Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-11-03
IRON the German ofAgnes Franz
The Wings OF Life.

bf7. deep sleep, for the first time greeted the
Ge joys of existence in blissful dream.
Then came three holy angels, who
attended the Creator, to behold the
work of his almighty pow saluting
the Lord of Creation by the couch of
-'-@ the slumbcrer, with feelings Of love
and JOY.
Andas they bowed themselves before
1t, they were overawed by the beauty Of
the perfect form Of that which was
created, and spake one TO another,
"Truly, man is very near the angels, if
his soul corresponds 70 the purity and
majesty of hissf
But began one whose forehead
sr1' beamed higher and grayer rthan the
others, "there is one adornment Of an
inhabitant of heaven yet denied the son
Of earth; Behold, he lacks the sign Of
a'.3'f frsedom, The pair of shining wings p
Sadly the angels saw the discovery
Of the grayer brother confirmed, and
whispered softly: Through this the
Heavenly Master would indicate that
The child of earth was not worthy Of
a) 4 the free nights and blessed Joys Of the
realms Of light ''1.i ~ '7'..t
Just then ar eagle, rising from a.
copse near by and cutting the air with
a4a) bright wings, disappeared in the sunny
,ad'o light The angel beheld its flight, and
,aaa3 began anew: Behold the bird Of the
= al mountains Is he. not more free and
favored than the lord of earth? win
'5 man be able to look without envy upon
bis flight into the sunny regions? - i na1
LET u.s." cried one Of the angels,
whose countenance shone mild as heaven
and beautiful as Aurora, ''let us draw
near Jehovahgand beseech for man that
he may receive with us the gift Of free
y dom and be not confined to earth. like
the beasts of the field and the groFeling
worm' -
-'' Yes, we will go to the Heavenly
Master; he viii hear us5' eriedsfhei
third, raising his holy eyes, and away
scared the angels on the pinions Of the.
morning light.
ar cgrT But when jehovah heard the petition
of the angels, bis holy eye, rested with
pleasure upon the friendly intercessors
who exhibited such loving care for
., young, inexperienced. man. t"Ye desire
= for the son Of Garth the blessed lot Of a
dwccr in lighti' spake Jehovah "but
the happiness of freedom lies yet beyond
tbo J;r,fte nc ,;c ,o,,o,. ~ g 4 h;,,, .{o,
this, to prepare his heart for your joys,
is the task Of his being, and the search
after this to him forbidden happiness is
the bond which links him to the spirit
world. But ifye will-ye who regard
f7C the new aeation with such careful love
Z, that We would 'lendlyour wings to him,
ifhis strength permitted let it be hence
ay forth given to your power to1soothe the
3 lot of the dying one Go forth and
become his guides upon the pathway Of
life, and give him, through your presence
the foretaste of future bliss p sif
Immediately the angels, joyfully ex-
ulting embraced each other and together
descended to earth and approached the
couch of the slumberer. Their eyes
filled with joyful tears, they laid their
hands on the breast of man in silent
VOW. 80 thou who yet lest in the arms
II of slumber," began the youngest of the
angels, ''think, if ever hereafter thou
shouldst meet many calanities, many
difficulties in thy pathway, think. on my.
words Raise thy look trustingly to me
and I will lend thee my wings, lightly
to bear thee on the pin;ons of Hope ovrs.
the thorns of the way, and lead thee up
to clearer fields and lighter plains.''EF
"And if ever the burden of the day
bows thee down too heavily" began the
second, with mild countenance, ''then
come to me. | will tighten thy load.
The strong, Courageous wings of Love,
will endow thy life with wondefous
power, and untiTingly thou shalt per-
form the good and accomplish far more
than the weak hand of mortal might ever
be able to achieve
"2And if the hour shall come to thee,
said the third angel in shining majesty,
when earthly sorrow, oraeyen the mis-.
fortune Of guilt, threaten to destroy thy
peace and happiness; if ever thou feel
est myself entangled by bonds thou
canst not loosen, and wandering far in
the labyrinth of life, thou longest for
help and rescue, then, o dying one
trust thy safety to me. The holy
pinions of Faith viii overcome every
earthly thrall, and bear thee out of the
night and darkness to the loving bosom