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(1868) [MARC] Author: Fredrika Bremer Translator: Emily Nonnen With: Charlotte Bremer
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Aurora’s rays came the Angel of Consolation, a bright
seraph, who, with inexhaustible treasures of celestial balm,
soared forth over the earth ; and wherever a martyr suffers
for truth, wherever a down-trod ant feels a pang. there he
halts, gives life, enjoyment, comfort, forgetfulness, or —
death. The seraph saw the suffering Atom, and heard his
silent complaint.

“ Rejoice, suffering Atom!” said his friendly voice.
“Thy wish has been heard by an ever-listening ear. A
tear of compassion and consolation, thou shalt glisten in my
wreath, and fall, a drop of balm, upon Affliction’s burning
pain.”

He spoke, and already the Atom glittered, transformed,
blissful, and bright, like a smiling tear, upon a beautiful
poppy in the seraph’s wreath. “Oh!” whispered he, with
humble joy, “I am but a drop; but, beautiful seraph, if
sanctified by thee, it gives to me the power to comfort a
sufferer, then will I praise my glorious destiny, — then
will I bless thee and my eternal origin.”

Who is the Atom, dearest Charlotte, — who else but
your poor Fredrique, who hopes and strives to become
this soothing drop of balm? My second volume of the
“ Sketches of Every-day Life” will contain several smaller
pieces, in which, from my own experience, I intend sketch-
ing, under the form of real occurrences, several misfor-
tunes and sufferings, and also eventual comfort and balm:
for the same. Iam just now busy composing these. The
little piece, which stands here above, is intended to ex-
press, at the conclusion of the book, the fervent wishes
and humble hopes of the “ Atom.” I wrote also the other
day another piece, called “The Home of Prayer,” which I
now send you, as I suppose it will give you pleasure to
read it.

We have some relatives in town, my dearest little clan-
loving sister, and it was a pity that you were not present
at a little dinner-party which our parents gave in honor of

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