Dear mother, if it is the will of our Father in heaven to take Sarah
to the upper mansions,--though I shall be comforted on account of
her being saved from all the bitter misery of this world, and her
blessed rest with the Saviour, where she can praise his love with
her pleasant voice, joined with the sweet songs of angels,--still it
will be hard for me. If I live after she has gone, God forbid that I
behold her dust, and not long to be her companion in heaven. Your
unworthy
OSHANA.
Our next letter is from Sarah to Miss Fiske, written at Seir, in
1859, more than two years after her marriage, and gives a good idea
of her Christian spirit:--
BELOVED: The good news that you gave us of the revivals in your
country, rouses our hearts to warmer zeal. Shall we not also prepare
the way of the Lord? We know, by the gracious visits of God here
this winter, that Christians there are ever praying for our poor
people. For we hear from the preachers who come up to the concert
every month, that the work of the Lord goes forward in the villages
of the plain, and also in the mountains.
Here in Seir, the good work began among the women.
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