The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-05-09
SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 8. 1868.


their beaming eyes upon the people who wcrs
carried up into the star; and some came out
from the long rows in which they stood, and
fell upon the peoples nccks, and kissed thcha
tendcrly, and went away with them down ttss9
avenues of light, and were so happy in thciss
company, that lying in his bed he wcpt foss
joy. IS. L
But there were many angels WHO did not 81,
with them, and among them one he knew
The patient face that once had lain upon tht
bed WIS glorifcd and radiant, but his heart
found out his sister among all the host. a
His sisters angcl fingered near the cntrancd
of the star, aud said to tho leader among those
who had brought the people thither:
SIS my brother come Z"
And he said ''No."
She was turning hopefully away, when the
child stretched his arm and cried, CO. sister,
am here! Take me !" and then she turnet
her bcaming eyes upon him, and it was nights,,
and the star was shining into the room making
long rays down towards him as he saw through
his tears. &
From that hour forth, the child looked upon
the star rs on the home lie was to go to, when
his time should come, and he thought that hc
did not belong to the earth alone; but to the
star, too, because OF his sisters angel gone be.
fore. =
There was n baby born to be brother to
the child and while he was so little that he
never yet had spoken word, he stretched out
his tiny form OH his bed and died "a
Said his sister angel to the leader:
''ls my brother comcw
And lie said, "Not that one, but another" I
AS the child bchcld his brothers angel in
her arms he cried 80, sister / am here Take
me !" And she turned and smiled upon him;
and the star was shining.
lie grew up to be a young man, and Was
busy ut his books when an old servant came Il,
him aud said:
Thy mother is no more. bring her h!css
sing OIL her darling SON."
Again ut night he saw the stay and al that
former company. Said his sisters allsqlsaSSs' saS'
tbe9l 9lasssllar ~ f'Sss=4s-s.sls'7F77
''Is my brother come 2"
And he said Thy mothcr!'
y mighty cry Of JOY went forth through all
the star, because her mother was returned to her
children, And he stretched out his arms and
cried, go, mother, sister and brother, l am
here Take me :" And they answered hin,
'Not yet" and the star was not shining
lie grew to be IL man whose hair Was turn
ing grey, and he was sitting i'll his chair by
the iircsdc, heavy with grief and with his
face bcdcwcd with tears, when the star opened
once again.
Said his sisters angel to the leader -
SIS my brother come Z"
ter"
And the man who had been the child, SAW
his daughter newly lost to him, Il CELESTIAL
creature among those three, and he said My
laughtcr's head is ON my sisters bosom, and At
her feet is the baby of old times. and l cal,
bear the parting from her, God be praised"
And the star was shining.
Thus the child became to be an old man,
and his once smooth fucc was wrinklcd, and
his steps were slow and feeble, and his back
was bent And one night MS he lay upon his
bed, his children standing around he cried as
he had cried so long ago.
Il see the star"
They whispered to one another, '.TIc is dy-
Ing.
And he said, II am. Ny age is falling
from me like garment, and ] move toward
the star us a child And 0, my Father, now
thank thee that IT has often opened to re-
ccivc those dear ones who await me :"
And the star was shining; and it shines
upon his grave.