The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-24

transport, sis this indeed you ?"
Then it seemed for a moment that the
vision vanished, and only the whitish
! light remained.
"Oh, 1 knew it was only the fascina-
ton of a dream" she walled, and then
her voice rang out in plaintive melody
the tuneful words of Mrs. Allen, so Of
ten since so ably sung in parIor gather
ings and concert halls, but then so new
that she only by what seemed the mer-
est chance had met with it:
&" Mother, come back from the echoless sh ore;
Take me again to your heart, as of yore.
Over my slumber your loving watch keep
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me 10 sleep"
The singing tranquilized her senses,
and she seemed indeed to sleep. Again
the vision came.
"My darling" appeared to be what
her angel mother seemed to say, "be of
good cheer. All will yet be we'll"
go, mother, how can all be well
My sad, unsatisfied existence will only
terminate in bringing up other lives to
follow in my weary steps. 1 have no
longer faith in God, no longer hope in
the hereafter"
"My darling, look at me-" the vision
said. Gam not reaping the fruition of
my life of toll? Have I not realized
the fact of the hereafter? Go We and do
likewise. Bear, with what fortitude
you may be able to command, the rudest
ills of life, and in time you will con-
quer them all. 1 know your lot is a
hard one. At times it seems that your
trials are much harder than you can
bear. But, ny child, you can and will
bear them. There is Power that shall
sustain you through every i'll, for when
thy father and mother forsake thee,
then the Lord will take thee up.'"
"The Lord, mother! And who is
he? 1 have sought him alike in the
solitude of my chamber and the silence
of the wilderness, and have found him
not. Sometimes, under a special tenn
porary exaltation, have fancied that l
have found him; but, alas, soon dis
covered that 1 only grasped a vain hal
lucination, and fed my starved imagina-
tion on the empty air. Who is this
Lord, that I should trust him? What
is he, that 1 should serve him. And
where is he, that I should seek him ?''
"He is the Infinite Presence, my
child. Eye hath not seen him, nor ear
hoo ri hin, nathan hoe - ontoro6 fbo
heart of man to conceive him, and yet
he is here. The universe throbs with
his presence. My child, think of the
blessing so often vouchsafed to you-to
be alone with the Infinite God. Would
that l might take you to the squalid
abOdes of those more wretched than
yourself; who have not sufficient intelli-
gence to know that their surroundings
are unjust and unwise; who live as the
T other animals do, without any longing
after the Infinite, or any desire for g
better life. In the natural unfolding o.
human intellect, their children's chill.
dren will arise to grapple with the very
+ problems after which you now are crop
ing blinGly. But your children, through
your very unrest, will speedily arise t.
higher conditions, and will conquer
many of the evils which I saw, in my
earth life, and against which you, i'm
, pOtently, as it would seem, rebel. You
, and a million, yes, ten millions like you
, are mentally grasping the possibilitie
of a wiser, happier, and more just lif
for the motherhood of human races
These mental awakenings have reached
the ear of the Infinite. They are vi
brating upon the tynpanum of the uni
verse. 1t was in the Eternal Order tha
, these things should be. We have frs
the blade, then the ear, aud after tha
the full corn in the ear. But anterior t.
all of these must have been the throes @
the earth when her sod was broken t
!, plant the seeds of the corn, and the Ion
nursing period, wherein the mothe
earth was compelled to labor and t
wait"
II "Dear mother, do but dimly com
/. prehend your meaning, yet get ra
n of light. Pray speak no more in allegc
IT ries, but tell me plainly what you woul
have me to do"
= "Labor and wait, my child. LabC
n and wait. And in due time you sha
Ie reap, if you faint not. Already the col
W dition of many women yet more aC
= vanced than yourself has been mad
st better, if not for themselves, at least fC
be their children. Through all evils goo
must ultimately come, for good is eve
: stronger than evil, though evil is eve
- present. Be patient, be hopeful. The:
: little children, the offspring of your ell
- slavement and suffering, will grow
womanhood under advantages begotte
of your very discomfort and born
+ your deepest sorrow. The though
:, that have been engendered throug
" your difficulties will blossom and bel
ID fruit in their lives"
III "But, mother, what would you hay
D. me to do? Must I bear alone IL
double burdens imposed upon me /
D. this new departure of my task-mast
re and his mother-my fathers legal wife
n' "AIas, child, it is given you to suffe
s that others may be strong, to endur
" that others NAV escaDeU