Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-07-20

weak, puny creatures of His hand regard
ing their fate. Whatever be my fate, Heaven
grant me submission and resignation to the
divine will help me to say from my heart,
Not my will, but Thine, o Lord, DO DONE
Lille looks 10 me Tonight like weary voy-
age. OH why is this world so full of mis-
cry? | must stop thinking; my thoughts
their voyage of life. Their last voyage
taken, and their last sleep in the deep,
deep sea- In the midst Of life we are in
DEATH They dreamed not of danger until
grim death stared them in the face"
Did she, in 1854, have floating before her
mind the idea that some tragical end await
ed her when she penned those words, "What-
ever be my fate2" We cannot tell, but now
those words seem almost prophetic. She,
at one time, spent several months as gov
erness in the family of rich planter of
Mississippi she also spent winter in
Florida as the companion of Mrs. Cole,
who went there in search of health. We
must speedily draw to a close, but l cannot
forbear quoting a few lines from a very
dear friend of Miss Brchard, n friend Of
her later years. She says: Having known
our friend only in recent years, we can on
ly imagine the brightness OF her childhood,
when our own beautiful green was her
playground, and the same silent hills with
which we hold converse day were per-
haps, the boundaries of the world TO her.
FROM tue supreme Deauly OIL ner ldleE
years we can easily fancy the charms of
her beautiful girlhood. We wonder at the
spirit of adventure and resolution which
early tempted her from the tenderness of
home to a journey to, and short residence
In the far South a rash undertaking for n
girl Of eighteen, when we consider the IA
cilities or non-faciiiies for travel at that
time, and we see in 1t a prophecy of the
marked character of later years." MRS.
Stedman.) She possessed so many amia-
BILE, beautiful, charming traits of character
that 1t seems almost invidious to select one
and say she excelled in this, but her fiial
affection was marked, full, clear and strong.
She sympathized most deeply with her fa-
Their in his great calamity, the loss of hear
ing, aud she heard for him. She left moth
ing undone for her parents which kindness
and thoughtful consideration could do.
She was kind, considerae, faithful sister
and friend. You miss her, greatly miss
her, as we all do. BY these beautiful traits
of character. Though dead, she yet speak
eth We all sympathize with you deeply;
your bereavement Is our bereavement we
feel n personal loss SO far as consolation
can be derived from friends and acquaint-
ances, you have it abuhdantly. The many
letters of coincidence you have received
from every part of the country show how
highly that daughter was esteemed. This
must he a great comfort TO you and then,
there is her character, so fair and unspotted,
that you can and do rejoice in 1t, and this
comfort no man taketh from you" This
is forever safe. May the grace and mercy
of God abound toward you, and in His
own time and way make this providence
and others that have belallen your family,
radiant with glory, and when you meet up
on the other shore, in the "sweet by and
by" you will see that goodness and mercy
followed YOU all your DAVIS