I cannot be silent. My voice shall be heard as the
turtle's; 'Behold, your feet are within my doors, and your counsels
are ever in my family.' The Lord reward you for these pupils, that
you have taught to be patient and persevering, so that they truly
help us in the work of life.
"Beloved, give my love to your friends, and ask them, when they go
up to Shiloh to offer sacrifice, to place me in the censer of their
prayers.
"We are troubled that as yet we know not the Lord's thoughts
concerning you,--whether he will allow you to meet your flock again,
or says to you as to Daniel, 'Thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot
at the end of the days.' Like Moses, you are gathered to your
fathers; but Miss Rice stands like Joshua, commanding the sun not to
go down till the sword of the gospel shall triumph. We thank the
Lord that she is still a judge in Israel, so that as yet the sceptre
has not departed from Judah.
"Your affectionate friend, BADAL."
There are some things about Hannah, and the work of divine grace in
her, that demand grateful record.
She was the daughter of one of the most intelligent and wealthy
Nestorians, who placed her in the Seminary as early as 1845.
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