Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-16
l W. N. 3 N, 6 M, lyr.
Lost Children.

OF SUCH is THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" !"
When we speak OF our litti, oLes Whu hsvs
oeen cs!lsd aSay from our earthly homes TO the
better land. Why do We say "tbe children we
nsVe lostY Invariably do We hear the little
ou's. whose vacant cia;ri stand arcu.d ou,
tr7ed spoken Of ss les: children. Rather
should we soy cur retc iod llulo ones-our s4yed
osril1Ss. dave they not been called vi hiu
me peGrl9 gate, where sin, pain, sorrow and
death never cJme. Thtir tiny tcet can never
stray outside OF ;ho golten city. TIE children
VINO are left 10 Us may WaDGer I1to the usl rs Of
sonpsston aud sorrow-lhey my occa loo
many hours OF arxlety and many tears. tu: the
little IlOren wuU have been KAT aercd 10 amoup
she r'dsemed ooes. VINO left US 10 their puslty
aud louocenco, will always be pure-no tsiot of
SID VIII iaEblsh their Infant souls.
Wnen me daTkness gathers around u, st
Eight, aod We trem0lc for The boys who are uu!.
side or The home walls, liable 20 ali the temprs.
ii0us that the cbver Of pighs throws sbout
them. We need have no fear for the loved
oocs VINO have beco re;clld from
world or SID. Ih"re /. 10 night 10 thai
orlkht lind ~her, they dYeil-nlWays bright
eternal noon." The Augei feet of cur c1IIdrcp
above will ntv1r stray outside Tho gates #
gone 10 heaven never geuW old. Leigh HUT
says, With truth, chat nose who have lost et
lnsat are ue7er wuhou. ohild. They arc
the otiy persons who. 10 onu Sense, retsin it
alRsys.'
Oar children who are left to us on earth,
grow up; they suttor all the changes OF mortal,
ltV. They leave the paterua root, scatter 10
dttterent raris OF the world, aod the children
leVef come back to US again. But the is,ier
ana mother, 1heo axe has creps cvar them,
ka0W hat t0c them the little ooes who went 20
hea7eo. 60 long ago. are children su that tie
time Is Cot tar of wheo they shall Ineet the
little oces wdefe partlugs nevar coma. Tue
words Of AinsWorlh are beau ilul. He sa;s:
The lltle boy who died 80 Io1g agols
oterua! chld. Ills psrtios look, with heaven
shining tuil upon hi- bfow-the bcuu:y that the
hesrs grow w,rm beh0dloK, remsios untouched
by tlme. eyeo as the u0rent sky that lets the
Wa0ieter 10.
O such is the kingdom Of heaven" said our
bessed Saviour. What . large propurioo Of
the d@eIlers 10 heaven Gust be little childrer!
How happy they are. ilvlug 10 the light of the
smile OF the bleseed Oae Il kaow Jusus
smiled whcu he was Oh earth" SAID dear little
g!rI, "bsc.use when be said, Suffer little chit
dren 10 come unto noe, they would not have
gone in such uumo oers il be had not smiled when
ne said IT," The faith Of child is isunquastioD.
cd, "Dou't cry when I'm goce. mamma"
ssid g lute one few hours before she lett her
earthly homo. II am going up, uo, above ell
the worlds, to live with Je,us forever. He
loves little children. and he will be, O so kud
to me. | ntver will have TO be sick end suffer
paio wheo get where be s.' Precious cbild
What release to bo free from sIf :rlng for
eveI!
When We talk of our little ones who are gone
to the peaceful land we will not speak Of them
any ore az the children We have lost, but ss
children who bav" beeo lovingly gathered into
The arena OF our ta. her 10 heaven. and saved
10 Us 10 be our chlldren 10 the eternal world.
They are not lost, but gone before.
"Ths shall be mns." 0. lay them down to
ssumber
Calm 10 the strong assurance that he gives;
He calls them by tnelr nam:s, he knows their
number,
Aud they live as surely as he lives