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 SERMON 
 
 OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH 
 
 M ES JANE B. BEND AL L, 
 
 LATE OP THE ' 
 
 AMERICAN MADURA MISSION, 
 
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 DELIVERED AT 
 
 THE SANITARIUM, PULNEY HILLS. 
 
 MAY 17, 1868. ; 
 
 REV. JAMES HERRICK. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. 
 
 MADRAS: 
 
 PRINTED BY H. W. LAURIE, AT THE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY’S PRESS, 
 
 No. 18, CHURCH STREET, VEPERY. 
 
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A 
 
 SERMON 
 
 OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH 
 
 OF 
 
 M RS JANE B. KENDALL, 
 
 LATE OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN MADURA MISSION, 
 
 DELIVERED AT 
 
 THE SANITARIUM, PULNEY HILLS. 
 
 MAY 17, 1868. 
 
 BY 
 
 REY. JAMES HERRICK. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. 
 
 madras: 
 
 PRINTED BY H. W. LAURIE, AT THE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY’S PRESS, 
 
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SEKMON. 
 
 Very pleasant hast thou been unto me.—2 Sam. i: 25. 
 
 Jealous of the popularity and influence of David, Saul 
 earnestly endeavored to take his life. But “the soul of 
 Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan 
 loved him as his own soul.” And though the death of 
 David seemed the only event necessary to secure to 
 Jonathan the throne of his father, yet he sought his 
 safety with as much persistance as Saul sought his death, 
 more than once delivering him out of the hands of his 
 enraged father. 
 
 The love of Jonathan was indeed “ wonderfuland 
 it is not strange that on hearing of his death, David 
 exclaimed in anguish of spirit, “ I am distressed for thee 
 my brother J onathan; very pleasant hast thou been 
 unto me.” 
 
 Often since that day has death called forth the same 
 or similar expressions of grief. “No one of us liveth to 
 himself, and no man dieth to himself.” 
 
 Such is our natural constitution and our relation to 
 one another, that much of our present happiness as well 
 as our usefulness, arises from our mutual dependence. 
 Any member of a family has it in his power to do much 
 
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 for the happiness of all the rest. The same thing is true 
 in a great measure of the neighborhood. 
 
 Christians in any country, united to one another by 
 the union of each to Christ, are able to do much; and, 
 if faithful, will do much, to promote each other’s hap¬ 
 piness and usefulness. This is especially true of the 
 members of the same church or society, who meet 
 frequently for the discharge of common duties and the 
 enjoyment of common privileges. 
 
 In regard to many things, foreign missionaries are a 
 class by themselves. Separated widely from their rela¬ 
 tives and early companions, exposed to similar dangers 
 and trials, and having many interests in common, the 
 members of a mission are peculiarly dependent upon 
 each other. Of such a community it may be emphati¬ 
 cally said that “no one liveth to himself.” The sym¬ 
 pathy, the aid, the co-operation, the prayers of one are 
 indispensable to the happiness and the highest useful¬ 
 ness of another. And when persons so connected are 
 fitted by natural endowments, education, and grace, to 
 labor together harmoniously, the soul of one often 
 becomes knit with the soul of another in sympathy and 
 love, the strength of which is seldom known except on 
 missionary ground. A breach made, by death, in such a 
 circle, is the occasion of no common grief. 
 
 Some of us remember the sorrow, the distress, caused 
 by the sudden death of the lamented Ragland, espe¬ 
 cially to his companion in labor and bosom friend, 
 with him at the time, who, in writing of the event, 
 compared himself to Elisha, as he was situated after 
 Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 
 
 When the life of David C. Scudder, who appeared 
 among us as a sun-beam for a little time, was suddenly 
 
put out, what one of his fellow laborers was not ready 
 to exclaim, “ I am distressed for thee my brother; very 
 pleasant hast thou been unto me.” 
 
 And how many, besides the immediate associates of 
 our beloved sister, Mrs. Rend all, were “ distressed” on 
 hearing of her death a few months ago. Mr. Hunt, late 
 of Madras, in a recent letter to a member of this mission, 
 said, “We heard of the death of dear sister Kendall at 
 Buffalo. I have seldom felt so stunned, and fancy we 
 all felt much alike—a peculiar and strange feeling of sad¬ 
 ness that sister Rendall should die.” 
 
 The feelings of each of her associates and of many 
 others at the present time, on reflecting upon her charac¬ 
 ter and life, and calling to mind her repeated acts of 
 kindness, find appropriate utterance in the words, “ very 
 pleasant hast thou been unto me.” 
 
 After the statement of a few facts, I shall invite 
 your attention to some of the traits of character in our 
 departed sister, on account of which she was unusually 
 pleasant as an associate, and useful as a laborer, in the 
 missionary work. 
 
 Mrs. Jane B. Kendall, daughter of Dea. E. Ballard, 
 was born in Athol, Mass., U. S. A., on the 4th of March, 
 1826. Faithfully instructed by a pious mother, she was 
 hopefully converted at the age of eight years, and re¬ 
 ceived to the Congregational church in her native 
 town. Soon after this, her parents moved, with their 
 family, to Quincy, Illinois, at that time a new state, 
 in the “far West.” Here she became a member of the 
 church under the pastoral care of the Kev. David Nelson, 
 distinguished as the author of the book entitled “The 
 Cause and Cure of Infidelity.” 
 
 This godly man is believed to have done much, as 
 
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 her pastor, during those early years, towards the forma¬ 
 tion of her Christian character, and her preparation for 
 her future self-denying work. And his influence as 
 pastor was not his only influence over her. “ Her 
 studies,” says one of her sisters, “ were pursued in a 
 school founded b}^ him for the education of young men 
 and women pledged to devote their lives to the build¬ 
 ing up of the Redeemer’s kingdom—a ' Mission Insti¬ 
 tute,’ in spirit, as it was in name.” 
 
 The following testimony respecting her at that time, 
 though given by a sister, will not be suspected of 
 untruthfulness or extravagance, by those who knew 
 her here: 
 
 “Endowed with an excellent mind, in which good 
 practical sense and untiring application were prominent 
 characteristics, she became a fine classical scholar, while 
 her ingenuousness, cheerfulness, and musical talent, every¬ 
 where attracted to her friends.” 
 
 At the age of nineteen, she became the wife of the 
 Rev. John Rendall, then under appointment of the 
 American Board, to the Madura Mission. 
 
 Myself and wife met her and her husband, for the 
 first time, in a railway carriage, on the afternoon of 
 November 4, 1845,—the}^ like ourselves, being on the 
 way to the place of embarkation for this county. 
 Eight days later, we four, another missionary and his 
 wife for Madura, and two missionaries, their wives and 
 an unmarried lady for Jaffna, embarked for Madras. 
 Mrs. Rendall was the youngest of our large company, 
 and she has been the first to die. 
 
 After a voyage of one hundred and thirty-five days, 
 we reached Madras, March 28, 1846, and at the end of 
 
April, arrived in Madura. In May, Mr. and Mrs. Ren- 
 dall were appointed to what was then the station of 
 Dindigul West; were transferred to Dindigul East on 
 the departure of Mr. Lawrence, near the end of the 
 same year, and remained there till July, 1849. They 
 were then removed to Madura, where, with the excep¬ 
 tion of a little less than two years, spent by Mrs. Ken¬ 
 dall in visiting the United States, she remained till 
 July last, eighteen years, engaged, with little interrup¬ 
 tion, in toilsome labor in behalf of her own household, 
 the female boarding school, her associates, and not a 
 few others, who at different times enjoyed her hospitality. 
 
 In pursuance of the plan before proposed, I remark 
 first, that Mrs. Rendall was pleasant and useful, because 
 her associates had entire confidence in her: confidence 
 not only in her justice and integrity, her purity of pur¬ 
 pose, but also in a trait less common than these, her 
 discretion. I venture to say that no one of her female 
 associates, after forming an acquaintance with her, ever 
 hesitated to ask her advice, or to speak with her in 
 regard to matters of the greatest delicacy, or involving 
 important interests, from the fear that she might impru¬ 
 dently repeat what had been said, to the disadvantage 
 of any one. 
 
 I remark secondly, that Mrs. Rendall was pleasant 
 and highly useful, because her general character and 
 attainments were such as to fit her for any place, 
 which, in the judgment of others, the highest interests 
 of the cause in which she was engaged in common 
 with them, required that she should fill. She was one 
 of those persons to be relied upon in emergencies. 
 
 Again : the following characteristics, apparent from 
 the first to her ship-mates, viz., an amiable, cheerful 
 
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 disposition, warm sympathy, genuine kindness, eager¬ 
 ness for the work to which she had consecrated her 
 life, together with good health, all conspired in a high 
 degree, to make her a pleasant associate and a useful 
 laborer. 
 
 The blessing of health, as most of us know, was 
 continued in a remarkable decree, till near the end of 
 her life. This, with other qualities possessed by her, 
 enabled her to perform an amount of labor, both physi¬ 
 cal and mental, rarely performed by a lady in such a 
 climate as this. 
 
 Cheerfulness, resulting partly from nature, and partly 
 from grace, manifested by her when bidding adieu to 
 friends and native land, was a striking characteristic 
 all along her earthly pilgrimage. The many annoyances 
 and discomforts, inseparable from a long sea-voyage, were 
 met not only without a word of complaint, but with 
 uniform cheerfulness. 
 
 Fond of vocal music, and much skilled in the prac¬ 
 tice of it, she was ever ready at our appointed seasons 
 to engage with others in this exercise, whether for 
 mutual improvement or for relieving the tedium of 
 sea-life. She was equally prompt also in the observance 
 of our seasons for study, and those appointed for reli¬ 
 gious exercises. 
 
 Arrived in this country, she readily adapted herself 
 to things as she found them here. Inclined always to 
 look upon the “ bright side”—to make the best of 
 every thing—neither the climate nor the numerous 
 perplexities which all must experience, more or less, at 
 first, in their intercourse with the natives, had any appa¬ 
 rent tendency to produce discouragement or moroseness. 
 
 If her spirits became somewhat less buoyant towards 
 
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 the last, it was only because she had borne heavy 
 burdens, and borne them long. 
 
 From her natural kindness, as well as earnest love— 
 one of the “ fruits of the Spirit”—she manifested, while 
 at sea, unusual interest both in the physical and the 
 spiritual welfare of the sailors,—the conversion of one 
 of whom, there was reason to attribute in a great measure 
 to her instrumentality. Her kindness attracted the 
 special notice of the commander of our ship, who often 
 made it the subject of remark to others. 
 
 Kindness—love, evinced by deeds, were marked charac¬ 
 teristics of her until she went out from us to return no 
 more. Yes, and we know that so long as her heart con¬ 
 tinued to throb, it throbbed with love—that so long as 
 she had strength to act, her acts were acts of kindness. 
 
 How many proofs of her kindness and love toward 
 ourselves and our children, can we, her fellow-laborers, 
 call to mind! How many have we experienced which 
 have passed from our memory. 
 
 Persons who have enjoyed her hospitality for a day, 
 or who have been so situated as to render it possible 
 for her in any way to serve them, have been made sen¬ 
 sible of the same marked traits in her character. 
 
 Love for Christ, and those for whom He died, which 
 made her eager for her chosen work, before entering 
 upon it, made her love it after it became a reality, and 
 happy in it even to the end. 
 
 As I accompanied her from her own door in Madura, 
 
 to the carriage that was waiting to bear her away, I 
 
 alluded to the length of time which we, who came together 
 
 at first, had been associated in the missionary work. 
 
 “ A long time,” said she; “ and our missionary life has 
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 been very pleasant—lias it not ?” Her missionary life 
 was pleasant to her because she loved the people, and 
 delighted to labor for their salvation. 
 
 Having good health from the outset, with a quick, 
 well cultivated mind, and an ear capable of distinguishing 
 sounds with great accuracy, she early made such attain¬ 
 ments in the Tamil language as enabled her to cominu- 
 nicate with the natives with great freedom—understand¬ 
 ing whatever they wished to say to her, and making her 
 own thoughts clearly known to them. This attainment, 
 with the disposition she always showed to do them 
 good, and the uniformity she manifested in her inters 
 course with them, avoiding the very common mistake 
 of treating them alternately with undue kindness and 
 too great severity, attached the natives to her, and gave 
 her power over them gained by comparatively few. 
 Here is found the cause why so many, heathen as well 
 as Christians, sincerely lament her death. 
 
 I remark again, that confidence in others , was a prom¬ 
 inent and very pleasant trait in the character of Mrs. 
 Kendall. Herself possessed of a character remarkably 
 pure and transparent, she was slow to suspect others of 
 any inclination to appear to be what they were not in 
 reality—of being actuated by motives or principles, to 
 which she was herself a stranger. She was always ready 
 in her intercourse with others, to put the best construc¬ 
 tion upon every thing, having in active exercise charity 
 which “ thinketh no evil; believeth all things ; hopeth 
 all things.” 
 
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 Nearly allied to this, was catholicity. She was remark¬ 
 ably free from narrow mindedness or bigotry. By this 
 remark, I do not mean that she was inclined to be 
 liberal, or lax, in regard to her own system of religious 
 
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 belief, nor that she was inclined to fellowship persons of 
 doubtful faith or character. Nor that she was indif¬ 
 ferent in respect to the peculiarities by which the vari¬ 
 ous sects of evangelical Christians are distinguished. 
 She had well defined preferences in matters of this kind. 
 But while she claimed for herself the right of choice 
 she was ready to accord the same to others, and receive 
 to her heart all who bore the image of the Lord Jesus, 
 though belonging to a different branch of His church 
 from the one with which she was connected. She had 
 no disposition to contend about things generally acknow- 
 ed by the disciples of Christ, to be non-essential. 
 
 Another marked excellence in the character of Mrs. 
 Rendall, was frankness. Though neither obtrusive, nor 
 indifferent to the opinions of others, yet she formed her 
 opinions independently, and was accustomed to express 
 them, when there was a call for it, freely and unequivo¬ 
 cally. No one ever felt a doubt as to her sentiments 
 concerning an important subject, in regard to which it 
 was proper for her to make them known. If she was 
 ever led by this trait of character to utter words by 
 which she seemed forward in giving reproof, she cer¬ 
 tainly did not speak them in the exercise of a censori¬ 
 ous spirit, and it is highly probable they were well 
 worthy of consideration# It should also be said, in this 
 connection, that if she was more ready than some to speak 
 to individuals of things in regard to which she supposed 
 a word of caution needful, she was less inclined than most, 
 to speak of them to others. 
 
 Another important trait was patience —patience severe¬ 
 ly tried, not unfrequently, but never failing : patience 
 without which she could not have performed the manifold 
 duties of almost every day: patience combined with 
 firmness and decision, in the treatment of her own 
 
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 children, the members of the female boarding school, 
 and many other natives, older in years, but in many 
 respects like children, by which she gained their confi¬ 
 dence, their love, and their obedience to her wishes. 
 It is rare indeed, that a person of so much energy 
 and decision as she possessed, has so much patience also: 
 rare that a lady occupies a place for eighteen years, 
 demanding so much energy, decision, and patience com¬ 
 bined, as the place she filled. It was this happy com¬ 
 bination that enabled her to do so much and to do it so 
 well: to meet the requests and execute the orders she 
 was constantly receiving, with, so little confusion—so 
 much accuracy and dispatch. 
 
 I remark again, that good judgment was a prominent 
 trait in the character of Mrs. Rendall. In regard to this, 
 as to some other faculties possessed by her, it may be 
 said that while surpassed by few of her own sex in 
 gentleness, she was endowed with the strength of a 
 man. Indeed, there are comparatively few men whose 
 opinion upon an important question connected with 
 the missionary work, is worthy of more respect than 
 hers was She manifested this trait in the discharge of 
 all the important duties mentioned above ; and, though 
 it is not necessary to speak of her hospitality, since it 
 was proverbial, we may refer *to the good judgment 
 manifested in the exercise of it. Her guests were ever 
 made to feel that they were welcome to her house and 
 her table. And they were also made to feel that their 
 presence was not the occasion of great extra trouble. 
 This was highly important, both as relieving the minds 
 of her guests of uneasiness, and enabling her to “ use 
 hospitality” without interrupting, or greatly hindering 
 other duties. 
 
 Another trait of great excellence in the character of 
 
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 Mrs. Rendall, and the last I shall mention in this con¬ 
 nection, was a self-sacrificing spirit. She was ever 
 ready to stand in her lot. The very thought of asking 
 another to bear a burden, or make a sacrifice, from which 
 she would herself shrink, was abhorrent to her. Well 
 fitted for any position which the interests of the com¬ 
 mon cause demanded that she should fill, she was ready 
 to take the place assigned her. Selfishness and envy 
 found no place in her bosom. To aspirations after 
 worldly honor, she was a stranger. The honor of 
 Christ—the good of others—these were the objects of 
 her chief desire, and to promote which she was ready 
 for any sacrifice. Did a mission family, from the illness 
 of one of its members, need a place in her house that 
 medical assistance might be near ? A place was made 
 ready, irrespective of inconvenience to herself or family. 
 If a missionary sister, at a time of special trial, needed 
 her sympathy and aid, she was ready to go to her by 
 day or by night. This trait of her character, as well as 
 her courage and general ability, finds a striking illus¬ 
 tration in her visit to America before alluded to. The 
 object of this visit was to provide homes for three of 
 her five children, and make arrangements for their edu¬ 
 cation. Unwilling that her husband should be taken from 
 his work, she resolved, after a prayerful consideration 
 of the subject, to go without him, much as she knew 
 his sympathy and aid would be needed in the trying 
 duties before her. The two younger children, little 
 girls, could not well be separated from their mother for 
 so long a time, and she decided to take them with her 
 though it would be necessary to bring them back. As 
 if the entire care of her own five children would not 
 be a sufficient tax upon her strength—a sufficient test 
 of her benevolence and readiness to deny self, she gladly 
 took charge of two others, the eldest son of a member 
 
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 of her own mission, and a motherless child of a mis¬ 
 sionary in Madras, rather than that they should suffer 
 from being kept in this country, or that their parents 
 should leave their work. With these seven children, 
 two of them scarcely past the age of infancy, she left 
 Madras for England in a sailing vessel, near the end 
 of 1857. Two gentlemen of the American Mission in 
 Jaffna, and an American missionary and his wife from 
 Arcot, went in the same ship to England, and of course 
 were able to give her sympathy and advice. From 
 England to America, she went in a steamer, on board 
 of which there was not a person besides the children 
 with her, with whom she had the slightest acquaintance 
 at the commencement of the voyage. On arriving in 
 the city of New York, she committed the two children 
 sent in her care to their parents’ friends, and with her 
 own five made a journey of a thousand miles to the 
 home of her father in Illinois. 
 
 Having accomplished the object of her visit, she 
 hastened back with her two younger children, taking a 
 steamer to England, and thence a sailing vessel to Madras. 
 She reached her home in Madura in less than two years 
 from the time she left it, and gladly resumed her work. 
 Though she did not seem to have suffered materially in 
 health, yet, I think that most of us who were here at 
 the time, felt that what she had passed through, had 
 been too much for even her. She would not probably 
 have given her advice for another lady to undertake 
 the same. 
 
 Five years later, she was called to another struggle. 
 The little girls brought back from America, had reached 
 such an age that they must either return there, or suffer 
 through life, from the effect of the climate here, and 
 the want of proper advantages for education. The 
 
struggle between maternal love with a sense of the 
 duty she owed her daughters on the one hand, and her 
 views of duty to the people here on the other, was most 
 severe. But the missionary triumphed over the mother. 
 She sent her daughters from her, as the sequel has 
 proved, to see them no more in life. 
 
 It scarcely need be said that the traits of character 
 which fitted her so highly for the work of a missionary, 
 caused her to excel as a mother and wife. All who ever 
 saw her in her own family circle, know that she was 
 a kind, judicious mother, and that “the heart of her 
 husband did safely trust in her.” 
 
 Like the wives of many other missionaries, she re¬ 
 lieved her husband, almost entirely, of the labor and 
 care connected with the instruction of their children, 
 and of most other domestic duties. And in the peculiar 
 duties arising from the station he occupied, and the offices 
 he was called to fill, she was accustomed to render such 
 assistance as a husband could rarely expect to receive 
 from a wife. 
 
 After what has already been said, much of which 
 could not have been said had she not been a person of 
 earnest piety, it is unnecessary to speak at length of 
 her character as a Christian. Her Christian character 
 was distinguished for symmetry, rather than for the 
 special prominence of particular traits. She commenced 
 cultivating the graces of the Christian when a mere 
 child, and cultivated them all well. Her life was uni¬ 
 formly consistent with her profession both as a Chris¬ 
 tian and a missionary. She always manifested a simple, 
 child-like faith, and an unusual reverence for the laiv of 
 God. She was always prayerful and remarkably con¬ 
 scientious—an uncompromising enemy of wickedness 
 wherever found. 
 
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 She was “ clothed witli humility,” “ swift to hear, 
 slow to speak, slow to wrath.” “The fruits of the 
 Spirit,” as enumerated by the Apostle Paul, “love, joy, 
 peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meek¬ 
 ness, temperance,” were all found in her, and well 
 matured. 
 
 An index to her feelings as a Christian is found in the 
 character of the music and of the hymns which gave her 
 most delight. The following were some of her favorite 
 hymns: 
 
 “ I lay my sins on Jesus.” 
 
 “Just as I am without one plea.” 
 
 “ Nearer my God to thee, 
 
 Nearer to thee.” 
 
 “ Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide.” 
 
 “ I heard the voice of Jesus say 
 Come unto me and rest.” 
 
 Though great uniformity was apparent both in her 
 spiritual exercises and her outward walk, during all the 
 years that we knew and loved her, it was evident to 
 those best acquainted with her, that her “path was as 
 the shining light, that shineth more and more.” 
 
 She went out from us ten months ago. With a good 
 prospect, as we all thought; with an earnest wish, in 
 which every one of her associates participated, that she 
 might be permitted to return and engage again for 
 years, in the work she loved so well. But in this we 
 are disappointed. “ The Lord seeth not as man seeth.” 
 She will not come back. We shall see her no more 
 until the sea give up the dead which are in it. 
 
 It is for us to bow in submission: to give thanks to 
 God that the people of this district had the benefit of 
 
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 her labors; and we, that of her sympathy and aid, for 
 so long a time; and that she has left us an example so 
 well worthy of imitation. It is for us to give her 
 afflicted husband, our beloved brother, and his children 
 our sympathy and our prayers, and to commit ourselves 
 with renewed earnestness to labor, and a preparation 
 for rest. We should give the greater heed to this call, 
 since by the death of Dr. Lord, another member of this 
 mission, we are again reminded that “ the night cometh 
 when no man can work!” 
 
 Of the closing scene, there is little to be said ; and 
 I cannot do better than to copy the account given by 
 the sister before alluded to, who must have learned 
 most of the particulars mentioned, from the bereaved 
 husband. She thus writes : 
 
 “ In company with her husband, she was returning for 
 a family reunion in the United States, hoping to have 
 her dear ones for the first time together, expecting after¬ 
 wards to go back to India for another score of years. 
 The fond expectation, cherished by a large circle, was 
 not to be realized. Her earthly work was done. 
 
 “ After an illness of ten days, not considered dangerous 
 by her medical advisers, her vital powers, enfeebled by 
 long labor in a tropical climate, sunk. She died in the 
 Mediterranean, a day and a half from Alexandria, 
 September 4,1867, aged forty-one years and six months. 
 'At midnight there was a cry made, Behold the bride¬ 
 groom cometh.’ Without time for a parting message or 
 farewell, she breathed out her soul to God. But her end, 
 though not expected by any on board, was not unantic¬ 
 ipated by herself. After a night of great suffering on 
 the Red Sea, she called her husband, and, after receiving 
 necessary assistance, said she had been praying all night, 
 and wished to pray with him. She then offered a most 
 
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 simple*, cliild-like prayer, casting herself and family on 
 God, and praying that if it was His will, she might he 
 spared. That night, when she wrestled in prayer alone, 
 like her Savior in Getlisemane, her husband believes 
 she struggled with the approaching death-angel, and was 
 strengthened for the final ordeal. Her remains were 
 interred in the unresting waters of the Mediterranean, 
 in the sure belief that God careth for his own, and will 
 restore them glorified at the Arch-angel’s trump.” 
 
 “ Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime! 
 
 In full activity of zeal and power ; 
 
 A Christian cannot die before his time ; 
 
 The Lord’s appointment is the servant’s hour. 
 
 Go to the grave; at noon from labor cease ; 
 
 Best on thy sheaves, thy harvest-task is done ; 
 
 Come from the heat of battle, and in peace, 
 
 Soldier! go home ; with thee the fight is won. 
 
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 Go to the grave ; no, take thy seat above ; 
 
 Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord, 
 
 Where thou for faith and hope hast perfect love, 
 
 And open vision for the written word.”