nd never more shall know?

I hear from heaven a voice angelic cry,
"Blessed, thrice blessed are the dead who lie
Beneath the flowery sod and graven stone."
"Yea," saith the answering Spirit, "for they rest
Forever from the labors they have done.
Their works do follow them to regions blest;
No stain hereafter can their lustre dim;
The dead in Christ from henceforth live in Him."

O! doubly dear transfigured friend on high,
We, through our tears, behold thine eyelids dry.
By Him who suffered once, and once was dead,
But liveth evermore through endless days,
God hath encircled thy redeemed head
With rays of glory and eternal praise,
And with His own kind hand wiped every trace
Of tears, and pain and sorrow from thy face.

C. W.
WILDWOOD, March 7, 1880.

One of the notes referred to is as follows:

DEAR MRS. WASHBURN:--If you judge by my handwriting, you will have to
conclude that I am 100 years old. But it all comes of my carrying a
heavy bag too long, and is all my own fault for trying to do too many
errands in one trip. Your dear little chair, the like of which I should
love to give to 540 people, only cost $2.50, so I enclose my check
for the rest of your $10. We sent off Mrs. Badger's parcel early this
morning. I hope digging and driving and packing and climbing in my
behalf, has not quite killed you. A lot of flowers in two boxes came to
me from Matteawan while I was gone, and as my waitress fancied I had
been shopping--as if I _should_ shop at East River!--she did not open
the boxes or inform the children, so the spectacle of withered beauty
was not very agreeable. A. and M. send love and thanks. The flowers you
gave me look beautifully. Give our love to Mr. W. and Julia, and write
about her. We shall not soon forget our charming visit to East River!

In acknowledging this note Mrs. Washburn alludes to one of Mrs.
Prentiss' most striking traits--the eager promptitude with which she
would execute little commissions for her friends. It was as if she had
taken a vow that there should not be one instant's delay.

I do hope you have not been made sick by doing so many errands in such
a short time. The little chair has come and Mr. W. is much pleased with
it. Nobody is so punctual as you. We were all amazed at receiving the
picture so soon. How could you possibly have gotten home and packed it
and marked the catalogues and bought the chair and written the check and
sent me t