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"What word of fitting love can I write, and how tell you what God
has done? We are afflicted, for he has taken from us our dear little
Deborah. She was only two years and seven months old. We mourn; and
yet are comforted; for we know that He who loves little children has
taken her into his own arms, that we may love him more and better
praise his glorious name. She did not leave us to go to a stranger.
The dear Saviour, we think, has made her happier than we could; and
now we dwell much on this scripture, 'Prepare to meet thy God.'
Deborah was very sick, and suffered much; but when she died, there
was a pleasant smile on her little face. Then she rested from
sorrow, and Jesus folded the little Iamb in his own bosom."
CHAPTER XXII.
PROGRESS AND PROMISE.
BENEVOLENCE, EARLY MANIFESTATION OF.--PROGRESS.--REVIVAL OF
BENEVOLENCE IN APRIL, 1861.--INTEREST OF PARENTS FOR THE CONVERSION
OF THEIR CHILDREN.--PEACE IN FAMILIES.--REFORMED MARRIAGES.--
ORDINATIONS.--COMMUNION SEASONS.--MISS RICE AND MISS BEACH.--
CONCLUSION.
The pupils were early trained to form habits of self-denying
benevolence.
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