I^at he whaHids tbee to d6 so -mVt' at the same inon\eiit Bo
ImediDg^ hkewi^^ to inyolbe htessings oji thy Mr aiid virtuous
fcead!'

" At a moment when the heart is drawn heavenward, as
mine ife now, how hateful — P may say, how profane, seem
those worldly appellktions and di^tin^^ons with whiqh. the silly
Tanity of map; has songfit tp decorate our individual nothing-
ness ! How nuidi mor^ befitting a serious Christian is it;, in
such a moment as this, to- use that name which was bestowed
by a Mghegc authority ! You hn^e three such^ my sweet
iHend. The two fiirst are now appropriated, as it were, to
your daughters; but the third is. more especially your own. —
Clara ! On Clara may Ihe. dew of HjMiven descend like healing
bahn ! — Kned then, sweet dura — thou d^osen handmaid ;
kneel down, and think that WiSian} Cartwright kneels beside
thee !

** Written on my knees hi the secret recesses
of m^ oM|B<rt»WW)i)e«fc^ W. C."-

No sooner didflMN^ MOwbuayV eye reach the words ^^ kneel
dowD," than she obeyed- tiiem, and in this attitude read to the
end (^the ^tstte^ Mret B^awbray's fedings whenever strongly
exekedj either by joy, serrow, or any ethep emotion, always
lAowed iJiasMelVes in teare, and i^e now- wept profusely — vs-
hementfy ; thoHglk it* is pfobable she wohM have been greatly
puzzled to explaiH' Yihy, even to herseHl She would certainly,
however, have de^bred, had she spoken on the subject to any
<me, that those tears- were a joy, a blessdng, and a comf[>rt to
her. But as she had nobody to whom she couldr thus open
her heart, she washed her eyes with cold water, and descended
with all the composure she could assiime to Helen and the
lea- table.
