The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-04-26

I'VE hhhn Oh lhe mOuIheI, WHICH gave b"I
,ack a sign. A little while she hell It, /
.laspiog Ter fingers in gentle pressure;
hen in a voice whose tender modnlations
went vibrating to the inmost of her spir,
ts, she said.
"You had an angel visit las! night"
An angel visit! What did the words
signify?
."only a year haa passed since had
like visit, " continued the friend. Il d!d
not recognize the heavenly messenger
when she came for my eyes were too fall
Of tears to see he' radiant form, she came
and went, bearing on her bosom as she
passed upward TO tie regions Of eternal
sunshine, the spirit Of my lovely boy!"
The hand Of the mourner answ cred 10
the light pressure Of that in which it
lay,
THAT night, went on the comforter,
81 saw in a dream-call ii dream but
regard it rs q revelation my translated
one among the blessed in the upper king,
dom ofour Father. He was in the arms
of The angel mother, whcsc love for him
it was plain 10 see was wise and tender,
surprising all my own deep aTec tion, as
far as the uns-lfsh love Of an angel sur.
passes a weak and erring creature of
earth"
"Grieve no more!' said the heavenly
being, as she came 10 me. Il have not
taken this innocent ore from You in an
GER or cruelty. but in love-love for both
the mother and child AS for Lin, he is
safe in his celestial home forever, and is
and will be blessed tar above anything
you could ask-for it hath no entered in.
to the heart Of even mother to conceive
what transcendaut delights are in store
for those who are BON Tito heaven. Is il
not therefore better Tor our child? Were
| 10 say, take him again into the cold
dark world of sorrow, sin and suffering
would you bear him back? No, griev
ing mother, no. You love this precious
one TOO we'll. Bat how is it better for you
to lose the child in wi ON your heart wa,
so bound up? see the question on your
lips. That is always best which lifts tn,
spirit nearest TO God-is it not so?.--
Think Not with heavenly. but witt
an earthly and se,fsh affection, did yor
love your child-such an affection coulC
not truly bless either you or your b'be
1t is now in heaven, and as your hear
follows it there, it will come into he aven
ly associations, and thus be filed will
aspirations for that higher life which de
scends from and bears back its recipcn
into heaven. Gri4ving one! l came t.
you in mercy; and though tears have fol
lowed my visit. they are falling on gOo'
seeds planted in your heart"
THUS spoke to me that angel-mothe
ofmy child. and over since her word
have been my stay and comfort. Sucl
an angel came 10 you last night. grievinI
/, friend. The visit was in love, not in en-
ger. Then lift your eyes upward, ant
no longer permit them to Test on the colt
earth form and the gloomy grave. Th
spirit of your child has already arise
= more beautiful in form, AMI is with angel
appointed for its guardianship. The wi
, SCI love ol our good Father has remove
lit. Be thankful then, dear friend. Oh
/ BE- thankful!-but weep not"
And The hart. which no words Of con
y ISOLATION had been able to reach, fe't iseI
swelling with deep emotion, and iiflni
itselt upwards towards The al Merci ul.
a II will believe that it was an angel VIII
5 came h-re last night aud bore away m
t child" she Whispered, Ms with Shut ry'i
a frlnged by tear-g-mmed lashes, shr bo"
!. I'd h-r head upon the bosom Of her OF
S soIor "Oh. if anything can soothe tn
& anguishmpnt Of his bereavement, it is
d think that my precious babe, for whom
}. have rar d so tenderly, passed from m
: arms to those of an ang-l, and lhat he wi
thus borne across the dark vall-y iht
4 which I looked down with su,h hear
If ,hudder. | bless you for sv-aking SUI
d words of conscatonl"
l. Not alone in misfortune or bcreavrmel
re do angels visi US, They do not alwa!
il make the way rough nor always dark'
" tie earth. fires around which W ga'htr,-
sr Daily they come TO us, hourly thev SCI
is TO draw nearer and quicken our bett
re impulses. A thousand evils; soul d
= stroying eviIs-are warded olTby theI
S. even though We are unconscious of the
presence, and it may bu, resist the We
Or influences by which such priceless benef e
+. are con erred.
- "Ah! if We could but open our eyes al
- see; if the scales that obstrust our visic
lie could he removed; il we could know o
m celestial visitors when they "omel"