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the whole night sitting in his chair by the fireside, his breathing 

 being so difficult that he could not lie down in his bed. He 

 became unable to walk upstairs, and therefore two of our good 

 carriage-drivers always came in about eight o'clock, and carried 

 him up to his room. Friends frequently dropped in to see him in 

 the morning ; it seemed to give him some satisfaction to receive 

 them, though he was not able to converse much. His son's wife 

 came down to us from London, and we had the comfort of her 

 help and company every day. In his calmer and more lucid 

 moments he described himself as still expecting the personal 

 coming of the Lord. Even within the last fortnight, seeing me 

 distressed, he said, "Oh, darling, don't trouble. It is not too 

 late; even now the Blessed Lord may come and take us both 

 up together." I believe he was buoyed up almost to the last with 

 this strong hope. 



I was often surprised to find how entirely he had lost interest 

 in all his beloved studies. For the last two months he entered 

 his study but twice— once to glance at his accustomed Greek 

 New Testament, which he left open at the Gospel of John xvii. : 

 and again, for the last time, to look cursorily round. The last 

 evening it happened that he was carried upstairs by our kind and 

 diligent Bible reader for the villagers. This was a week before he 

 died. He never came downstairs again, but remained, with but 

 little intelligent expression, until August 23, 1888, at one o'clock 

 in the morning, when he passed in his sleep to be with his 

 expected Lord. He was very restless nearly the whole of that 

 night, but towards midnight he became quiet. To the nurse who 

 was with him he said, " It is all over. The Lord is near ! I am 

 going to my reward ! " Early in this evening, a kind neighbour, 

 Mr. Bullock, had come to his bedside and asked to pray. At 

 the end of his prayer the precious sick one seemed to respond 

 distinctly, in prayer for all the dear members of his Church, 

 that " I may present each of them perfect in Christ Jesus." 



I will insert a slight notice of my husband's character which was 

 written by one who knew him well in the latter part of his life, 

 published in the Christian. " ' To every man his work.' A 

 question arises — Is it possible to separate man's work into two 

 parts, and to say this is secular and scientific, and this is religious ? 

 We think not. Philip Henry Gosse proved that a man might live 



