River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-03-09

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Grant me TO hear this teaching, and to
die Christian" And his prayer was
fulfilled.
That was the legend which the master
read out OF the old story book. All the
audience listened with sympathy and
pleasure but Sara, the Jewish girl, sit.
ting alone in her corner. listened with a
burning heart great tears came into her
cleaning eyes, aud she sat there with q
gentle and lowly spirit, as she had once
sat on the school bench and felt the
grandeur Of the gospel; and the tears
rolled down over her cheeks.
But again the dying words Of her moth.
er rose up within her: nrr
"Let not my young daughter become a
Christian, the voice cried and together
with il arose the word Of the law: "rhou
shalt honor thy father and thy mother.
Il am not admitted into the communi.
ty Of Christians, she said I, "they abuse
me for being jew girl our neighbour
boys hoOted me last Sunday, when stood
at the open church door and looked in at
the flaming candles on the alter and lis.
tened to the song cf the congregation.
bench have felt the force Of Christian.
ty, force like that of a sunbeam, which
streams into my soul, however firmly
may shut my eyes against it. But will
not pain thee in thy grave, o my mother,
| will not read the bible Of the Christians.
! have the religion of my people, and to
that will hold y
And wears rolled on again.
The master died, His widow fell into
poverty and the servant girl was to be
dismissed. But Sara refused to leave the
house she became the staff in time Of
trouble, and kept the household together,
working till late in the night to earn the
daily bread through the labor OF her
hands for no relative came forward to
assist the family, and the widow became
weaker every day, and lay for months to.
gether on the bed Of sickness. Sara work
ed hard, and in the intervals sat kindly
ministering by the sick bed she was gem
tie and pious an angel of blessing in the
povcrty-stricken house.
"Yonder on the table lies the bible,
said the sick woman to Sara "Read me
something from it, for the night appears
thirsts for the word of the Lord F"
And Sara bowed her head. She took
the book, and folded her hands over the
bible Of the Christians, and opened it and
read to the sick woman. Tears stood in
her eyes, which cleaned and shone with
ecstacv, and light shone in her heart.
''0h my, ihothef," she whispered to
herself, ''thy child may not receive the
baptism of the Christians, or be admitted
into the congregation thou hast willed
it so, and shall respect thy command /;
we will remain IN union together on
earth but beyond this earth there is a
higher union, even union IN God He
will be at our side. and lead us through
the valley Of death. II is He that de-
cendeth upon the earth WHEN it is athirst,
and covers it with fruitlulness. under
stand it,. know not how came TO
learn the truth; but it is through him,
through Christi
Aud she started as she pronounced the
sacred name, aud there came upon her a
baptism of fame Of fire, and her frame
| shook, and her limbs tettered, so that
she sank down faintins, weaker even
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had watched.
'.Poor Sara" said the people 'she is
overcome with night watching and toll y
They carried her out into the hospital
for the sick poor. There she died; and
from thence they carried her 20 the grave,
but not to the church-yard of the Chris.
tians, foI yOnder was no room for the
Jewish girl outside by the wall, her
grave was dug.
But God $ sun, that shines upon the
graves of the Christians, throws its beams
also upon the grave &c the Jewish girl
beyond the wall; and when the psalms
are sung in the churchyard Of the Chris
tians, they echo likewise over her lonely
resting.place; and She who sleeps beneath
is included in the call to the resurrection,
in the name of Him who spake to His
disciples
"John baptized you with water, but
will baptize you with the Holy Ghost"