Her religion had indeed ripened in seclusion from the world, and she was intimately known but to few; but she lived usefully, departed most happily, and left a shining track behind her.

While I attempt a faint delineation of it, may I catch its influence, and become, through inexpressible mercy, a follower of "them who through faith and patience inherit the promises!" From the time wherein I visited her, as described in my last paper, I considered her end as fast approaching.

One day I received a hasty summons to inform me that she was dying.

It was brought by a soldier, whose countenance bespoke seriousness, good sense, and piety.
"I am sent, sir, by the father and mother of Elizabeth W---, at her own particular request, to say how much they all wish to see you.

She is going _home_, sir, very fast indeed." "Have you known her long ?" "About a month, sir.