Correspondence (outgoing), 1901 Dec 6

[Illustration] He shall give His angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. Ps. XCI.11

The Shadow of the Angel.

by

Ernest Warburton Shurtleff.

Dear Mrs. Jordan-

I am sending my comforters in these books I now dare send. My secret long cherished loving words that led me to love God as I never loved him before He called my dear ones from earth life to Heaven - Oh! how He loves you and the dear Dr - and poor me, for, submitting to the Cross laid upon us to bear - patiently and cheerfully -

God bless and keep you from further sorrow is ever my prayer for you -

Mrs Leland Stanford

Dec 6th 1901-

S. F. Cal

The Shadow of the Angel.

By Ernest Warburton Shurtleff.

Illustrations by Lizbeth B. Comins.

Fourth Edition.

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Boston, U. S. A.

L. Prang & Company.

The three sermons in verse, "Easter in Heaven," "Heaven in Easter" and "The Shadow of the Angel," published by L. Prang & Co., were intended only for the congregation before which they were first delivered; but the kindly requests of many who heard them have led the author to submit them to a wider field.

Having been written during the pressing duties of a large parish, and with no thought of their appearance in the present form, they are sent forth with no expectation of literary recognition, but with the simple hope that they may bear some measure of comfort to such hearts as are pleased to receive them.

If their influence be but as the humble flight of a butterfly over a little child's grave, leading some grieving mother to look up, they will have received the highest tribute that is craved.

Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth, Mass.,

Jan. 14, 1895.

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"By every troubled soul some angel stands,

And stretches forth her gentle, pitying hands."

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