granted.  “Do not cry, my dear,” she said; and then, “Oh, how kind to speak cheerfully!” adding, “I hope this illness may be made a blessing to us all in time to come.”  When the doctor, who was hastily called, arrived, she said, “I hope I shall be able to bear the pain:  I will try to bear it.”  Whilst in much suffering, she requested to have the forty-sixth Psalm read, which had always been a peculiar favorite with her.  On her mother S. entering the room, she greeted her with the words, “Dear mother!” saying, “What a comfort it is to have some one to call mother!”

The remedies resorted to, afforded temporary relief; and great was her thankfulness for the alleviation from what she described as anguish—­anguish—­anguish!  But her strength was greatly prostrated, and for some hours she dozed—­being only occasionally conscious.  About nine or ten o’clock on the morning of Second-day, the pale and exhausted expression of her countenance convinced us that the time for letting go our hold of this very precious treasure was not far distant.  Overwhelming as was this feeling, the belief that she was unconscious of her state added to our anxiety.  We longed to be permitted an evidence from her own lips that she felt accepted through Christ her Saviour; though her humble walk with God through life would have assured us, had there been no such expression.  Our desires were, however, mercifully granted, to our humbling admiration of that grace which had made her what she was.

About noon she roused a little, and, one of the medical men having stated that a few hours would probably produce a great change for better or for worse, her beloved husband concluded it best to inform her that she was not likely to continue long amongst us.  She replied, with striking earnestness, “What! will it be heaven?” He asked if she could feel comfortable in the prospect, and she replied, “I must wait a while.”  A few minutes of solemn silence followed, in which it is impossible to convey in words the earnest prayerful expression of her countenance and uplifted eyes, when it seemed as if, regardless of any thing around her, she held immediate communion with her God.  She then said, “I feel a hope, but not assurance.”  Her husband said, “Trust in thy Saviour, my dear.”  “Yes,” she replied.

Soon after this, being asked if she would like her medical attendants to come into the room, she answered, “Oh, any one who wishes.  I could speak to the queen.”  After acknowledging their kindness to her, she addressed them in an earnest manner on the importance of devoting all their talents to the glory of God, so that their chief aim in their profession might be to serve Him.  She alluded to the insufficiency of human skill and the emptiness of earthly attainments at such a time as this; adding, “But above all things serve the Lord.”  They were deeply impressed with her great calmness and resignation.