, 1873-05-13

ThlB record Of tho life and works Of two lovely
hand Of their attached friond, Mrs. Amos,
cannot fall to intereat all to whose homes
ing to tho almost entire absence OF
egotism on their part, the work Of tho authoress
has been ESPECIALLY difficult rs they loft no diary
or correspondence which could afford much
work wore: mostly gathered from tho rocollec-
tionB Of Mrs. A1nos and other frionds 1t is .
truly touching history, illustrating tho power to
do poBaossedl by tSo women with strong minds
md pure nnd gontle heartB,-women who COM
binod in their, organization that strength mud
womanhood at WHEN aii should aim, but
Tvhich which few ,i could reach in its perfoc-
cut day got their standards high, and
reach them in degreo only, how much better
would all mankind become; how much happier
tho homes how much truor and purer the
tho influence and memory! The tendor words Of
these two women hayo brought sympathy aud
cheer to nnuy weary heart have lifted tho
falling, strengthened the footsteps Of Wayfarors,
and left an influence behind thom which shall
long bo fols All cannot do their work in the
same mannor, but tho same work is open. to all
in greater Of loss degroe There IL much con-
tanned in tho words Of familiar hymn:
More careful, than to serve Tleo much,
To pleaso Thee perfectly.
The Cary sisters began life In IN humble farm
house, members Of a large family Of children,
who, with their parents, nll united by bond Of
loving sympathy, struggled under . burden Of
educational advantages which tboy toceiyod
wero such as could bo obtained at q common
distrot-school but these, with tho innate poe
ty Of their natures. Developed two
temporariea. Alice came to Now York IN
1850,-preylous to which she had written, aud
published, and obtained soma literary celebrity.
she WAS followed, In 1851, BY Phoebe and a
bic home, and worked, and finally owned u
pleasant and elegant home, where they lived, tho
centre OF circle Of cultivated and appreoiatiye
friends. Alico wrote and publi8hed much moro
each other,-Alice first, Phoebe after. Spending
their lives together, they were not long separated
by death. They numbered among their personal
friends many eminent mon and women,
but also for noble aims, lofty thoughts, and
heroic principles. To many readerB the hymn
BY Phoebe Gary, beginning.
Ono sweety-golemn thought
Comes to mo o'cr and DER,
is. very sweet and familiar. Tho writings Of
Alice are many and beautiful, among WHICH these
lines are noticeable:
The fisher droppeth has net In the atrtamt
Ana hupsrsd sresms sss @ tie n,ea; saWe 10
Aud what ~ It al when pll ts donc?
The net Of the dshor tho burden breaks,
And always tho dreaming tho dreamer wakea.
Each had belief in the thinness Of the CUT
tain which aeparates spiritual from material
bodies, and always felt thht tho spirits OF loved
onoB who had left their earthly bodies, hoyered
near them. Alice expresses it thua:
Laugh, YOU who mover had
Your dead como back but do not take from me
Tho harmlnsa comfort Of my foolish dream
That lhe1e, our mortal oyes,
Which outwazdly reflect Tho earth aud skies,
Do iutrovert upon eternity,
And that the shxpes you deem
Imagination, just "a clearly fall
Each from IL own divine original,
And through come aubter element OF u8he,
Upon the Inward apirituat eye,
Al do ths things which round about shcm lio.
asnss and material, on the etsoFnal asht.
The book also oonlutna poems by both hiBtora
which,, with d fow exceptions, hayc noycr bo-
fore baon published. There Is 9, narkcd differ
enoe in the style Of thcIr productions. Although
each possoBaed the Same poetic temperament,
thoy differed In their mAnners. persons, and
mental Idoyelopnents.' hnd pursued their work