Ye have been
more than fathers and mothers to us. Our hearts are full of love to
every one of you, O blessed band! but we cannot express it, except
with a heavenly tongue. When darkness reigned in the breast of every
son of the Chaldeans, and no whisper of salvation had fallen on the
ear of their daughters, you opened the beauties of the priceless
pearl before our eyes, that it should enlighten us with heavenly
brightness. We cannot make known all that you have done for us. Let
it remain till that day of light when the Lord shall commend you
before his chosen. When we look at our dear teachers, our hearts
warm to you with no common love, because you led them to leave the
sweet place of their nativity for our sakes. You have been parents
to them, wiping away their tears with the soft hand of a mother, and
sharing their trials with a father's heart. While you have helped
them in every department of their school, the blessing has all been
ours.
"If on the wings of an eagle we should fly to the extreme north, we
should find no such school as this, crowned with blessings, but
should see our sisters groaning in bitterness, saying, 'Not one ray
from the divine sun rises on us in our misery.
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