The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-01-09

Piles necks, and kissed them tenderly, and
went away with them down avenues of
light, and were SO happy in their compa-
ny, that lying in his bed he wept for
joy. -,
But, there were many angels who Gid
not 60 with them, and among them one
he knew. The patient face that once had
laid upon the bed was glorifed and radi-
ant, but his heart found out his sister
among all the host.
His sisters angel fingered near the en-
trance of the star, and said to the leader
among those who had brought the people
thither
"Is my brother come ?'
And he said 'No."
She was turning hopefully away, when
the child stretched out his arms, and
cried. 40, sister, [ am here! Take me y
and then she turned her beaming eyes
upon him, and it was night; and the star
was shining into the room, making long
rays down towards him as he saw 1t thro'
his tears.
From that hour forth, the child looked
upon the star as the house he was to go to,
when his time should come and he tho't
that he did not belong to the earth alone,
but to the star, too, because OF his sisters
angel gone before.
There was baby born to be a brother
to the child; and while he was so little
that he never yet had spoken word, he
stretched his tiny form out on his bed,
and died.
Again the child dreamed of the open
star, and of the company of angels, and
the train of people, and the rows OF an
gels, with their besming eyes all turned
upon those peoples faces.
Said his sisters angel to the leader
as my brother come ~
And he said, "Not that one, but an
other"
As the child beheld his brothers angel
in her arms, he cried, 90, sister, / am
here Take me !" And she turned
and smiled upon him, and the star was
shining.
He grew to be young man, and was
busy at his books when an old servant
came to him and said
sThy mother is no more. L bring her
blessing on her darling son."
Again at night he saw the star, and all
that former company. Said his SISTERS
angel to the leader:
ais my brother come ?''
And he said, ''Thy mother"
A mighty cry of JOY went forth through
all the star, because the mother was re-
united to her two children. And he
stretched out his arms and cried, "O,
mother, sister, and brother, am here ;!
Take me ~ And they answered him,
"Not yet" and the star was shining.
He grew to be man, whose hair was
turning grey, and he was sitting In his
chair by the freside, heavy with grief,
and with his face bedewed with tears,
when the star opened once again.
Said his sisters angel to the leader, "Is
my brother come p
And he said, ''Nay, but his maiden
daughter"
And the man who had been the child
saw his daughter, newly lost to him,
celestial creature among those three, and
he said, "My daughters head Is On my
sisters bosom, and her arm is round my
mothers neck, and at her feet there Is the
baby of old time and / can bear the part
ing from her, God be praised !"
And the star was shining.
Thus the child came to be an old man,
and his once smooth face was wrinkled,
and his steps were slow and feeble, and
his back was bent. And one night, as ne
lay upon his bed, children standing round
he cried, as he cried so long ago:
81 see the star -
They whispered one another, "He is
dying" M.
And he said, eI am. My age is falling
from me like garment, and | rnove to-
wards the star as child And ., my
Father, now | thank thee that it has so
often opened, to receive those dear ones
who await me y
And the star was shining and 1t shines
upon his grave.
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