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Epitaph
Is it not yet Morning?
A Duet interrupted, and resumed
A fierce Family
Martina's return Home
A Day of Trouble
How a village Pastor was summoned to Court
The Home of Schilder-David
Warm and snug in the Parsonage
Betrothal and Flight
A Father in search of his Son
The Village Church deserted
Where is Joseph?
A Troop of Hobgoblins
Lost in the Forest
A Child seeking his Father
Asleep and awake again in the Forest Mill
A great Event in a small House
For the sake of the Child
A Voice at Midnight
Daylight
"Here lies a little child, lost in the forest deeps.—
At midnight from the slumbering fold he strayed;
But the lost lamb was found by One who never sleeps,
And to his everlasting Father's fold conveyed."
These lines are written on a small cross, in the churchyard of thevillage where the scene of the following simple story is laid. Thismournful inscription would have been applicable once more, if amerciful Providence had not watched over Joseph. He retained howeverthrough life the appellation of "Joseph in the Snow," for being lost in