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These original members have been sadly re- 

 duced either by the hand of death or by being un- 

 avoidably compelled to sever their connection with the 

 colony, but while with us they all gratuitously and 

 generously devoted a good deal of their time and 

 energy to its superintendence and support, which 

 must always be gratefully remembered by those who 

 have benefitted by it, thus the memory of those who 

 have passed beyond the bourne will, I trust, be always 

 revered, for although as time passes vacancies must 

 bers, yet this will not efface the memory of those who 

 be, and have been, filled up by ever increasing nuni- 

 first worked hard to establish it. 



While on this point I cannot refrain from giving 

 a special meed of praise to the lady who so long acted 

 as treasurer, but who, a few days before these lines 

 were penned, passed away deeply mourned by her sor- 

 rowing husband, near relatives, and many others 

 whom her benevolence befriended ; deeply regretted 

 by all both rich and poor ; even by those whose ac- 

 quaintance with her was but casual. Many passages 

 in the letter of King Lemuel's mother addressed to 

 him in " the praise and properties of a good wife," 

 and, let me add, good woman, can with truth be 

 applied to her. I will, however, quote only two, 

 merely slightly changing the phraseology, they are 

 as follows : — 



" She stretched out her hand to the poor ; yea she reached 

 out her hand to the needy." 



" Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou hast ex- 

 celled them all." 



