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GALLAUDET. 
the starry heavens, he had faith to believe would pass 
through the portal death to the life which has no ending. 
May we not share his belief and that of a member of his 
family who, while on the train journeying to Washington 
for her father’s funeral, wrote the following lines, which were 
sent to the Honorable John A. Kasson : 
Oh. Father God, our Fountain Head of love. 
Take back this child of Thine into Thy other home — 
This soul, whose clear and piercing eye did gaze 
Always upon the starry space above. 
A child? Yes; for that clear and piercing eye. 
Which glanced at mysteries veiled to other men. 
Was the expression of a spirit meek, 
Reverent, and full of awe for all on high. 
It Is not always with such awe as this 
The eager eyes of searchers after truth 
Seek for an answer to the endless why 
Which questions them from starry heights or deep abyss. 
It is not always in these modern days 
We hear the words he most loved to repeat, 
“The spacious firmament on high proclaims 
Its great Creator and His wondrous ways.” 
God grant his character may with us dwell — 
Faith, perseverance, patience, love of truth; 
Then, when the call comes, “Cease thy work." 
Our answer may be also, “it is well.” 
