The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-02-03
God Bless Our Loved Ones.

How sensitive the heart becomes through
years of love, How dearer day by day,
and year by year, grow the darlings whom
God hath given us, and blessed us in the
giving At night, when the days tur-
MOL is over, and the evening of healthful
recreation is past-when the weary head
seeks its pillow, and the troubled mind
lays aside its pressure of worldly care
then the heart goes out to its treasures,
and the involuntary prayer ascends for
blessings upon the loved ones. God give
them comfort and joy; make their hearts
to sing; scatter the clouds which encom-
pass them, and show them the clear, bright
sun of His mercy, which never ceases to
shine. How gladly, if we could, would
we place our arm beneath them and bear
them above the sorrows of life We
would not only share their grief, but, if
God would permit, we would bear it in
their stead, that their hearts might ever
be light, and their faces shine forever in
sweet content. But every heart must
know its own grief, and the best we may
do is to tighten the weight by such sym
pathy and aid as lie within our power :;
and this is much. a pressure of the hand,
a word of cheer, look, tOne-any ex-
| preston which comes from a true and
loyal heart will bear the heavenly blessing,
| and prove Gods messenger for good
| God bless orr I0red ones! May their secret
sorrows be open to His merciful eye may
the sad forebodings which come of physi-
cal ills - turned to hopefulness through
rctUrnng health. If life's responsibilities
! press with cruel weight upon the already
| overbUrdened heart, may strength be
| given CT lal to the task, and may way
be opeaed leading out of the depths OF
| darkness into the broad sunlight of His
love.
If, in its WEAKNESS and distraction, the
| loved heart grows rebclliOus, and seeks to
thwart the plans of Omniscicnce, NAV
| wisdom be gwen to sec that even sorrow
has its uses, and that chidlike depend
| ence upon the goodness of God is not
merely duty but an act of faith, which
brings its reward of peace and joy. God
biess OR t0Ued ones, and those they love
If the cares which lie heaviest on the
heart take in the present and future good
OF dependent souls, may lie, who counts
even the hairs upon our heads, and who
! heedeth the sparrow when it falls, cause
| Ills provldential care To surround and pro-
| tcct these dear ones, and thus bring 10Y
! and rest to the perplexcd and weary soul
And who among us all have not L0ceQ
ones, to whom our hearts go out in daily
communion; who live ever in our
thoughts, and are part and parcel of every
wish and aspiration for whom our
prayers constantly ascend, and in whom
our very lives are wrapped up? God
pity the poor, dead, miserly soul that can
not find comfort in the happiness of 9TH
crs. The heart that dWellS constantly in
the dungeon of selfishness-that ha. not
felt the warmth and life-giving vigor of a
genuine human passiOn-that entrenches
itself behind the barbados of mammon
and elf-righteousness, and gloats upon
the superior discernment and cunning
which prompts it to turn away the prof
fers of friendship and love, as it would
spurn ragged beggar from the door-for
such this bright world was not made To
such what meaning can there be in the
beautiful things which come from Gods
hand-the bright summer days, the breath
of spring, laden with the perfume of flow
ers, the songs of birds, the cheerful greet
ing of friends, the glad heart-pulse which
speaks of the divinest Of all human emo
tons, the love which outlives all sorrow,
and grief, and discomfort, and misunder-
standing, and even mortal life; and which,
it is blessed to know, will begin upon the
other side only to grow brighter and
brighter throughout eternity.
God pity the unloving and unloved, and
bless, with such joy, and peace, and
heavenly comfort as cannot come from
earth, oar toced ones !-Packard's Monthly.