New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-13

sweetest notes, and the riyuleta eparkleq ~
awakened freshness, and when the music OF
zladness fills all scenes cand Ill space; but
nothing Of earth, either of spring time OF
autumn. whether of sunshine or shower,
could ever be more cheering and beautiful
than this sweet girlbabe. thus waited to
earth % dew drop in season to bless and
make glad.
At the hour when the first star OF even
ing sparkles in the clear, soft sky of the
early spring, at the close CT that glad and
blessed day, this sweet babe-as = spotlesa
gem from Gods great white throne-rested
in heavenly beauty and purity upon the de-
voted mothers glad and anxious breast.
Spring, with its charms of new life and
fresh inspirations to hope is lovely and
enrapturing season-tOuohing the. most
acute impulses of the heart, and kindling
into full tenderness the softest sympathies
of the socl. A Thousand and ten thousand
things and circumstances cOnspire TO make
life ut suoh season lovely and NEST desir'
able. Every passing breeze tells OF poetry
and song, and fingers upon the brow VIII
an incense which speaks of the resurrection
and a purer life to come; and the tendriis OF
the fresh foliage, the velvet petals OF the
blooming landscape, with variegased plum
age of ten thousand rejoiced and rejoicing
birds, whose throsts are made vocal with
glad song, 81 conspire to make one wish
more than ever to linger long upon this
beautiful though sad earth, in virtue and in
peace; but All this is not more beautiful,
nor does il tend more to inspire with aspira-
lions for the true and the go0d-does not
more point to the enrapturing scenes and
realizations Of . blessed Immortality of
peace and purity in q life and land to
comedian the bare presence alone OF the
blessed new born babe, with its velvet
touch and its breathing incense. Indeed,
such a little treasure, in the hour of its
birth, is ten thousand times more lovely and
God-given than all the ten thousand beau
ties and charms Of ten thousand times ten
thousand spring eeasons-possessing an in
born beauty Of intellect and an inspiration
of immortality superior to oil the charms of
inanimate nature, however painted and
gilded with the tints of blooming but fleet
ing loveliness.
There is nothing which SO sanct;fies the
scenes of earth and renders certain spots
dear to the heart as their assoc iatiOn with
the name and memory of the beautiful and
pure; the scenes through which we have
passed with such loved ones. and the spots
where, together with them, We have dwelt,
whether in pleasure or in grief, shall ever
remain green and fresh to the memory of
the soul, and dear tO.the best recollections
Of the heart. Sacred, therefore, and for
ever blessed shall be the scenes and the
associat ions connected with the name aud
memory of the sweet girl Lucy lion. Her
first aud earliest woris" were spoken in
defense Of Justice and in praise Of truth and
hope-in tho hope and vindicat,on of the
triumph Of right over wrong, and her soul
and her sympathies are yet IS uear God as
then.
We are taught that infancy has constantly
angelic pleaders at the throne Of God
stake heed that ye despise not one Of these
little ones, for 1 say unto you that in
heaven their angels do always behold the
face of my Father which is in heaven
and We are led to believe that heaven re-
joices specially at the birth of each blessed
infant rpon earth. And why not! II such
beauty and purity could not be cause of
special heavenly solicitude, then why should
earth be said to have q heaven to look up
to and desire? But the thought is made
more secure and certain when Wa remember
that concerning ''littls children" it has
been said "of such is the Kingdom of
heaven" And l believe it.
Can it be supposed that any change could
be allowed TO deprive the innocent soul of
the new born babe Of a final rest with God?
I would not believe such thing. 1t is 80
repulsivs to the heart of the parent! Wssee
the child grow up and pass on from one phase
Of human v,cissitude to another, through all
The. physical perfection aud intellectual ex-
,ellency of earth, until the personal identity
~ to outward looks may be totally lost even
in this life; and finally complete physical
takes place, and total decom-
position in tue tomb. And what then! Is
the recollection of that sweet bsbe-of its
original purity and silnplicity-ever lost or
erased from the tablet Of the souls fond
Not at all. And shall there then
,ent child than bare earthly remsm brance
hat it once existed9 Can it be that this
blessed babe, in its original beauty and
purity, shalt not be known and recognized
n heaveng must continue to believe that
shall meet iu heaven, and know as when
babe our sweet Lucy lion. The hope that
'uch will be is too palpable and full to be
alse.
Spring changes INTO summer. and autumn
ZONES On with the sere and yellow leaf, and
hen stern anl rigid winter-fit emblem OF
leath; but very soon we have again fresh
pring, with hsr living resurrection. when
III the charms Of nature are renewed in
lind, and in equal if not increased beauty.
ls if there had i'een no decay and no death.
So shall it he with man; 50 shall it be
With sweet Lucy lion; 90 with al! who are
efficiently pure in heart to see God.
Thus most Truly
thing o. beauty is . jOy forever;
Its loveliuess GicreaAes; it will never
Pass Into nOthingn6es; but still will ksrl.
bower quiet Tor us. and . sleep
Full Of sweet dreams.
l know this. because the unperverted
lOpe of the SOU, tells me it is true
Homer, L.. december 1, 1874
SCANDAL.
There is "A anne which young people play
n winter evening" that ia called scandal,