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 before me to heaven, and as soon as I leave this body I shall find myself with her.' At another time she said, we often talk of meeting our friends in heaven; but what would heaven be with all our friends if God were not there?

"A few days before she died, after one of those distressing turns of coughing and raising phlegm, which so rapidly wasted her strength, she called me to come and sit on the bed beside her, and receive her dying message to her friends. She observed, that her strength was quite exhausted, and she could say only a few words: but feared she should not have another opportunity. 'Tell my dear mother,' said she, 'how much Harriet loved her. Tell her to look to God and keep near to Him, and He will support and comfort her in all trials. I shall meet her in heaven, for surely she is one of the dear children of God!' she then adverted to her brothers and sisters. 'Tell them,' said she, 'from the lips of their dying sister, that there is nothing but religion worth living for. Oh! exhort them to attend immediately to the care of their precious, immortal souls. Tell them not to delay repentance. The eldest of them will be anxious to know how I now feel with respect to mission. Tell them, and also my dear mother, that I have never regretted leaving my native land for the cause of Christ. Let my dear brothers and sisters know that I love them to the last: I hope to meet the them in heaven; but Oh! if I should not!'— Here the tears burst from her eyes, and her sobs of grief at the thought of an eternal separation expressed the feelings that were too big for utterance. After she had recovered a little from the shock, which these strong emotions had given to her whole frame, she attempted to speak to several other friends, but was obliged to sum up all she had