-stand high among the
great men of the nation."

"I suppose you are, long before this, comfortably fixed at
school, and mother has"--etc., etc.

You see, my children, from these several specimen letters, that
your grandfather allowed no opportunity to pass unimproved. That,
however, limited his time, he always found time to observe and to
write. Neglect of duty had no place in his head or heart. It
gratified him to serve his friends in any and in every way; but his
devotion to his immediate family, in every respect, was remarkable. No
display, no effort marked his intercourse with them, which made it only
the more precious, for they well knew that love and kindness prompted
his every act.

He wrote from New York--after having written from every
stopping-place on his way thither--giving a more detailed account of
his duties and pleasures which occupied every moment of his time there.
In one of these letters he says: "I have been this evening to see
Powers' Greek Slave, and think it the most beautiful thing I ever saw.
It is a perfect model of the human form, and as you gaze at it you
perceive new beauties every moment. The face, the neck, the arms, and
hands, in fact every limb, and every muscle, are perfect; and the
marble seems to have that softness and delicacy which we see in a young
and beautiful girl. But you must see it to realize all its beauties,
which I hope you will have an opportunity of doing next spring."

"I am very well, and have nothing to trouble me but our
separation, and the thoughts of the long and wearisome months that must
elapse before I can again clasp my dear wife and child to my arms. But
I trust that it will be best for us both, and that it will be the last
time on this earth."

In another letter from New York, dated January 4th, 1848, after a
good deal of good advice to his child, and a faithful dealing with her
peculiar faults, he writes: "With all the other matters, do not, my
dear daughter, forget to learn the most important of all lessons--the
end for which you were placed on this earth; for which mind and body
were given you: "that you glorify God here, and enjoy Him forever' in
the world to come. That you know, experimentally, Jesus Christ, now in
the morning of life, whom to know aright is eternal life; who is love,
and who has promised to love all who come unto Him by faith. I am sure
that there is nothing that would gratify your parents so much as to see
you, with all