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AN EASTER STORY
Mary E. Miller.
This story is written to rob
death of its terror for little
children and is lovingly dedicat
ed to the mothers, teachers and
little children of Forsyth.
AN EASTER STORY.
In one corner of God’s great,
wide, wonderful, beautiful world
there lived a very poor family,
that is, people called them poor
because they lived in an old
house and had very little money,
but they were not really poor,
for they were happy. There
were only four people in this
family, the father, the mother,
a little son whose name was
Timothy and a little daughter
named Ruth. Would you like
to hear why this was such a hap
py family even though they lived
in an old house and wore plain
patched clothes? Well, I will
tell you. The father and moth
er had to work very hard to
earn enough to keep the house
comfortable for the little folks.
The father kept a little shoe
shop and mended the holes in
people’s shoes the best he could
and the mother helped by taking
in sewing at home. Do you
think Timothy and Ruth were
idle? Never a bit, for when
mother was busy sewing she
called them her little housekeep
ers, and they were really little
housekeepers too, washing dish
es, carrying water, making beds,
and sometimes even sweeping
and dusting. In the evening af
ter supper when the father and
mother were through with their
work and the children’s lessons
were all learned and everything!
in its right place for the next
day, the father often told them
beautiful stories before they
went to bed.
One night when the children
were washed clean and sweet
and robed in their pure white
night gowns, this is the story
the father told as they sat in the
bright fire-light.
"In a country far away across
the blue sea, there lived a great
kind king whose face is so beau
tiful and full of love that it
shines like the sun. This coun
try is much more beautiful than
any place that you or I or moth
er ever saw because the sun is
always shining there, the birds
are always singing and the flow
ers always in bloom. I
"The people who live in this
country are even happier than
we are, happier than any people
we ever saw, because nobody is
ever sick there. Nobody is ever
tired or cold or hungry. Their I
faces shine much like the king’s,
for they look into his face and
see it so full of love and beauty
they cannot help loving him and
everyone else. So you see ev
erybody is loving and kind to
everybody else in that country.
Onlv loving, kind people are ev
er sent for to go to this lovely'
place and do you know, dear
children, that this Great King
has promised to send tor us
some day? But we too must
grow strong and loving like the
others before we can go to live
in this beautiful country where
there is always sunshine, where
there are birds and butterflies
and little sparkling streams
with fragrant flowers on their
banks, and oh! such merry,
laughing children and smiling
mothers and fathers are there
all busy and happy together.
But the King writes that he
cannot send for us all at one
time. ‘One shall be taken and
the other left.’ We will have to
grow very helpful and strong
here, for we have to travel a
long way to get there. The feet
often grow very tired, the way
seems dark and sometimes, peo
ple who do not know all about
the king and his people, seem
afraid to go. But they need not
be, for when he knows some one
is readv he sends his pure white
angels with their strong silent
wings to stay with them and
bear them over all the dark
rough places until they stand be
fore the king in his beauty.
“Strange it is, for no one ever
knows when the king will send
for them. Sometimes it is in
the still night time, sometimes
in the busy day, and stranger
still, no one can hear the angel’s
voice, nor see their peaceful face
1 except the person for whom the
king has sent. But the ones
who see the angels’ shining
faces and hear the messages
they bring, lay down their work
quickly, glad to follow at once.
Just think, nobody ever sees the
angels come nor the people go,
but we know they have surely
gone because we miss them and
see the old working clothe^ they
have left behind.
“In that country we will nev
er grow sick or tired or hungry.
Even little lame children will
have strong feet again. Little
blind children will have well
eyes that can see the King in His
beauty, the sunshine and the an
gels. ’ Little deaf children will
hear and know their own moth
er’s voices, and will listen to the
singing birds, and rippling
streams of water. And do you
know the most willing hands and
the readiest feet here will be the
ones that are strongest and can
do the most there. The eyes
that see quickest what needs to
be done here will be ones that
see the most beautiful things
there.”
When the father had told all
he would show and read to the
children the wonderful letters
which the king himself had
written, telling of this beauti
ful country and his great love
for all and how glad he should
be to send for any one who
would get themselves ready to
live with Him and His people.
Then the king’s letters were
carefully laid away ready for
another night and the children
were tucked in bed to drop off
to sleep thinking of fragrant
flowers, singing birds and fair
faced angels with strong white
wings. One night as the father
was telling the story again little
Ruth said: “I wonder which of
us the king will send for first?”
And the mother answered: “We
cannot know now. Sometimes
He sends for the mother, some
times for the father, and often
times he sends for the little ba
bies first of all, long before he
sends for the old, old people who
have been waiting and getting
ready so long.”
One night a long time after
this when the father had given
the story to the children again
he told them he felt sure the king
would send for him soon. Ev
ery night when he came home
he felt a little more tired than
before, until at last he was too
tired to go to work and he lay
quiet and still in his bed.
They all stayed near his bed
side, for they felt certain the
King would send for him, and
sure enough, early one morning
the children were awakened by
the mother and though her eyes
were full of tears they were
shining with joy as she said,
"Come, children, the king has
sent for your father. I have
called him again and again and
he does not answer. I know he
has left Ips old clothes and body
and gone to the king.” The
children got up very softly and
looked and there, just as the
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story had said, they saw the old
working clothes and the old,
tired body left behind when the
father had gone to meet the
king.
So they tenderly put the old
clothes and the old body away
because father did not need any
of them now. When the neigh
bors heard about it, they all
came in to hear where the fath
er had gone, and when the chil
dren had told them all about it
they said, “O, yes, you mean he
is dead.” But the mother and
children only smiled, for they
knew he had gone to live with
the king, who would send for
them to join him some day. Then
they told the neighbors all a
bout where he had gone and
read them the king’s letters so
that they too might get them
selves ready to go to the king in
his beautiful country any time
they might be sent for.
It was not many years after
this that one day the king sent
for little Ruth, and another time
he sent for Timothy, as that on
ly the mother was left. She
waited, but she did not grieve
for well she knew that she too
would go some day, and then
they would all live together al
ways with the great king and
his people.
After so many days and years
when the mother’s hail’ had
grown white with waiting, the
neighbors woke up one morning
and said: “How strange every
thing looks over at the little
house today! The shutters are
all closed and no smoke is com
ing out of the chimney. Let us
go and see.”
So they went over and knock
ed at the door, but there was no
answer; and they called out,
but there was still no answer,
so they walked in softly. Ev
erything was very still and
quiet, but soon they saw the
mother’s old working clothes
and the body she had left, but
as she did not answer when they
called, they knew she at last had
been sent for to live with the
king. When they saw the king’s
. letters lying by her side, they
said: “There is the king’s let
ters which they loved so much
and had read so many times—
yes, she too has gone to the king
in that beautiful country they
were always telling about.”
Then they all sat down and read
the great King’s letters asking
[every one to try and get ready
to come and live with him in
! this happy country. One neigh
! bor said: “It is lovely for them
।to go to the king, but how we
do miss them, for they always
tried to make everyone happy
i and glad wherever they went.
[ If we try as hard as they did,
can’t we go to the king some
day?” And they said: "That is
what the King’s letter says.”
Another neighbor said: “Where
is this beautiful country they
were always telling about, and
what is it called?” And one
said: “The king in his letter
calls it Heaven.” Then another
said: “Who is this great King
of whom they spoke so often and
so much?” And they said:
“The name of the King is God.”
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