"No," he added, as he wiped away the tears from his children's eyes,
"I would not wish her to return from the glory which she now enjoys,
at the same time I cannot conceal from you, that my heart mourns for
her, and that I know we have lost our consolation, our benefactress,
our faithful friend!"
"Who has not lost one?" exclaimed a poor woman, at whose side stood
the little girls who had planted the flowers; "I know very well that
Miss Amelia's mother will take her place, she is so good and kind!
but it was no little joy to receive a visit from that sweet and
amiable young lady, so good, so pious, and so full of joy. Oh! what
should I have done with my husband, so long confined to his bed, if
this messenger of goodness had not procured work for me, and
recommended me to the ladies who now employ me. And then again, what
were we, until Miss Amelia spoke to us? How much she had to put up
with when I refused to read the Holy Scriptures! and yet she was
never weary of me. Oh! no; she came day after day, to exhort and to
teach me, and blessed be God, we begin now to know something of what
the Saviour has done for us.
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