Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-14

will know on the morrow. In one corner
Of the room we see a painter at work. H.
ia finishing picture. 1t will be seen il
due time.
The shutters have been closed. w.
cannot gee in there now. Only through
the crevices of the shutters light. So
we know there is life in theresa WI
know the family is together. No oDe has
come BACKBONE out from the door Yes
they ara there
Are you afraid to go home ? Is it not
bett-r 10 there than to be cut in the street
jostled by the busy throng, tired, weary,
in need of rest, and exposed 10 dangers
innm5nerable ? From life on the streets
to life at home The door was dark
bat there was, there is light within. and
loved ones there, who from time to time
step to the window TO look ont and per-
haps to signal us, looking, waiting for our
coming. OFT times they see Us way down
the street. aud know of our coming before
we can see them. At times they close the
shutters to keep the prying throug from
looking in, but they are there.
There is Il light in the window for us.
Up there Hixh above the street-over
the heads of thOaa who rush heedlessly by
we see it now ~ oft and oft for years.
Loved ones At" t9iting in the parlor OF
the future Taey come to the window
and lo.k upon they know all we do
They grieye when we stumble and fall
they rejoice WHEN we walk erect and by
our lives shed over others little of thai
I ! g l. xx-S nk
fies the room Over There? They keep
the lights burning in the windows of the
Eternal. If we do not see them it is be-
cause we 80 not look up. Or looking up
o2lv at times. our gsz4 ia not steady. Or,
we look care assly at all the windows. bat
not into any "@o.
There are Windows all along the road
of life. Windows from which somebody
looks, watching our every step when we
little think Of windows or watchers. Well
il it for those who think Of others, for
those who look down, 1T timea TO speak to
us hy word or sign. as language knows no
boundaries Some day we shall all GO
home. to keep light burning in some
window for the guidance of others. We
would not wish to go home to rest in \
house dark. cherries and gloomy. As
some paint the grave. TQnnrantIv paint
it But to go home To rest with those
who watch for our coming-who have
prepared so we'll for us.
And then Yes, and then We shall
work as now-only in a clearer light. In
that room all is light. Over There will
be no mystery. for All will be known. of
that which will be our past and its varied
elements Then can we look down upon
others who NAV never think who their
watchers may he. Then we can open the
shutters full and wide, or keep them
closed We can make siGna's-can mske
them understood to those who look for
them Ave. oan a0e-k TO those who listen,
and en- - s..rT T}ou we can know
our frieud4 and point this way or that, or
nod or mo'i,n eugg. s'ively to those wh"
walk with thnpgh's uDliFted, looking for
light Then wa can study into that which
~ now mystery, and read G2d's plans as
children read books. understanding more
and more as their minds enlarge. Then
can We study nv tho golden lamp light
md whi-per from the window TO students.
Then we can su1gaat. bv ways and means
tn us now uncompreheuded. 10 those who
work. who Iltu, who study and who
strive
Then We can c ,rry thia little or great
Thought TO thi4 yorker, and ether
thoughts to ,ther workers. IA men look
M to. no for and into the wonderful win
dogs. SO will We some dey after this tenn
norarv life and ia tri us he ended whisper
to them as o'' - whisper to ia. We will
tell those who struggle how to succeed-
will suggest to working minds how TO
WELD this power-to apply this principle
10 improve this or that invention. Then
we can. with other workers Over There.
hold the lamps of God so men can look
deeper into mines. into earth, into princi-
oles. into inventions put into operation
here after they have been studied out
Over There and whispered into the minds
Of those we call men of genins
Men of gonins.
Children in thought OF angel tutors.
resting. thinking, helping from the spirit
world A. men go from their little
homes in the country, educated Alright to
battle with a larger life-as they by
means once unknown. send messages in
letter or cypher-as they write in this
language or that. or by that electricity
which once 80 startled ia, imparting in
formation tn thoae they have left, so will
we he able before long TO talk to these
left here on earth, and TO know that some
will understand US. Over There we can
work singly or III concert with others
Multitudes there, working for a great
right or great object operating. ny mans
constantly developing, on multitudes
here. a. we now suggest to boys. so will
we then, by other and more potent power
than the pen, suggest to men-to workers
for progress. for theae alone will be cap
tains in the Eternal host
Aud all this, under the golden, God in
spired light in the window-tho home
light in the East, where croeas are IN
known and all men are brothers.