Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-03

called away from my life on the earth
and that ought to make friends with
Christ, so that He might, if 1 died, take
me to heaven, and that didn't want to
be lost;s but l had never thought il
would be nice to 60 to any place where
| I should just have to sit down all the
while" Then they said:
"Why, you see we don't do that
"Just then heard the most beautiful
music, and it sounded something like
Jubilee music, but oh, so much better
And they didn't sing one thug over and
over, as thought they did in heaven,
but it changed; and Abraham, and Isaac
and Jacob joined in, and l was wonder
ing how they could all know about this
new music, and I said:
"'How did you learn?'
"And Abraham said:
"'Why, this is heaven and heaven is
perfection. knew how to sing some be-
fore, but 1 wanted to sing better, and
ROW am satisfied
~ was about to say I didn't know
that the patriarchs knew or cared for mu-
sic, when 1 awoke, l lay and thought
it all over; knew it had only been q
dream; but heaven has seemed so differ
ent since. And if 1t is like that, really
am in hurry to go; that is, If you and
mamma can 60 too. And it live to 60
out to Uncle Jeremy's again, shan't get
tired OF hearing him pray to sit down
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
but shall want to tell him that 1 don't
believe they sit down in the stiff way
that he thinks at all"
My brother did not get well but he had
relapse, and saw him grow weaker
and weaker day by day, and my young
heart almost burst with grief as | was
made to realize the possibility that he
never woald again go to uncle Jeremy's.
He had the strangest way of talking
and thinking about the going out of his
lite, at least thought so then. He seemed
to be anticipating pleasant journey, so
cheerful and joyful was he; and some
times after he had been speaking about it
he would break out, "Oh, it is all so diff
erent from what l supposedly One day
1 overheard my mother talking with our
about his death, and she said,
"He has had strange experience; he
had a dream OF heaven that has changed
him entirely; he has really seemed to be
In hurry to go ever since.'' And the
minister answered her, "Perhaps after all
his was the reality and ours the dream"
And nv mother said not one word at
this, but from that time there was a new
look upon her face that I could not then
make out, but she never afterwards show
ed the old agony at the thought of my
brothers. being taken from US.
We did not 60 to uncle Jeremy's that
and but the good
man came to US in our sorrow, and he
cheered and blessed us through his faith, |
strong, sincere and earnest.
His prayer was the same old one that |
dear Joe and I had known together--the |
same IN form-and yet what life and |!
beauty it had taken on, and when he had |
closed with the old petition, "Grant that |
we, with all thy people, may at last sit
down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in
Thy kingdom above" 1 said to myself, |
Il wonder if uncle Jeremy knows what |
that really means?" SO strongly did feel |
hat my brothers dream was really a |
vision. Since then, the years in passing
nave taken away uncle Jeremy, and now |
[ love to think that the sitting down in |
he kingdom" means a world of bliss
more than he ever dared to imagine