The Press., 1885-03-12
A VISION,
GIVEN IN PLACE OF REMARKS AT THE FUNERAL
 OF A BEAUTIFUL BABE

 GIVEN IN PLACE OF REMARKS AT THE FUNERAL
 OF BEAUTIFUL BABE
 Once had waking vision, but my eyes were shut. I saw great sea, and there were many little boats on 1t, ali going cue way. In these boats there were families, but only one family in Q boat :; and the families were not all of the same in num- Der. One family ill particular drew my at tention. It was composed of q man, hls wife, and two or three small children, one of which Was babe. As they rode upon the sea ill their little boat their faces shone with happiness. l could see how they loved each other, and how fond they both We're of their children and especlai- ly of the babe, who was as beautiful as u lilly in a bed of roses.
 Presently saw this beautiful lily-chlld had attracted an angel who came ln bright ness and lowered over her for awhile and then he took her up, and as he folded her lu his arms l thought sine, too, became an angel, her face was SC radlent and her gar ments were so white. Such happy, love | ly face was never seeu upon the earth. For moment the beautiful picture held me spell bound. But the angel, who poised in the air above the boat for l" mo- ment, was about to fly away with her over the sea, l drew near and sad "Good SIT,
 0, angel, tell me the meaning of this :? Seest thou not what thou hast done? Thou
 hast taken the l1ly-chllu, aud the mother s
 heart Is weeping, aud tue father cAnnot
 comfort her he weeps. Ihen the ang''l
 sad "Beyonu tlus Sea ''Lhere Is a lauu
 that IS failer than day." anu already there
 are thousands ahd tens of thousands of
 holy ones there before the throne of God.
 They have come up out of these families
 that you see in these boats that cover the waters. Among these holy ones there Is
 all innumerable company of such lily child ren as this who have been loved of theIl , heavenly Father, and called home to es cape the evil that is ill the long voyage across the sea-
 r Now, when he had said this, I looked
 and saw d dark winge d creature lowering
 over a boat Ill the distance, amt the anger
 pointing to him. sad ''i5ees5 thou th.e : evil one? Behold, he IS Tenptat"n. H. leads astray :; he caust the lunoceni chlll 5 t. sln he ti,i, IL Wlth sorrow; ne c"use' its cheek to mantle wltii shame. He tutn
 he hiy-chiid luto a branlbie- bush chllu, Ai
 he Cannot be gathered into the ga;del D above. He follows hlm across lhe set tha he may make hln fo chjd of the Ev'i One Q This he would do with this child, i.llu tn l
 CT canno5 turn him. But l have come, a
 the heavenly Father hath given lne com
 mandment, to take this little one to him " self before It shall know temptation, or slu n or shame, or rtmurse, or even dea;h tts 1t o father or its mother shall know 1t, and a .. all know 1t who sin. l have come to talk
 1t from the hard, pt,inful ulocip plne of thi
 sea voyage to the home Where there IS il 7 sickness, 10 pa!n, no It arr, lo rnue wlnd e or chilling storms." 70, gooI angei, ,, sad, 'lt IS Well with the enid, 1t lo well n but seest thou lup lLc grief thuu ila
 caust,t! ? And il5 said unto me, ''Wetplu u may eDdure for night, but joy con7i Ii It tue, morning. If 1 leave tie liJtlo oas ,n Q let tlem have 1t for a season, they WI 'r weep when I tYl1e-jt away and if uo ilt It take 1t away before 1t has yielded to sli a there may be bitterness ill thelr tears l cannot take out" ''But 0, angel," agal u I saiti, "Why take 1t from them at all : r1l Il Then he sad unto me, ''It IS appoint ,, unto men once to die, once to leave ti , sea on which they ride, and 1t must De ta ,r ell away sometllne if not to-day, then t' .. morrow. Be,idt that which 1 have dol Is to this child, you cali death, but We Call I birth into d new world and all must $ Id through 1t, everi though paius aad teal n attenI upon t. Moreover, the ang ,p said unto ne, Behold l have given tn SC mother & beautiful picture, aud hay at stamped 1t upon her soul, picture of s. child-ima9e, a sweet babe, aud she VI H. carry 1t across the sea, and It will not gro le dim though the voyage be long. Whe 9f 7f these other little ones you see with thel , ,l in the boat are no longer children, thel 70 will still be the image of this lily y-chlld ;t comfort them: for Ill their thought aL
 affection they will always have girl babe of Now 1t came to pass when the angel h. le said this there suddenly appeared 8 bal lc of holy watchers singing,
 q. q. Around the throne of God, in Heaven, 'n Thousands of children stand,- ... 'i Children whose sins are ali forgiven, . o holy, happy band,
 ,e ,e Singing glory, glory, glory
 ty and when they had sung this, one Of u nt holy watchers hovered over the boat, an ed heard him say ':
 nv "Gone where no dark sin is cherished, CT Where no woes and fears invade, as Gone ere youths first bloom had perished
 To youth that ne'er can fade" m Ard then, while l was behold.ng u 91 lI heavenly scene, it suddenly fad d 'twa. but there was borne to me a sweet song as whlc! 1 caught thls:
 rl- ''Children may come unto me, CT For of such in. all its glory,
 a Shall my heavenly kingdom be-" nn99 The vision passed, but my heart W w. comforted, as hope, dear friends, yuu
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