Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-07-06

she died 50 vonnc. inst when fIe Aowors
were most nrettv and had nnvor nlarod ~
the green meadow hv tho hrool, S;do IL
him and his sister hHt now che was hannr
and he would have snrnno +o bor nool, lrp1I ~ !
kissed her iovfullv, bnt the Anoel held him
bv his side SAVING. q not vet nv brotbor
I little while and tbon mav'st 90 },
And bo lool-od hocI +Io n7a,- bo boa
Travelled and tho how = Voc booIoino., ''
Nh bro+bor droon,ad +ha+ al of a7,ddo,,
the countless choir str,ck Iondor tonoS ~
their barns that swalIad louder and Ionder
,.,t:1 l,~ thar@ht tho world heard It and
the shouts of the throng fell together In
deliphtful unison:
Holy v'
"Holvr'
"Holyn
Gone in Three"
/" Art Thou the Father"
"The Lamb"
"The Spirit.p
"Tbree in One"
"Foreyer."
"And ever"
L" Amen"
And the shout filled the temple until #
shook in unison; and the door that
stood open trembled, and the bow that was
beamino shook its efuloont ravs. and tho
hro+bon 4o.x,l1ol J 1- III
"lo'uIl 'l1.nOie'1 ''nu "ToAe III 'le 1lVtle
'0T In WIZ 4Io ~ ms S;S'o1 was 11S Sieeplng I
IL 'lle lnOl nln9 no V0lu ii0l "a us u!ean'
the bow. Ere the sun arose, they were
standing hand in hand watching in the
East for the beaming bow, but their mother
told them, in the morning they must look
in the West, and at eventide in the East
/ for the bow, and only look when the mist
and sparkling rain drops were falling; and
they understood it and wished in their heart
for mist and rain drops every day, not only
to nourish the flowers, but also to paint the
beaming bow in the heavens.
! They looked for the bow in the morning
and at evening, and when the rain would
fall and the sun beam out they would stand
hand in hand looking over the great old
apple tree IN the West, and the old Locust
tree IN the East, and the first to see the
beaming arch would shout joyfully-" tht
bow the bow :" And they would shou
| together, " the bow the bow - They
5 would clap their hands and wish they were
on its highway, and would gaze on the bov
: that was beamingunti its bright hnes fadeo
c = one ne and md t., f- - 1n~- - - -
sI.io% ~ 'Gl ~ on, .Il bn :. ~ w '''' -
SKY u 'n0 00"uiln6 WV.
"i-011o-' ~
Like the flower whose stalk is woun
ded by some fretting canker worm, littl
Everette one day began to pine andwither
a deep disease fixed itself on his vitals, an
he grew weak and faint like helpless IN
fant. He could no longer run in the meado'
with his sister, chasing the butterfly an
gathering bright flowers; and she wen
every morning melancholy and alone, an
brought flowers Of many hqes and sprea
them on his bosom, on his pillow, an
- strewed them Ger his weary cot. He coul
y no longer look out upon the sky, the stal
, and the moon, and his mother eased him
: the window time after time and he gaze
with rapture. He grew very weak and tt
L kind physician said he must die and be b.
le ricd in the deep, cold, red tomb-he hear
' it-hc smiled, and asked his sister if IL
+, bow was beaming.
:" - And she wept, and said it was not
- But it did beam the very next day, bea
> tiful complete from point to point, its m
a. a, jestic curve spanned the orient sky with
- zone of many blended tlnts, and the sistt