Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1858-01-12
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From the Home Journal.
Al BibIe-stogy foE Mothers.
BY N. P. WILLIS.
Racdael-( Geaesfs rrviit. to 4rr.

I RaehGel-( Geuesfs zrUiti. to 1Er.
Twas sunset in the eland where Eden was
HaEar, she.5ertile in the times of old, tui,,
Ala fSe hocks from the far OF field and hill
Home followed to the fold at Laban well;
AID, when for them the stone was rolled away,
They drank, and Jacl- numbered them. For such
Asof its life had well fulfilled day,
The sunset seemed thegiviDg of itsio Joy
JoYfoT: the horn'd cattle, with their calves
joy for thesgoats with kids, the sheep with lambs
Joy. for the birds that tilted on their nests,
Singing till twilight should enfold their young;
And, from she lowly hut beyond the we'll,
RoEse the sySeet laughter of the shepherds babe
Aud Ziipah5s soc, and Billah's, on the clean
Smooth foor between the households circlng tent
Played With The children of the unloyed Leah.
Bnt, insst shadow of the tallest palm,
1 There asoed a tent, apart. The Intramped grass
Told ottncs frolic feet familiar there;
And siience reigned within its guarded room
And, By ttss halEdrawn curtain of the door,
Safe one who felt her life too sorrowful
To let The greeting of the sunset in,
For, on:the herds that watered at the we'll
And on the children that played joyous by,
And on tbs flowers, and birds and laden trees
Each Lacking noIght OF life that was its OWL
How cQults she look and feel she was of them
RAcHA EL~1the Chikdlcss
'Twas another eve;
Aud other summers bad on Haran smiled
An eve fgoldrn glory, that, again,
Found: jacob with his foCks at Laban's we'll.
And n1w-s-uncoSered, ut prayer-he stood,
Aud looked where glowed the Bethel of his dream
For, in the glory of that Western sky,
He saw again the ladder rise to Heaven,
And tEeascending and descending troop
That miniStered to him who stood above
The place e:none other than the house of God
There, W ere he poured the oil upon the stone,
As he casne East from Canaan And, as wont,
In the de; Outness of that evening hour,
He recognized THE COVENANT fulfilled:
For he hrd food, and raiment to put on
His catlS aud his focks in peace were there
A God sl i with him, who increased his store,
And keptihim in the way that he should go,
And wbo'the holy promise would fulfil,
DeArestitn Jacob in that stranger land,
To bring him to his fathers house once more.
Thus prayed he, with the setting of the
But oh, bhere was another gift from God = :. a.
And fHrSmOre precious, tho unnamed with these
Whose fly had waited not the sunsets glow
To kindls it to prayer, but whose fond fire
BurneG!a thanksgiving incense all the day.
She 1rkok: he lored had borne TO him a child.
And, tcthe lent that stood beneath the palm
The tens apart that was so shut and lone
The gl6:y of The evening entered now;
The sillSen cord drawn eagerly and far,
That ths% suns greeting should be all letin-
The roft: record of day fulfilled,
Being 3Rs mirror of a mothers joy
For, on The floor rejoicing in ltsjIEht,
Lay the Spy babe of fRACHAEL. She, of all
The dai zhters of the land most fair to sec
Most ld@pd, and sc most needing to bestow
jewe5rom her heart on him she lived
She WHIP o women was .reproached 10 DO
Barren Eao beautiful-and thus unblest,
Refusing 10 be comforled-beholdl
God had remembered her
Oh mother loved
Yo1 NJ have taken TO your breast the child
New glsen from your beauty unto him
Whose aoul is mingled in its life, the link
OF an Immortal spirit welded now
Betwixt you twain forever, read yoU here
How in The Scripture is your story writ
The sands of gold, from Natures running brook,
Were sSugled truly in the olden time.
That Aich was holest in our daily life,
Was, Ginspired words, all woudrousy
First 1a'itlen-as the stars are set to burn
Small TO- they seem, of an uudying brightness.
Jacob's for Rachael was q human love-
A hea4 won by the beauty of a maid
Met with her focks beside her fathers well.
How beautiful was Labans daughter there,
'Tis wfitten; and, how tenderly he loved,
Is Of his lie-time made the golden threads
And, Cher sorrow that she bare no child,
And the taking that reprosch away,
Ills les3oned for the world to learn by heart
SweetAs a seng-"Gop HEARKERED Unto HER."
And g the bliss of Rachael in her child
lis ha Sowtd fountain vas twice Scripture-toldl
Look shon, oh mother, how again twas writ!
Tho 3 Cry Of thy babe as told in Heaven
=" ANr Cop REMEMBERED HER."