The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-23
EOES SUNDAY Reading.

aaiaaaol a The sunshine and the Shadow.
sciFoi saw little child, so gentle and so Dngh.'
.17l he was like a star upon rne eartn, anu where
soeyer na went Ii.ht Followed him. And the
uzl6 .e ,sel upon ali thln5s That ne touched
,s4Lll2 Al il wAs a wondsous ignt. lsaw him be-
size pebbly brook, and lac waters sgleamea
- in a pe.uty; he dipped In his little dhnp-
,,;3 led uaAd, and drops taat ne spiasned rom
his ro,y ungsrs gii.leled with such sparkle,
tef 30 tnat ne laas neI win a glad laugh. Y! the
a4 s4l beauii waUers; ne was very merry with
fea1 sg t..e.n. light fell upon the stones UNI
a9 de- tne watei, anu tley snoae like diamonds
AMI iu0ies; tine ilIle cniAd gathered many
aa'A OF e a, ana fet very r1cn; anu ne seated nin-
sell upoa Inc green earGh, and p.ayed a long
time aisn his beaptuui pebbles, Presently a
butterfly came aiohg, anu the light from the
QgbLMkG gc.llu lei upon the butterfly. And O,eslcl
b.aatI Ina clid thou ynG he had never
seen anything hair so beautiful; he watched
90 = trivia woldrols iove; ue would not move;
but his large, loving eyes re-ted on it fll Oh
aaQf ata hope and 4e-ire, ne tiny from flower
to nower slipping the honey-dew. And a large
buCtercup doomed very near TO him, and the
EH8 lisnt snone lut upon 1t; aud he hoped that
tue Dri 5nl DuttellIy would come and drink out
Oh tnat yelow cup, anu tnen ne would better
see tAose osautnsi WAIST, And the butterfly
let the light mat was around the little boy,
.NOEAf9 and so it leded not but came and rested
tss r peasaas ats h owe 50 long that the boys
And now he heard bird sing, and such
song! 1t seemed as ii the light rom the Ittle
boy rel upon the biruie's song, for it was the
% mer1est and sweetest that child heard
atEE Fe Add now, tie chiidss mother came and he
sprang to her with such loving joy-ciasped
face on her bosom-and the light Of the angel
thohsnt passed over his face in dream-smiies.
-a1f tgs Ana ,t OF the child rested on the good
eVA iAL mother, she, too, beautiful because
sne had good child. s0S,as
~ But isaw another one, and looked in vain
tsoetssr for me light There none; but whereso-
ever he went dark shadow followed him.
~ = All tried to please him-to make him bappy
but the shadow fell upon the, costly TOYS
,.A s,,s they gave him. and they became broken,
less ira 5mentS; and on the cakes and candies
and changed them to hurfui poisons, which,
wnen he had eaten them, made the shadow
mucn more back. And then he, too was
taken ous into the beautiful country but the
gg "A E pebb.y brook, with its pretty waters became a
- mere muddy stream, with earthly stones under
thar dafN shadow, The happy butterfly was
y chased from every flower upon which it light
ed, till at last It's weary wings gave out and it
Was -natcneI by rude hand and became a
t ' @ loathsome mass. Q, 1t was ghideous in that
al4 4A I black shadow. The birds flew trembling away
r' '' tney cJuid not sing or If they did, the shadow
Wou not let tie boy hear the sweet sounds
Ese l Ghe flowers did not look at all beautiful
-. Sc Wrapped OF their delicate heads with a
.-yti sN.t a. flelNsA AA3AG @FaIe'iNE
10 Fl Aid no the mother came for the tired bow
too, bat he struggled CRIED and the shad-
ow eu u pom themothers and made her so an
~ 'IbHnA beautiful that1 could look
her seize the switch that had cruelty used
' l-s @ - the sweet flowers and did not wish to see
ts8r what she was goingt do with it, and wished
to escape from the shadow aay
p y LaiL Little chidrqn-the gunshine Love- and
the shadow was Hatred-Little Tr1shelLer.-