YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



" ' In my Father's house are many man- 

 sions; if it were not so, I would have told 

 you; I go to prepare a place for you, that 

 where I am, there ye may be also. ' ; 



She said hers was the steadfast faith that 

 had lighted her feet for over eighty years, 

 even down to the brink of the silent river, 



and mamma recalled how often in childhood 

 she had heard grandma say: 



"Our loving Christ will do His work well; 

 we can trust Him for that; we shall meet 

 and know our true friends there; we shall 

 be made as happy as we are capable of being, 

 but we must put selfishness out of our hearts; 

 and if beautiful homes, and trees, and flow- 

 ers, and singing birds, and horses, and dogs, 

 and household pets are necessary to our full 



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