The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-02-23

| Vet thy spirit shall not sleep.
/ There are shades chat will NOT vanish
There aro thoughts thou causi nl, ban.
ish
\ child ley dreaming. There was
/ tho sound OF a trumpet in her sr.r-
/ it's car. Loud and long it, blast
roycrtcratcd Ger hill and dale tin
the wide earth heard and an flesh
awokc 60 its call, both small and
great The grave gave up It's dead.
aud the sea hcsfed 20 aud fro. and
brought up it, mighty number.
Then there was silence and slowly
the heaven. were parted and Lad
der, held by uccl hands. va, low.
cred till ne base rested upon the
earth ID, summit was In Heaven
soon angels were seen descending
and ascending upon its rounds. with
golden pitchers 10 their hands
Then one Of the members Of the
family, Whose humble aud pure life
made her To- he loved byall who knew
her assembled H.. round. followed by
other member, of the hau-. holi
Blu, much 10 her grief this little
dreamer hoheld not her only and
deer brother lie was away. and 1t
might lo too late ere he came She
few 'o him, aud urged him to hasten
before the ladder should be with
drawn for there was no other way of
escape from The impending ruin
lie needed her .n'reaty aud having
rescued her brother. she nseondcd
Iioythlly to the ycs;ibule of Heaven.
whore angels arrlycd her in robes Of
dazzling whitcnc-s, a crown Of myr-
tie Was placed upou her brow. and q
gollcu harpwIthiu her hands Thus
armyel. the beautiful angel led her
to the door et the presence chamber
of the great King OF King. The
door was closed the angel knocked.
and soon upon it. pondorous hinges
10 swung
" And a, she listened TO the dreams OF
life within
tni caught the light upon her wing
Through tho halfoPsu portals flowing
the vision ceased
This was enough. The child
dreamer, who had gone 70 the very
door Of heaven. aud had been ba,hcd
in lbs cfulscnt light WI. called back
to earth she awokc Years have
passed but bordering the iutcrrro-
iation Of the dream, she beho,ds the
reality Of the vision around her
Is NOS q sinful world asleep whilst
the Gospel trumpet is sounding, and
q >a,ieor'o righteousness "a ladder.
ls still extended from heaven TO uai,h.
every round of which brings us one
step nearer to God 2 And do not the
golden pitchers 10 the angels hands
beautifully represent the waters Of
life 90 the Golden treasures Of the
Gospel, irscIy offered through the
ministry to q dying worl12
The ladder win be withdrawn.
Coils spirit sill not always strive
with man Anxious Christians are
striving To bring others into the fold
of God ere IL be- too late. that oil
may wash their robe, and max them
white ju the blood Of the Lamb
and that an mas have given thom
the crowns. the palms, and the harps
ot victory and rejoicing. and enter
into the new Jerusalem, lsihed IA
the light a. % blessed immortality
BY pure and holy lie uc may
lc permitted 20 ascend e. the very
door Of heaven but not tll this
corruption shall put ON iucorrup-
ton, and this mortality shall pat on
| Immortality, shall We lc permitted
To enter into the visible presence oi
our God and Of the Lamb
NontE SENTIMENT This IL an
agreeable world after all If we
/ should only tring ourselves 10 look
at the objects tina, surround MS IN
| their true li=ht VIC should see beau
| Is where before We behold dc'ormity
and listen 10 harmony whore before
/ ", could hear nothing but disoori
To lo sure there is great anxiety and
1 ycNutl1n to mrrt, we cannot expect
t. sail upon O. summer -e. forever
set Do We preserve calm eyc and a
steady hand We can so trim Our sails
and manage our helm ls 90 avoid the
| quiok-anl. and weather the STORM.
that threaten shipwrcck
We are mcmhcrs of one great
family We are all travelling the same
road and shall arrive az the sam,
| goal We breathe the free air ",
are subject 60 the same bounty and
We shall lie down on the bosom OF
our common mother II Is no, be
coming then that brother should hai'
brother IL !, not proper that friend
should deceive friend It is not right
that neighbor should iniurc neighbor
| We pity that RAN who can harbor en-
NIFTY against his fellow he loses hal
! the enjoyment of life he cmbittcr
his own existence bet as tear from
our eyes the colorcd medium that IN
vests every object with the green hu'
of jealousy and suspicion turn
def csr TO the tale of scandal
breathe the spirit Of charity from on
! lips aud from our hearts let the ricl
.epsinnp- Of human kindness swell
up as from fountain, 40 the gold
en- age viii become 40 fiction, an
the island Of the blessed bloor
with more than ilosporian beauty
The Commissioner OF Internal Kew
euuc has received information oi the 81
res, ot Brown, the Collector Of !u;ern'
Revenue. who report 4 some time sine
that he hal been robbed OF iiuyaii
Blutf, ARK of $1,000 which beleugr
L. the Go,ernmout When the fact vi
tt.t reported, the circumstances sticn
+. in. Il vcre of such nature as % lea
. 20 40 investigation hy the authorize
p and il - alleged that L was aiscovcrs
/ that Brown had w,th tho paid OF son
sccomplicss, secrct,d the money ct
spread the repor that he had hgen ~
he'd The actomplicss have Also be-
?. discovered aud arrested
Since 1889 Peabody, an Aaerci
F. bankor in England, has given away 9
f. q