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seem short to when she may put
on immortality and join her beloved
ones who have gone before. You have
my heartfelt sympathy in this loss
you must feel so keenly I am
not a stranger to the [care?] you
have had. no one could understand
your Mother like yourself or
minister to her comfort with such
satisfaction to you both. I am often
reminded of the passage which
contains such devotion. "Whither
thou goest I will go thy home
shall be my home &c" and feel
that the sacred service of holding
the feeble hand of these aged ones
as they walk where they see the
dawn of the heavenly day is
not a task to shrink from but a
privilige to the faithful who can