Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-10-13
WOODSTOCK, W., THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1870

journeys-but if you look only tor the
Light in the East-for the sky bcyonc
the cloud will pass away, and yor
will look upon n reality. So with OH
lives-if we look steadfastly, and thu,
do strive, reward will be ours all ii
due and good time.
Death is nothing to be drcadcd-nc
more than the good night parting al
the door when we leave a crowded
party for the beauty of our home, lust 9
little way through the darkness. We
do not fear to sleep, for we walker
again. And our sleep, resting, and
awaking is much as we make it. We
can so live and partake during the day
that we shall have troublous dreams at
night and q fever-shaken brain on the
morrow. Or we can so live to-day that
our rest tonight will be sweet, and to
morrow we will waken refreshed, ready
for the work Or the journey as duty
calls or inclination leads the way.
'Why not go now ? you may ask.
Why does not the babe become man
at once ? Why come bud and flower
seed time and harvcst-the ripening
of manhood as of grain 1t is not all
for us alone This life nor the next is
not for us in seltishness
There is work to do there as here,
and we shall be called to that work
when wanted, and they who begin at
the eleventh hour will be rewarded.
We shall be changed from darkness to
light, as our bodies are changed from
corruption to earth when we are through
with them, as houses no longer fit to
live in.
Death is but moving out of kitchen
into q parlor-tIom a hovel to house.
There is no more danger in the night
than in the day-the darkness than the
light-if we know how to walk and 90
not yon and thither only to return to
the true light. 1t is less work to drop
u heavy load than to carry it-so is it
easier to part with life we'll spent
than to guard it carefully over danger
Gus roads. Come to me all ye who
are weary and heavy laden, and l will
give you rest
How beautiful that in the Great Pow
erful 1H who are laden We are
to have rest--not agony. And when
the time comes, we will 60 as our friend
went Brave, hopeful, confding If
we take care of ourselves here, He will
take care of us There ! That is His
business, and we are as ready to trust
Him and to appear in His presence
ready for such work as the manner OF
our life will have fitted us for as We
are to dip this dry pen in ink and con
tinue this sentence to that completion
which is not the completion of oul
labor.
And so our line of duty is plain
When we went on a visit to our friend,
we never thought for a moment Of the
fare he would set before us. He had
asked us to come--to come to his
home, and visit with him and his loved
ones. Dressed well, and acting like 2
gentleman, for thus he would expect us
There were many ways by which we
might have reached there. By the
cars-the river by stage, by carriage
closed or openly one of our own OIL
one hired by riding Or by walking
And so there are many ways to reacl
the great work of the future We
may dread to tell those who cannot &C
Just now, good BY 1t may seem i'm
possible that the walls of the house
should part, but when the time comes
to go, door will open-we can pas
out and know that we are still safe
Then we will take care not to loiter b,
the way-to arrive in good shape, an(
all the rest He will care for.
Thus went our triend-and there
shall we find him. And the dear ont
he left will be cared for till she, too
will be ready to see the door open, anc
can step forth to light and life eternal
happy in his love there as she wa
here, if she will be pure and deserving
as all who are of good intent will be o
strive to be. But little while longer
then we, too, can go. 1t will be hare
to part with those we love, but thanl
God there will be others there to vel
come the one who is our life and solac
here, while working to earn the reward
which comes with the Saturday Night
-"BRIcK" PoMERoY.
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