Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-30
COMM UhICATED.

''little store of knowledge" any
thing that could mould public senti-
ment for good or for evil but remem
bering the kindness you have always
shown tofaIl classes and conditions y
how you have helped the human poet
izer, ass on ambitions wing, he has
placed himself beside the blind but
immortal Milton; how you have en-
coulaged the young politician, whose
views, were they ''lived up to" and
made a part of the organic law, would
perpetuate the "grand old Democrat
ic party and make peace and plenty"
a certainty.
Yes, remember all your goodness
to these soaring Bards and Sage JEFF
fersOnians, and now come to you to
helpme tell
MY DREAM.
| dreamed that he was poor young
fellow, staunch and true to his own
manhood and to his friends; he was
full Of faults-tr0jl and good "as the
world goes" He launched his little
boat on Life's Unlucky River-the
breeze was fair as adOwn the stream
he tlOated.
He had no past--theretore no sor-
row, His gaze was ahead and sweet
Hope carried him on, and he saw in
the womb of the future blessings for
himself and for those whom he loved.
His appetites and desires rode him
hard at times, and his smiles were not
SO bright as when he started; he had
sung the wild song of the Bacchanal
with boon companions, and felt that
he was leaving the river and passing
out into the mighty ocean Of Sin and
NeaRnes$, leaving behind the faithful
stream; which, to him, lad been so
bright and sunny. For flowers had
fringed its banks, and their odors hdd
been to HIM the perfume of Heaven.
Many to-morrows had come and
gone, Hope lay crushed at his feet.
Out upon the unmeGsuable ocean
of human woe, he foated on a single
plank. But his gaze was heaven
ward. Like his Redeemer, he is
threading the wine-press alone"
penitent he is and broken-hearted.
Although the night is dark and his sins
stalk before him in hideous ugliness;
although in the distance he hears the
sweet warblings Of the same match
less siren whose WOO ing cadency won
angel-man from Paradise and bound
him willing captiye-he feels no
fear-he feels no carnal love. His
look is upward, and in his last earthly
extremity he is steady as Truth, firm
as Faith and joyous and happy as
Hope and Pardon can make him-S0
he thought.
God is with him now, as he mounts
the steps of glory, the pearly gate is
opened wide, and through its portals
he hears the jog Of the cngeIs ouer one
soul Saved. He is almost home, but
turns one farewell Took t0WOytt earth.
and there, equi-distant between it
and the great white throne of God, he
sees the Tempter, arrayed in beauty
and loneliness, reckoning to him to
come back.
"Come back Come bask! and to-
gether we viii recross the chilly wave
together we will revisit the Edens OF
beautiful earth, and you shat be hap
py." Come back. Oh, God He
hesitatcs! Just item, the glad &C,
claim from voices attuned to Heaven,
ly minstrelsy! The shout of the re.
deemed! The sweet pleadings o
"fairest among ten thousandm His
weary, tired soul is lifted into ectaSy
and rescued t0reper from the thraldon
of sin. He went "sweeping through
the gates of the New Jerasalem.r
This was my dream, dear CAPrro
LIAM, and thank you for your help
CHARITY.