The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-04-24
Children's Death beas.

Children, when approaching the gate
Of heaven, are not SO great sufferers as w
imagine True, they may experience pain
out it is just as mercigul as the law 0
pleasure. The pleading look, the helpless
| dependence, and the elinging love, may
Cali up from the heart Of maternal affection
tears Of sympathy; but these outward
manifestations may be more on account O
| those who weep around their beds, theI
for themselves; still, we cannot keep th<
eyes from swimming in tears as we bend
over these dropping flowers, to afford them
some relief; Keep their feet from going
down Into the dark Valley.
Little children are iuii. OF faith and trus!
in uod, especially When they glide down
10 tie bflahoi The river Of death. 70 see
these lutte oiles pass cheetully CT, trusting
in The assurance that they Will live and
bloom forever in the paradise pf Gud. Gle
Yates our hearts, robs death of its gloom,
and taxes away the terrors of the graves
Y, no has not stood by the bedside OF the
dying cbi.dscu, and been ,Aiillcd with sin
GUAR testimonies that they were conscious
vi the presence OF others than mortal Wis!
iants ! The glory OF their sunset Oh
earth seems to open the highway that is
oy angels trod. and unbar the gates OF that
city whose builder and maker is God. OF
ten when the mortal vision begins to
grow dim, they see, and arc delighted with
the light and beautyoi the spirit world
II see pow,-day is come" said little
boy blind from his birth, when dying
Lie father inferred from this that The child
was better But al hour pass and he
was with the angels When the light Of
heaven began to dawn upon the spiritual
vision oiano5her little boy, though gaspina
ia death he exclaimed: Sing, n'other,
stag Jerusalem, nay happy home" His
mother had oijen breatiied words o er his
cradle-bed; but when LIE lvlt tat hisso
was passing On, claspcd with the light OF
Two shining wings they were reality to
to hi1n Wit such musicln room, where
lay little child whose race was nearly run,
the shadows Of the grave must have been
lost in the light OF the 'happy," that was
rolling down into the heart OF him, whom
angels were waiting to robe in white.
II know that my Redeemer liveth,"
said little girl in a sweet tone, to her ia
ther Only surviving earthly parent. A
lew moments passed then, IN the same
deep, nelodious voice she said, Father,
am cold; lie down beside me" and the
I'D man laid down by the side Of his dy-
ing child, and she twined her eEaciated
arms around his neck, and niurmured in
dreamy voice, bear father, dear father"
The old man then said, My child, seest
thou the other shore!' Il see it, father,
and It's banks are green with immortal
verduie.' ''sIeai est thou the voice OF its in
i,abitants Z" l hear them. father, SO the
voices OF angels falling from afar in the
solemn nigh.-slme; and they called me.
Mothers voice, too, iather,-oh heard
ii then" With these few words the light
ct her life u hen out, and she passed into
the arms OF her mother.
have read somewhere Of another frail
and beautiful bud, who lost her mother at
al age too early to fix the loved features,
In her remembrance. She would often
s>y, N her lonely moments, when she
entviasd her arms around the neck of
friend. Now tell me about mamma" The
d." o. t:e tn soon gathered upo,. Is little
flower, and as LIES sun was going family
Down. a brightness as from the upper world
burst over the cbiids colorless eoante
nance he eyeiids flashed open. and as she
.ogked plerclngly into the far above, she
cried with surprise and transport in her
tone" .Mother!' and passed with the
same breath to her mothers bosom and
the JOYS of Heaven Gospel Banner.
UNKNOWN GELEaRAPHY-Who has
not paused and wondered at the weird
monotone 81 the telegraph wires, which,
Instinct With strange life, sob aud quiz
er, when the operators are far fsoni the
batteries aud the Sabbath :tternuc1 is
breezc:ess and still !! Sometimes, ii you
place your eag il contact with the dead
post. sou lind 1t pelTaaed By q 5: pathetic
sremul g hleh seems 30 quicken ever hbre,
and ill every cell q the Iliciess wood. We
have never observed these phenomena
without 4 sensation OF ave, born or the
censciouane. thatse s7ere IN the presence
CT agencies, sublime and marvellous, as
We. Ia what IS manifest, as in that which
is unicyea!ed. Who Knows that this god
OF electricity, whose omnlpotence rends
the guarded and knotty OAK Into fragments,
and whose omnipresence the mountain
heights aud ocean depths and Intervening
continents every muIiei.t attest, IS not
transmitting messages CT his own, wflich
no expert Ill saunts and hleroois phs IS
wise enough to interpret.
One Of the most perpiezing incidents Of
this bilei lie. Is the separation 3 hich
death seems to make, OF human conscious
uess from the wonders llch almost every
day augmcnts in numbers. Why are We
net permitted to witless the full revelation
Of mysteries which the human Intellect is
daily dragging from recesses ). herein they
have been locked UP since the world be-
gan We often think oftile aspirations ct
that wise cid lian, whose wish It was to
return to earth, after an interval OF a
hundred years, to see the development OF
human progress. An if he could only
know what has been achieved by the spark
he brought from the clouds, with bis kite
string and key And WHO is wise enough
to assert that he does not!
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