red and sixty-five in
number, were present, from the infant in arms to the youth who will
this day pronounce the valedictory.

"To those who have witnessed the progress of this institution
from the _small frame-house_ of 1806 to the noble edifice of
1840, accompanied by the recollection that the door has never been
closed against the destitute orphan, how deep must be the conviction
of an overruling Providence--the truth of the declaration, that God is
the father of the fatherless in his holy habitation, and the
fulfilment of his gracious promise, 'Leave thy fatherless children, I
will preserve them alive.' Nor is the orphan family merely furnished
with sufficient accommodation for dwelling and moral and religious
education: the grounds afford ample room for exercise and recreation;
the garden supplies them with fruit and vegetables; and there being
pasture for several cows, wholesome milk is added to their simple
breakfast, while the abounding river invigorates the frame by a saline
bath, and by casting a net into it, furnishes an occasional dinner of
fresh fish."

The society, ever grateful to the founders, have erected a tablet
on the wall of the beautiful chapel, which bears the following
inscription:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

OF

ISABELLA GRAHAM,
WHO DIED 27TH JULY, 1814;

AND OF

MRS. SARAH HOFFMAN,
WHO DIED 29TH JULY, 1821.

THEY WERE BOTH FOUNDERS OF THIS INSTITUTION.

TO THEIR PRAYER OF FAITH,
AND WISDOM IN DIRECTING ITS COUNSELS,
THE SOCIETY IS INDEBTED FOR MUCH OF THE SUCCESS THAT HAS
ATTENDED IT.

THEY WERE LOVELY IN THEIR LIVES,
AND DURING MANY YEARS THEY TRAVELLED TOGETHER THE WALKS
OF CHARITY.

WHEN THE EAR HEARD THEM IT BLESSED THEM, AND THEY CAUSED THE
WIDOW'S HEART TO SING FOR JOY.

THEY NOW REST FROM THEIR LABORS,

PARTAKERS OF THE BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE
WHO DIE IN THE LORD:

THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.

The success which has attended the Orphan Asylum Society,
furnishes strong encouragement to attempt great and good objects even
with slende