St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-16
A CHILD'S STRANGE DREAM
The Matchless Prose-Poem Of Dickens
on a Star.
"IS MY BROTHER GOMEZ"
A Sermon for This Holy Day
Not to Be Ig-
n0red.


pertinent?
All right. If you have a son or {
daughter, if you have a brother or sis
ter. if you have neither, take up thi:
| paper and read aloud Dickens's match
less prose-poem, which is printed here
with;
If you have a home gather your fam
| lily and friends about you and read it tt
them. If you have no home get sym
pathetic friend or so in your bachelors
room this evening and read it to them
| Wherever you read and to whOmsoever
it will be the best sermon either you OF
they will hear on this blessed day!
There was once child, and he
strolled about good deal, and thought
Of number of things. He had sister,
who was a child, too, and his constant
companion. These two used to wonder
all day long. They wondered at the
beauty of the flowers: they wondered at
the height and bluenesS of the sky;
they wondered at the depth of the
bright water; they wondered at the
goodness and the power of God, who
made the lovely world.
y
times. supposing all the children upon
earth were to e, would the flowers. and
the water, and the sky be sorry? They
believed they would be sorry. For, said
they, the buds are the children of flow
erS, and the little playful streams that
gambol down the hillSideS are the chill
dren of the water; and the smallest
bright SpeckS playing at hide and seek
lii the sky all night must surely be the
children of the stars; and they would
all be grieved to see their playmates, the
children of men. no more.
There was one clear, shining star that
used to come out in the sky before the
rest, near the church spire, above the
graves. 1t was larger and more beauti-
full. they thought, than all the others,
and every night they watched for it,
standing hand in hand at a window
Whoever saw it first cried out, II see
the star" And often they cried out
both together knowing so well when it
would rise, and where. SO they grew
to be such friends with it, that, before
lying down in their beds, they always
lOOkedtut once again. to bid it good
night; and when they were turning
round to sleep, they used to say, "God
bless the Starr'
But while she was still very young,
oh very, very young, the sister dropped,
and came to be so very weak that she
could no lOnder stand In the window at
night: and then the child looked sadly
out by himself, and when he saw the
star, turned round and said to the
patient pale face on the bed, II see the
STAR" and then smile would come
upon the face, and little weak voice
used to say, God bless my brother
and the Starw
And so the time came, all too soon!
when the child looked out alone, and
when there was no face on the bed; and
when there was little grave among
graves, not there before; and when the
star made long rays down towards him,
as he saw it through his tears.
Now, these rays are so bright. and
they seemed to make such a shining
way from earth to heaven, that when
the child went to his solitary bed. he
dreamed about the star; and dreamed
that, lying where he was, he saw a
train of people taken up that sparkling
road by angels. And the star, opening,
showed him great world of light, where
many more such angels waited to re-
ceive them.
All those angels, who were waiting,
turned their beaming eyes upon the
people who were carried up into the
star; and some came out from the long
rows in which they stood, and fell upon
the peoples neckS, and kissed them
tenderly, and went away with them
down avenues of light, and were so
happy in their company that lying in
his bed he wept for joy.
But, there were many angels who did
not go with them, and among them one
he knew. The patient face that once
had lain upon the bed was glorifed and
radiant, but his heart found out his Sis
ter among all the host.
entrance Of the star, and said to the
leader among those who had brought
the people thither:
rs my brother come?''
And he said NO"
She was turning hopefully away
when the child stretched out his arms
and cried, 80, sister, am here! Take
meW and then she turned her beaming
eyes upon him, and it was night; and
the star was shining into the room,
making long rays down towards him as
he saw it through his tears.
From that hour forth. the child looked
odt upon the star as OH the home he
was to go to, when his time should
come; and he thought that he did not
belong to the earth alone, but to the
star, too, because of his sisters angel
gone before.
There was baby born to be brother
to the child; and while he was SO little
that he never yet had spoken a word,
he stretched his tiny form out on his
bed, and died.
Again the child dreamed of the open
star, and of the company Of angels, and
train Of people, and the rows of angels
with their beaming eyes all turned
upon those peoples faces.
Said his sisters angel to the leader:
SIS my brother Gomez?
And he said, Not that one, but an
other"
AS the child beheld his brothers angel
in ner arms, he cried, so sister, am
here? Take mel" And she turned and
smiled upon him, and the star was shin
ing.
lie grew to be young man, and was
busy at his books when an old servant
came to him and said:
Thy mother is no more. / bring her
blessing on her darling sOnr'
Again at night he saw the star, and
all that former company. SAID his
sisters angel to the leader:
rs my brother come"
And he said, "Thy motherw
A mighty cry of joy went forth
all the star, because the mother
was reunited to her two children. And
he stretched out his arms and cried,
SO mother, sister and brother, l am
here! Take mer' And they answered
him, "Not yet" and the star was shin
ing.
He grew to be man whose hair was
turning gray, and he was sitting in his
chair by his freside, heavy with grief,
and with his face believed with tears,
when the star opened once again.
Said his sisters angel to the leader:
SIS my brother Gomez"
And he said, Nay, but his maiden
And tba MON bn bad baaY, ha obiIJ