The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-07-20
Mistellaneous.
A Child's Dream of a Star.

There was once child, and he strolled
about a good deal aud thought ola number
ofthinrs. He had sister, who was u child
too. AMI his constant companion. These TWO
used TO wonder all day long. They wondered
at the beauty Of the flowers; they wondered
at the goodness and the power Of God, who
made the lovely world.
They used to ssy To one another sometimes,
"Suppasins all the children on earth were to
die, would the a,wers and the water and the
sky bo sorrv," They believed they would
Dc sorry. For, said they, the buds are the
children Of the flowers, and the little playful
streams that gimbol down the hilisides, arc
the children Of the water; and the bright
spccks playing at hide and seek in the sky
all ni,ht, must surely be the children Of the
stars: aud they would all he grieyed to sec
their playnates, the children Of men, no
more
There was one clear shining star that used
20 come out in the sky before the rest. near
the church spirc, above the graves. IL was
larger and more beautiful they thought than
all the Others. and every night they Watched
for it, standing hand in hand at the window.
Whoever saw Il first cried out both together,
knowing 80 well when il would rise and
where. So they grew TO be such friends
With il, thai, before lying down in their beds,
they always looked out once again, to bad It
good night, and when they were turning
Iosed to sleep they would say, "God bless
the star .'
But while she was still very young-oh
very, very young-the sister dropped, ana
came 20 be 50 weak that she could no longer
stand in the window at night; and then the
child lookei sadly out by himself, and when
ne saw the star, turned and said to the
patient pale face on the bed, 81 see the star
and then weak voice used TO say, "God
bless my brother and the star -
And 80 the time came all too soon when
the child looked out alone, and when there
was no fsee on the bed. and when there was
n little grave among the graves not there
before and when the star made long rays
down toward him, as be saw il through his
tears
Now, these rays were 30 bright, and they
seemed 20 make such o shining way from
earth TO heaven. that when the child went to
hi. solitary bed, he dreamed about the star;
and no dreamed that lying where he was, he
saw a train Of people taken up that sparkling
road by angels. And the star, opening
showed him q great world Of light, wherS
many more such angels waited to receive
them.
All these angels, who were waiting. turned
their bsaming eyes upon the people who
werc carried up into the stars; and soms
came out from the long rows in which the,
stood, and fell upon the peoples nccks, anS
kissed them tenderly, and went away with
them down avenues Of light, and were y
happy in their company, that lying In M
bed he wept Cor JOY.
But. there were many angels who did no,
20 with them, and among them one no knew
The patient face that once had laid upon the
bed was glori6ed and radiant, but his heart
found out his sister among all the host.
His sisters angel fingered near the en-
trance Of the star, and said 10 the leadel
among those who had brought the pcopl,
hitther-
"Is my brother comet"