Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-17

"0niy littie lo6gsf, II / soald live
only a little longer, / am SIRE wonld
willingly 60 But now there Il so much
TO bind me here. Ny house 10 so pleas
ant, my family needs 90 much, and my
plans fof life are al unrealized. have
been rearing such beautiful castles.
They stand in fancy 80 fair in proper
tons, 90 perfect, and thought so sub
stantial. But they are not things Of
reality yet, they are unfinished, only
creations Of mind. Must leave them
thusa Can not live to see them more
than ideal3 Doctor, tell me, must |
DIET lam weary" and the voice sank
10 a whisper. at is true, nc times,
am very weary and sigh for rest My
eilorimaee has not been very long, but
some dark shadows have rested upon it,
and I have then longed for the perfect
light Of heaven. My feet sometimes
tire With walking in earth's way, and my
hands almostly insiinetively fold them
selves FOR, rest, and my eyes are 30 full
of tears, that yearn for the repose Of
a sorrowless home. But ! can't 60 now.
Ny life work seems 90 unfinished. If
Willie we're q few years older; If my
plans for him were all mature, would
say Rood-by to earth. Bot now, just on
the verge Of manhood, be needs my care
and counsel so much, how can ! leave
him motherless? Doctor, shall ] not
Iivef" srsekxxfsF afsss
1t was painful truth for the faithful
physician 10 communicate III was
very, very hard TO tell the mother she
lSUss leave her family, her home, her
cherished plans incomplete, her bright
hopes al dashed, her beautiful castles
unbuilt, her husband bereaved, and her
only boy without mother. IL was
very, very hard and no wonder the
voice or the stout>hearteG man, who
had long been used to sad scenes, quiv.
cred and tear glistened In bis eye az
he stroye to fulfil the bitter duty Have
you never, as a faithful mother to your
child, acted mysteriously to him, when
your heart was most full of love to himf
Have yon never given commands
when bis little heart rebelled, because be
did not understand you. though you were
all of the time doing what you deemed
was best for him? So, God, as your
tender father, may be doing now He is
calling you 10 gentle tones Of love, and
In q few days his call must be obeyed.
he knows what is best for bis child.
Why the summons must come now,
we do not know Only this: !" it comes
from heart Of infinite love- Only
Sigh told Of the anguish, and then
came the hardest words that ever came
from human heart -" Thy will be
done" The doctor swords had driven
the dying mothers fhoughts, on
lightning wings, back to scene of
long ago She cav again the unfn.
ished toy building, almost completed,
when her voice had stopped the pro-
Rress of the work. She saw i'm the little
face the works Of the mind--the struggle
between right and wrong-ths final
yielding to his mothers wishes be could
not fathom, and perfect confdence in
his mothers love, though her demands
were mysterious And could she not
have the same trust in Q parent far more
tender--far more wise than shef Could
she not give up her wishes, her ell, even
her life, when Ct ID, her father, asked for
them2 Then came the bitter struggle
then came the victory" Thy will be
done" Calmly bows the soul that would
have fingered here, to the decres of the
All-wise, and entirely 10 the rebellious
will swallowed in the will all-perfect;
and from the heart of the child, ready
because the <ather calls, comes the sub
missive cry. Even so, father, for so it
seemeth good in thy sigh"