Though    I    must    sojourn    here   a   longer   or
shorter  time  without  my  darling  sister,  have
we  not  an   eternity  to  spend   together?     Let
me  rejoice  in  the  thought.     Oh,  that  I  could
raise  this  dead  heart  above  the  world  !     My
God  !  sanctify  this  event  to  me,  and  accept  my
praise  for  thy  great  kindness  to  the  dear  de-
parted, and  for  so  wonderfully  supporting  me.
"  31. — Beloved  Hannah  !    I  would  once  more
write  a  little  to  thy  beloved  memory.     What  a
heart   was   thine  ! — filled  with  the  desire   of
doing  the  will  of  God,  and  of  conferring  good
on    all   around   thee.     Yet,    hadst    thou    died
some  years  ago,   I  should  not  have  been  so


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confident  of  the  safety  of  thy  state.  God
heard  my  prayers,  and  completely  estabhshed
thee  in  the  faith,  and  now  I  have  nothing  to
say  but  'Alleluia:  for  the  Lord  God  omnipo-
tent reigneth.  Let  us  be  glad  and  rejoice,  and
give  honor  to  him  :  for  the  marriage  of  the
Lamb  is  come,  and  his  wife  hath  made  herself
ready.  And  to  her  was  granted  that  she  should
be  arrayed  in  fine  linen  :  for  the  fine  linen  is
the  righteousness  of  saints.' — Read  to  myself
and  Sir  James.  Read  to  my  children  with
much  enlargement.  At  night  prayed  with
tears.  Even  my  prayers  distress  me,  for  I  used
always  to  pray  for  my  dear  departed  Hannah.
