died
before it WIS a week oldr

instead of milk; and her calf, poor thing, died
before it WIS week old.n
some of them are stone blind, some cannot
i've !" the light, and few Of them can hear. M
TWO OF them eat the same food, and it is great
'"o"r t" take care of them. sometimes feel as
II would almost as lief be poor man, 81
think should rather" said Hafed,
While they wee talking. in nm instant ,hev
were in midnight darkness. The sun was gone.
a"d Hated could not f'r some time ser his guido
What has happened ?" said he. go! moth
ING uncommon" said the guide. "The sun
happened TO 90 down now. There is no regular
time for him % shine ; bnt he goes and comes
Just as It happens, and leaves us suddenly as
you see"
As L don't see." said Hafed i" but I hone
ne will come at the appointed lime, at any rate"
"That, sir, will be just as It happens Some
times he is gone fr months. aud some times for
weeks and sometimes for only a few minutes.
Just as it happens. We may not see HIM again
Tor months but perhaps be will come soon."
As the guide was Proceeding, to the ,nexpres-
sibe joy of all, The sun at one broke out The
light was 81 sudden. tina, Hated at first thought
he must be struck with lightning. and actually
put lis hands 10 his eyes to see il they we're safe.
He the, clapped his hands to his eyes, till he
could gradually bear the light. There was
spIendor about the sun, which he had never be-
fore seen and it was intolerablv hot. The air
seemed like furnace
"Ah," said tho owner of the cattle, " we must
now scorch for it. My poor wool OK must die at
once! Bad luck, bad luck to US! The sun has
come back nearer than he was before But we
hope he will happen to go away soon, and then
happen to come hack further the next time..'
The sun was now pouring down his heat so
intensely. that they were glad to 60 into the
house for shelter; miserable looking place in.
deed. Hated could not but compare it with his
own beautiful cottage. Some tiubers were rot
ten; for the tree was not as it happened, the
same in all its parts. Some Of the boards hap
pened to be like paper, and nails tore out, and
were comingo off.
They invited Hufed to eat. On sitting down
at the table, he noticed that each one had dlf-
ferent kind of food, and no two could eat out of
the same dish. He was told that it so happened
that the food which one could eat, was poison 10
another, and what was agreeable to one was
nauseatng to another.
81 suppose that to be ccffee," said Hated, "and
will thank you for cup" 1t was handed him.
He had been troubled with the tooth ache for
some hours, and how did he quail when. on fill
ing his mouth he found it was ice, in little pie
ces, about al large as pigeon shot. " Do you
call lce-water coffee here? said Hated, press
/ ing his hand upon his cheek, ~hiie h,s tooth was
/ dancing with pain 1hur is iust us il happens,
We put water over the fire, and sometimes II
freezes II. 1t is all chancework"
Hated rose from the table in anguish of spirit
tie remembered the world where he had lived
and all that WIS past. He desired TO live in a
world where there was no God, where all was
governed by chance. Here he was, and here ht
nus live. He threw himself on bed, and re
called the past the beautiful world where he
had once lived his lngratltul'e; his murmnr,ne;
against the wisdom md goodness Of God He
wepi like infancy. He would have prayed, ant
even began prayer but then he recoIlecle'
thai there was n, God here; nothing to dl
rect events; nothing but chance. He shed man!
nnd bitter tears of repentance. A, last ho wep
himself to sleep.
When Hafed awoke again, he was sitting un
der his palu,-tree, in his own beautiful garden
1t was morning. AT the appointed moment, th
glorious sun rose up IN the east; the fields wer
all green and tresh the trees were all right en-
upward, aud covered with blossoms, und tn
songslers were utterng their morning SONGS
Hated arose, recalled tho, ugly dream, and the
wept for joy. Was he again In the world wher
chance does MT reign? He looked up. and the
tnrned TO the God of heaven, the God of law
and order, and gave hm the glory. and confesse
that his ways, 10 us unsearchabie, are full {
wisdom Tie was new man ever afterward
nothing gave him greater cause IT gratitude,
he daily kneIt in prayer, than the fact, that h
lived in a world where God ruled and ruled b
laws, fixed, wise, and mercltu.-Dr Todd.