activities were too numerous to be recorded, 

 for hers was a life that "translated truth into 

 conduct," and she constantly, though uncon- 

 sciously, measured her life by the service she 

 was able to render others. Treading this 

 royal pathway, she ever traveled heavenward 

 along the way her Saviour trod ; and now that 

 she has come to the end of that glorious way 

 and the great white portals have opened to 

 admit her to the presence of her Lord, mar- 

 velous will be the tasks He has reserved for 

 a spirit so harmoniously related to heavenly 

 requirements while on earth, and so richly 

 prepared for more exalted labors in heaven. 

 Sent from God and returned to God; but the 

 memory of the sweetness and strength of her 

 life, the beauty and depths of her character, 

 the great scope and marvelous fertility of her 

 service she has left as a gift in perpetuity to 

 earth, and these shall bear fruit while time 

 shall last. Not only the life, but the labors 

 and influence of the saints are immortal. 



— Samuel A'Court Ashe. 

 — Rosa Pendleton Chiles. 



"O ye mountains and hills, bless ye the Lord." 



She had such a magnificent capacity for en- 

 joyment that I always thought of her in con- 

 nection with those words of the late Charles 

 Kingsley, "Nothing but God can satisfy a 

 woman." Her heart was so large and her 



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