"The paths by which we twain did go, 

 Which led by tracts that pleased us well ; 

 Thro' those sweet years arose and fell 

 From flower to flower, from snow to snow." 



Three weeks before her death she writes: 

 "How happy we were with my beautiful pony, 

 the like of which I have never seen since. 

 There will come a time when we shall be to- 

 gether for eternity, when the friendship of 

 our girlhood days will mature into joy ever- 

 lasting." 



In May, 1883, she writes of her approach- 

 ing marriage; her heart is overflowing with 

 love and admiration for and confidence in the 

 man she has chosen for her life's companion. 

 "With him near me, I feel I can lead a higher, 

 better life than I ever hoped for." 



Girlhood does not go with her into that 

 life where, blessed with the love of husband 

 and children, she grows in good works. 



And now that she is looking back to the 

 vision and beholding the foundation and see- 

 ing that it was good, she exclaims, "Thanks 

 be to God which giveth us the victory through 

 our Lord Jesus Christ." Amen. 



"So, dearest, now thy brows are cold, 

 I see thee what thou art, and know 

 Thy likeness to the wise below. 

 Thy kindred with the great of old. 



"But there is more than I can see, 

 And what I see I leave unsaid. 

 Nor speak it, knowing Death has made 

 His darkness beautiful with thee." 



^ — Ellen Hale fVilson. 



