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is pained for her that her only sister is taken away. I thought she would have been the first to leave you. If it is the will of God, may she long be spared to comfort her dear parents. I wish very much to know how her health is. Tell her I hope she will seek her happiness in God, as her dear sister did, and her separation will not be very long.

"I trust all the affliction it pleases God to lay upon us, will only tend to prepare us better for heaven; there we shall know that it is good for us to be afflicted. Oh let us bow with humble resignation to his will, feeling that the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be his holy name. Let us devote ourselves more entirely to our blessed Redeemer, who is the Resurrection and the Life,' and seek continually to glorify him in our bodies and spirits which are his, who laid down his life for us. Look to him, my dear friends, and be comforted in all your sorrow; cast all your care upon Him who careth for you. I feel that you have indeed been greatly afflicted, and I know too that no human sympathy can wipe away your tears and heal your wounded.

hearts. I commend you, and the dear one that is left to you, to Him who is the 'Comforter of the comfortless.' May he bless you with that peace which the world cannot give."

She stood

The lone and mournful Henrietta was able to attend the funeral of her sister. by her open grave, and looked steadfastly into it. She attended church the following Sabbath, and mingled her prayers with those of her afflicted parents.

She complained not. She concealed her own grief, lest she should add to the sorrow of her parents. She lifted up her head, like some drooping lily, to take gratefully the dew and the sunbeam which God reserved for it.

For a few weeks she enjoyed a comfortable degree of health. The delicacy and loveliness of her appearance at this time, attracted every eye. Though she had attained the age of eleven years, there was about her a simplicity, a winning, affectionate manner, which seemed to betoken the innocent beauty of an earlier period of life. She possessed one of the most

gentle and amiable dispositions. From childhood, if there was any complaint or trouble among her companions, she was always disposed to make peace. She would excuse their faults as far as was in her power, and speak without disguise of her own.

bear to hear others blamed.

She could not

She even pre

ferred to take blame upon herself. She shrunk at the thought of giving pain to any human being.

Like her sister, she was remarkable for neatness and love of order, for care over her books, for keeping in its proper place every article committed to her charge, and for that kind deportment to domestics which gained their love in return.

When she was able to attend school, she invariably called forth the attachment of her teachers. A young lady who had for a time the direction of her studies, writes, "I was delighted with her docility and sweet manners. I used to think there was an unearthly loveliness about her, and said to her mother that she must not expect to retain her long. She seemed even then allied to an angelic nature."

The sweet smile that played around her features when she spoke, will not soon be forgotten by those who knew her. "She was like a beautiful vision," said a friend; "the cast of her countenance was such as one might easily fancy a cherub to be—such as I have never before seen belonging to a being of earth. And that her face was a faithful index of her heart, all who knew her gentleness and loveliness will most readily acknowledge."

She was distinguished by filial obedience and love of truth. No higher testimony to the excellence of these sisters need be added, than the assurance of both their parents that they never knew either of them wilfully to disobey their commands, or to utter a falsehood. It should be the endeavor of all the children who read this book, that the same thing may be said of them. And that they may steadfastly follow such good examples, let them ask grace of God.

A lady in Boston, intimately acquainted with the sisters, thus speaks of them both.

"Margaret, at a very early age, discovered great precocity of talent and character. At

eight and nine years old, her taste for reading was such, and her books so well chosen, that she was capable and ready to converse with any well-educated and intelligent person of mature age, with accuracy and propriety. She selected her society from among those of literary and refined taste. She enjoyed the pursuit of knowledge more than any thing else.

"The amusements common to most children at that period of life, she often overlooked as incapable of affording satisfaction. She sought something more solid and useful. Her disposition was sprightly and animated, but she found in books her chief pleasure. Her obedience to her parents, and her affection for her sister, were striking traits in her character. Her person was interesting to all who saw her, and she possessed a sweetness and dignity of manner very unusual for her years.

"The character of Henrietta was one of surpassing loveliness. She attracted the attention of all who saw her. From a child, she possessed uncommon beauty of person, and every beholder was struck with the expression of her countenance, and the sweet simplicity

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