n to arouse her, and gave her a
stimulant, so that she went to the church with us, returning home
instead of going to the grounds, after the services; and here I may
say her pastor preached a very solemn sermon, exactly in harmony
with the tenor of father's private and public life.

One thing happened (when the relatives were invited to step forward
and see the remains for the last time) that was singular, viz.: As
my mother bent over to take a last look at the life-long partner of
her joys and sorrows, her veil became attached to the handle of the
casket, which my sister was compelled to stoop and unloosen.
Without being superstitious, this looked like the dead reaching
forth to the living.

At all events, on Tuesday, October 26th, mother was confined to her
bed, and, as she had said, she had "papa's pain"--pleurisy. The
next day, Wednesday, October 27th, pneumonia followed, when it
required three persons to care for her in the day, and three to
attend her through the night, with no change for the better.

On Thursday there was no favorable sign to note--suspense was still
in the balancing beam. Toward Friday night, October 29th, all hope
having vanished, my mother was quietly informed that "her day was
short!" To which she responded: "My day is short. I must finish my
work!"

"Then occurred a repetition of the previous call upon the Allen
Street Church, a second Friday in succession. In response, the
minister, elder, and' several young men came promptly to the house
to hear the testimony of a sainted mother in Israel going to rest.
After supplication in prayer and a hymn of praise, the minister
asked mother:

"Have you any word for me, sister?"

Turning over and taking his hand, she said:

"No! you know these things yourself. Preach the gospel uncolored!"

To a Roman Catholic she remarked:

"There are no forms about my religion!"

To her daughter-in-law, my wife, she remarked:

"You have a mother!"

To the young men present she lovingly urged:

"Avoid bad company; learn of Christ; seek to be like Him, little by
little."

To Mrs. ----, who is a visitor, she firmly said:

"You are well liked, and can do a great deal of good; but pray with
the people you visit!"

Then at times she would exclaim:

"Oh, I have so much to do; but I am so