The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-06

penny to beggar, to be rid of tie low
whine by his side.
"Oh! where is Heaven" moaued the
little Angel. Where, here is Heaven"
Fool Kissed scoffer, drawing near.
There is no Heaven"
"Oh, but there is; there is, indeed
cried the little Angel, in despair. 81
know there is, | came from Heaven
such little while ago.
"Ha. ha! Aren't those old woman fan
cies exploded yet?' laughter another.
Game from heaven, indeed. Ask Oar
win about that"
BIT did," persisted the little Angel.
"Can no one show me the way back?''
Prove that you came from there"
laughed chorus of hooking voices.
Prove that you belong there
sneered a second chorus.
prove that there is a There" NUT
tered thild set.
The little Angel drew back. Il can
prove nothing" he said. SIN Heaven |
learned only to feel and to know, not to
argue, But came from Heaven here,
and surely, Oh, surely, therefore, there
must be road heavenward that | Lave
missed"
you can only fluid it in the Thirty
nine articles, said the clergyman whom
he had first accosted, reappearlrg in the
crowd, with his Brother following closely
at his heels, and looking more sternly
over the immaculateness of his solemn
white choker. "Only in the thirty lime
articles"
"Only, only through the doors of
Rome can you reach it, my child"' added
the Bother, patling the little Angel in
sinuatingly on the head. 'Only through
the doors of Rome"
And no one could give any nearer
clew; and the little Angels heat was
heavy for that beautiful home he had
lost.
Can it be Heaven is really So far
from earth?' he asked piteously. Does
none of you ever 60 there, that none
now can tell the way"
son! yes, said group of well-dressed,
portly-looking gentlemen, calmly light
ing their cigars. I'VE have sent great
many there in our time (They were
doctors). But We don't many of us
expect to 60 ourselves.
"Ah. follow u.s." murmured couple,
going softly by, arm in arm. None
ever were nearer Heaven than we"'
Fools laughed the crowd. "None
ever we're farther. They are to be mar
ried tomorrow
The little Angel grew quite faint und
dizzy.
Il wonder il ! can have been dream
ing, and if there really is no Heaven
anywhere"' he thought wildly. And he
turned, forgetting his wings, and rau
and ran as if in vain hope of getting
away from that earth to which his every
footstep held him. No road leads to
Heaven because there is no Heaven" he
thought bitterly, aud wept as he ran.
And just then some one caught his
hand; and there by his side was little
child, looking at hi with grave, ear
nest eyes, as is imploring aid. And the
Angel paused, and saw whele poor wo-
man lay dying by the roadside
Il am going to Heaven she mur-
INJURED, stretching out her wan arms and
drawing the child to her heart. My
little, little child, good by
"Oh. take me with you, dear Mother
cried the child. "Oh. take me too, | do
not know where Heaven is. II Nv can
find the way without you?'
Heaven is where God is, whispered
the dying woman, with sudden sweet
light flashing to her eyes. And God is
everywhere.
But the way. Oh, the way" sobb,d
the child. H Nv can | reach him
alone?'
The way to God is through prayer
and love and pain said the woman.
And We each must go alone. Acne
through suffering; alone through death;
and alone, all alone, to Cod Ard she
folded the child close, close to her BOSOM
and turned her face upward and smiled;
and the little Angel, looking into her
eyes. saw where Heaven was.
And when morning came, people found
poor woman lying still and white upon
the stones, with marvellous smile upon
her face, and child clinging sobbng to
her breast. But the little Angel was
not there. He had flown back, with the
freed soul, to Heaven.