The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-06-19

stincis and selfdenying heroismA until her
nature bhms--a golden goblet--with the
wine Of womanhoOd and ahe meets the COM
panion for whom God designed her--whom
God designed foi her.
Thus our third scene 10 prepared for us.--
Manhood and womanhood meet, and lives
that we're separate melodies become a har-.
mony, How IL may seem 10 Others know
not, but true love between man and woman
1.-the love that gives ts all for life, for the
simple rewards Of eongenial rompanlonshIp,
seems 20 me the most lovely bulgrowth OF
human nature. God and all good things
breathe benisons upon H. II 10 the advent
Of heart Into another heart, ,-athe entrance
Of one spiritual nature into the spiritual ma
ture Of another giving, doubt not, fore.
taste of the exquisite bliss which thrills the
soul as Il passes into the gate Of Paradise
And there stand our young man ana young
woman, her head upon his shoulder, and her
ear drinking In the tender confessions of an
affection TO which hef happy heart responds
IN gentest numbers. "What God hath ioin.
ed together let not man put asunder," falls
FROM the sky where the evening star il glow
ing They look up, and pledge, heard In
heaven and on earth, fall from their lips
Friends flock around them, and kissea fall
/ upon the youag vife's check amid the bap-
tism Of tears Golden fruits arc borne 20
their lips, and the twilight air is full Of the
pleasant jargon Of happy human voices Oh :
brightly CLEAN the golden mountains in the
last rays Of the Sunkcn sun and the golden
clouds that crown them blasc with more than
a solar glory
/ And now begins the United life Hand in
hand and heart 10 heart they resume their
passage up the long incline. In the early
morning, | see them kneeling side by side,
worshiping the God OF their life. eonfessing
their weakness and their sin, and praying for
that spiritual nourshment which shall build
them up into a sanity estate, At evening,
before they lie down by the waySide for re-
pose, see them kneel again, aud commune
with the Good Father whose spirit dwells
within them. II one takes up cross, Il is
/ lighiened by the Others hand II one gath
ers JOY from the boughs Of Heavens mu-
niiccnce. the other il called TO share it.
With no heart-wanderings, no untruth, no
rcpining', no selfish monopoly Of delight,
they pass on for months till now see that
the wife has become mother, and bears
little babe upon her bosom. II isa gin Of
! God, precious beyond all price, and when
they kneel again they thank God for it,-ior
all the halloNed sympailics II calls into play
"a E'ss,-cg~SPtl,g$g ~ pySsaa, .,syfi h ..Ns "a
II uneoyers to them. Soon the little one is
on its feet, and dances along the way, while
another takes is place in the maternal arms.
And as the years pass away, another aud
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they look like band of attendant eherubims.
Meanwhile, / see that the limbs OF the pair
are growing weary. The way is hard and
rough, and both are laden with a burden Of
care aceumulating as they 90 and now they
pass into a cloud. Dimly through the vapor
gathering before my own eyes, or erveoping
them, see them bowling by the way. One !
Of the little ones its fingers full Of lifes ro-
ses--loS stretched upon the sand. They kiss
his marble check, and the little group bend |
over him and weep trickling tears, like stat |
ues at fountain. hear the mother say
40, but for these, would / had died for thee,
my sonW From the far hight hear the tone
of bell lis it on earth or in heavenp Is |
Il sad bell or glad bell ! know not /
but | see that after they have followed a lit |
tie grave, and deposited their treasure, and
knelt upon it and said, "Thy will, not mine,'
the clond is drunk up by the unseen spirits
of the air. and away, on the pinnacle Of the |
golden mountains, stands little form with /
its fingers full of roses, beckoning There is
a stir in the golden clouds above him, and he
is received up out Of their sight.
Years come and go till the little ones have
become men and women. The fathers beard
and the fathers hair, so black and heavy at
first, have become thin and white. He leans
upon his staff, and totters manfully on. Son
and daughter press around the mother and
sustain her feeble form. An atmosphere of
love envelopes them all. And so they rise
higher and still higher, until, in other than
earthly light they stand gloriAed upon one
of the golden summits. They stand upon
the mount of vision earth below and heaven
above them, They gaze down upon the
long and weSry path they have trod, and see
that their life has been one long process of
education and publication. Thut which was
but path of ,horns in the passage is chang
ed to pavement of gold in the retrospcct.---
Flying over the shining track, they see the
Angel OF Gods Providence, and now they
know, what once they could not wholly see,
that the darkness which had so often passed .
over them as they journeyed was but the
shadow of his blessed wings But there
comes sound of chariots and horses the
children press up TO bid them adieu, the ,
mountains grow radiant with descending