As soon as we were alone, he showed me the list of names, at the
head of which was that of the old man, and he said, "Here is a
blessed inheritance which Amelia has left us. She has done as Dorcas
did: her hands have clothed the poor, and her lips have spoken
comfort to them. Dear Anna, Amelia was not older than we are; let us
remember this, for we know not when the Lord shall call us."

How wise and pious this dear brother is! We have already been able
to pay together, two of Amelia's visits. Her mother, to whom we
related all we had heard, gave us further particulars of what the
pious and indefatigable Amelia used to do. Ah Esther, her religion
was not mere "lip-service." The Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ
assisted her, and she might have said with truth, I show "my faith by
my works."

Let us take courage, then, my dear and kind sister! we lament our
loss in Amelia's death, but on her own account I lament her not. I
can only contemplate her in the presence of God, and of her Saviour,
and I rejoice to think of her delight when she entered the region of
heaven. How beautiful it must be, Esther, to behold the glory of that
heaven! to hear the voices of saints and angels, and to know that God
loves us, and will make us happy forever.

Think, sister, of the meaning of--_forever!_

Amelia's father, whom I saw a few hours ago with her excellent and
pious mother, said to me, in speaking of their darling child, "For my
own joy and comfort I should have wished to have kept her with us;
but, my dear Anna, even if I could have done so, what would have been