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are beyond the reach of
all human aid and comfort;
but sweet and generous as-
surances of sympathy often
bring solace, and some ease
to a broken heart; but in
such a loss as yours only
the hand of God, or the all
soothing touch of time can
assuage the grief; the
broken heart is never healed
and I well know in such
an hour all earthly sym-
pathy is vain, and tenderest
words that ever fell from
human tongue, or pen,
seem idlest mockery.

I feel assured from what
I have heard of your
precious husband, that
on his account there is no
reason for sorrow, to
such a man as he was,
a Glorious Christian man,
faithful in the discharge
of every duty to his family,
to his neighbors, to humanity
and to his God, what we
call Death is not death,
but the glad beginning
of a new Life, It is but
release from burdens of
weariness, pain and dis-
appointment, which the