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Rh cold grave, and yet she stood by an afflicted companion far in a heathen land. Finally, while he is still sick, her nerves take on a reaction from the great strain to which they had been subjected, and now her own strength fails, and she, in the midst of a terrible crisis, dies like a hero in the heat of battle.

Thus one of the fondest of our missionaries died at her post, giving up her life that she might be of service in leading some poor heathen to forsake his idol and turn unto the Lord and live. The writer delights to think of her as he knew her, a pure and faithful Christian woman. We cannot lay hands upon any creditable statements as to her real work as a missionary apart from that already referred to, but knowing her as we did, we are confident that it was all well done, kindly and freely done, with willing hands and heart.

In her death the mission has lost a vigorous and energetic worker. How her place will be filled we know not, nor by whom, but some good seeds have been sown that may yet make our hearts glad with the sight of a fruitful harvest. "My word shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please" (Isa. lv:), are very consoling words in this case as we think of our mission and its loss, but we may be sure that she is