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a loved one leaves us.

How fortunate we are to
have our faith to sustain
us, and belief that our
separation is only for a
time. When I think of you
bereft of the one with
whom you have walked
the path of life for so
many years, my heart
bleeds for you. You were
not only bound to him
by the sacred ties of
matrimony, but also by
the sweet ties of sympathy.
Your joys have been the
same and your griefs and
your great grief were
in common.

You have indeed been fortunate
you have enjoyed the sweet
companionship of a good, noble
and congenial spirit for many
years. You have witnessed
his successes and the honors
that have been thrust upon
him. You have seen him
gratified at the completion
of his great work, and
now you see the curtain
rung down of this noble
career.

But though he has left this
world he is not dead. To you,
his friends, the legions
whom he has benefited he
still lives. That he was
once amongst us will
he tell long after our