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TO THE UNSEEN PRESENCE OF MY GOOD WIFE 

 CAROLINE BUSS STUDER 



THE BUILDER OF MY HOPES 



WHO PASSED FROM OUR VIEW SEPTEMBER SECOND, A. D. 1 87 1, AGED THIRTY YEARS 



AND 



TO MY DAUGHTERS 



MARY FRANCISCA AND ANNA REGINA 



TH3 SWEET COMFANiONS CF MY LABOl'j 



WHO DIED RESPECTIVELY APRIL SECOND AND EIGHTH, A. D. 1 876, AGED ELEVEN AND THIRTEEN YEARS 



"ILofcelg attti conwlg in tfteir lift, t&en in fctatf) tfjfg ioert not ii&i6rt."— 11 kings: i, 23. 

 "jJEaniius Sato lilta plent's.'*— -virgil. 



JACOB H. STUDER 





