faithful labors in behalf of our
School during the past year."

The following extract from the Annual Report was also ordered to be
forwarded with the foregoing:

"Mention must be made of one of our own church members, Mrs.
Knowles, who has labored most devotedly for our School. In
behalf of the School, the Superintendent would take this way of
expressing our gratitude for her cheerful, earnest, and
persevering labor. She has taken a deep interest in our School,
and has shown it by hard work in its behalf."

I am very glad that the pleasant duty of making you acquainted with
this action has been imposed upon me. Without your help I would
oftentimes during the past year have been very much discouraged.
Your readiness for Christian work, and your thoroughness in it,
have both cheered and satisfied me. May you fully realize the
promise given to those who are always abounding in the work of the
Lord. (1 Cor. xv. 58.) And may the present year show us a
continuance of your willing labors and be marked by a stronger
faith in expectation and more new-born souls, as your joy and crown
in realization. (Psalm cxxvi. 5-6.)

Respectfully yours in the Master,

SAMUEL B. W. MCKEE,
_Superintendent_.

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When we take into consideration the time that elapsed between the
penning of the foregoing resolutions as no vain and unmeaning
compliment, and the departure of her concerning whom they were voted
upon, we are led to see the importance of those words in the Apocalypse:
"He that is faithful unto death shall receive a crown of eternal life."
How significant are the words employed to denote their hearty
appreciation of her worth. "We express our gratitude for her _cheerful_,
_earnest_, and _persevering labor_. She has taken a _deep interest_ in
our School and has shown it by _hard work_," etc.

We trust that our Sunday-school workers may be greatly encouraged to go
and do likewise through a careful and prayerful examination of the
above communication.

The following additional affectionate and deeply instructive tribute to
her worth to the church and Sabbath-school is from one who was her
beloved pastor for seven years--years of pure and uninterrupted
Christian fellowship and disinterested devotedness to the cause of
Christ.

UTICA, N.Y., November 8, 1886.