. And will she
not now try to find the Saviour, who is always found of them that seek
Him earnestly and faithfully? Let us, dear wife, pray more earnestly,
that our kind heavenly Father would add this, our greatest mercy and
blessing, to the innumerable ones that have followed us all the days of
our lives."

Our kind heavenly Father did "add this, our greatest mercy and
blessing, to the innumerable ones that had followed us all the days of
our lives," for not long after this we were permitted to sit together,
father, mother, and child, at the table of our Lord. Your beloved
mother having consecrated her heart to the blessed Saviour, determined
to make a public profession of her faith on the Sabbath morning of
February 5th, 1854, when, in the presence of the congregation of "Pine
Street Presbyterian Church," she went forward to the pulpit
(accompanied by her precious father), and there, under the ministration
of Rev. S. B. McPheeters, dedicated herself, soul and body, to the
service of "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the only living
and true God."

As soon as this solemn ceremony was concluded, the sweet tones of
the organ, accompanied by the choir, came floating over our heads, and
seemed like the music of heaven to our souls. They sang:

1. "People of the living God,
I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,
Peace and comfort no where found:
Now to you my spirit turns,
Turns a fugitive unblest;
Brethren, where your altar burns,
O! receive me into rest.

2. "Lonely I no longer roam,
Like the cloud, the wind, the wave;
Where you dwell shall be my home,
Where you die shall be my grave;
Mine the God whom you adore,
Your Redeemer shall be mine;
Earth can fill my soul no more,
Every idol I resign.

3. "Tell me not of gain or loss,
Ease, enjoyment, pomp and power;
Welcome poverty and cross
Shame, reproach, affliction's hour:
'Follow me!' I know thy voice;
Jesus, Lord, thy steps I see;
Now I take thy yoke by choice;
Light thy burden now to me."

On the 23rd of February, 1854, we gave our dearly beloved child
away, to your own dear father. And the light and joy of our house and
hearts, the free and joyous hearted girl, became a wife.

Affectionately yours, GRANDMA.

Letter Fourteen

My Dear Grandchildren:

Before speaking of the changes, the marriage of your mother brought,
and the life of self-denial led by her father, in consequence of it, I
wil