sent from God. If to any this seems a state- 

 ment borrowed too nearly from the sacred 

 Word, let them consider for a moment the 

 fruits of her life, so in harmony with the 

 requirements of the sacred Word. Now that 

 the Lord, whose she was and whom she 

 served, has called her to higher tasks, the 

 results of her labors on earth are finding more 

 fully the acknowledgment she endeavored 

 while living to suppress. Here a letter from 

 a factory superintendent, voicing the gratitude 

 of himself and his employees for the education 

 and care of the factory children; here a me- 

 morial service in China expressing the deep 

 sense of loss in one whose arm of usefulness 

 stretched in power across the seas to uplift 

 and train the heathen; here letters from 

 patriotic societies acknowledging her excep- 

 tional service in furthering their aims and in 

 administering their affairs; here letters from 

 church and charitable organizations telling of 

 the enlargement given their efforts by her per- 

 sonal labors and liberality; here messages 

 fromx an innumerable company to whom she 

 furnished homes, clothed and fed, comforted 

 and gave new hope. The intimate testimony 

 of her friends and the acknowledgments from 

 an extended acquaintance, from the highest to 

 the lowliest, all are redolent with fragrant 

 memories of her queenly bearing, her gracious 

 personality, her deep spiritual discernment, 

 her marvelous and fruitful service. Her 



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