The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-31
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A mother came 70 tho gateway Of heav-
IN. She was aged and weary. Her body
was bowed and her face wrinkled and
withered, for her burden had been tho
burden Of care and trouble and sorrow.
So she was glad to be done with life and
90 seek at the gateway Of heaven the fulfill
nent of the promise that had been her sol
ace through oil the hard, bitter years.
An,angcl met the mother at the gate
way and put her arms about tho dropping
dgure and spoke gracious, tender words.
Whom seekess thouf" asked the angel
II seek my dear ones, who came hithei
before me-" answered the mother. "They
are very nany--my father, my mother,
my husband my children-they are all
here together, and for many and weary
years have lived in my loneliness, with
no other things to cheer me but the thought
that should follow them In good time. F"
"Yea They are here, and they await
thee" said the angel. LEAN upon me,
dear mother, and will lead thee to them. /"
Then the angel led the mother through
che garden Of paradise. and the angel and
Ihe mother talked as they walked together.
II am not weary now," said the moth
a, "and my heart Ia not troubled"
s'lt Is the grace Of heaven that restoretb
thee, dear mother" quoth the angel
Presently thou shalt be filed with the
new life, and thou shalt be young again,
and thou shalt sing with rapture, and thy
soul shall know the endless ecstasy Of
heaven"
"Alas, I care not to be young againl"
saith the mother. II care only to find and
to be forever with my beloved ones.
AS they journeyed In their way com
pany came to meet them. The mother saw
and knew her dear ones Even though the
heavenly life had glorifled their counte
nances tho mother knew them, and she ran
TO greet them, and there was great Joy t6
her and to them. Meanwhile the ange'
kept steadfastly by her side.
Now the mother, when she had embraced
her dear ones, looked at each of them sepa
xately once more, and then she said: "Yt
are indeed my beloved-my mother, my
father, my husband and my children But
there is ono who should be of your oompa
ny whom do not see-my babe, my littlt
helpless babe that came hither alone &C
many, many years ago. My heart fainteth,
my breast yearneth for that dear little lamt
Of minei Come, let us go together anG
search for her, or await me here under
these pleasant trees while search and call
in this fair garden for my dear, lost little
babel"
The others answered never word. But
the angel said, II will go with thee, moth
sr, and together we shall find thy child"
As they went on their way the angel said
"Sball tell thee of myself For was
little helpless babe when / came hither ta
this fair gnrden and into this heavenl.
HE"
"Perchance thou knowcst her, my pro
siOus iambkinl' cried the mother.
"Jwas q babe when / came hither," saio
AAe cngel. "See how am grown an6
what happiness hath been minel The com
passion x divinity hath protected and fos
tarad ME and hath led me all these years IL
the pesco that pnsseth all human under
Standing. God hskh instructed me In wis
dom, and he shall instruct thee, too, fos
AL who como hither arc as children in his
deht and they shall grow In wisdom and
IN grace eterns.n,.1. -.
"But my babc-my own lost H. one,
whom have not held In these arms f.sf q
many ycars--shall she not still be my littls
babe, and shall 1 not cradle her IN my
bosomr asked the mother.
''Thy child shall be restored to theo,'
said the angel, for she yearneth for Thea
even as thou yearnest for her; only with
this difference, dear mother-thy chic
hath known, In the grace Of the heavenly
wisdom, that at the last thy earthly sor
row should surely be rewarded with the
Joys Of the endless reunion in paradise.
"Then she hath thought of me ant
longed for me to come" cried the mother
'and my lost babe shall DC restored anc
shall know her mother aRainf'
"Alye, she loveth thee fOndly," said tn.
angel, land che hath AWAITED thy coming
10, these many years Presently thine eye:
shall be opened, and thou shalt see he,
standing before thee In her heavenly RAJ
ment, whittier than snow, and about heI
neck thou ehalt see her wearing most pre-
cious pearls-the tears which thou has'
shed, q lonely mothee, and which Ar,
the pcnrls the little ones In heaven gather
ND and cherish as an adornmcnt mos
piessing unto God and them"
Then the mother felt that her eyes wcr'
opened, and she turned and looked upor
The angel, and tho mother saw that angc
was her lost beloved child whom she wa
secking--not the helpless babe that sh
had thought to find, but maiden OF sucl
heavenly beauty and gentlencss as onl,
the dwellcrs in paradise behold and know
And the mother spread her arms and CAV
. great cry Of joy and folded her very dea
enc TO her bosom. ~
Then presently they returned toeeth
- the others And there was rAptnrou
acclaim In paradise, and IL was 10 God
swect pleasapoc that 10 wAs %, for moth
@ and her beloved communed In the hol
compansonship Of love everlasting. II,
sAaAsa
.f7tlse Father Bellies.
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features Of our early American life. Man
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