New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-04
AUTHORIZES WIFE on HIS DEATH.
A Letter copied IN Mrs. J. I. Fieldss Diary

MONDAY NIGHT.
BELOVED: When ] see that deserved moth
ing and that nv Father gave me the richest destiny
for many years of time to which eternity Is to De
added am struck dumb with an ecstasy of graft
tude, and let 90 my mortal hold with an aw1ul SuD,
mission, and without q murmur. l stand hushed
into an inetfable peace which cannot measure nor
understand. Ii therefore must be that peace which
"passeth all understanding" feel that his Joy Is
such as - the heart of man cannot conceive and
shall not then rejoice, who loved him so far beyond
myselff If did not at once share his 0eatltudei
should be one with him now in essential essence
All. thanks be to God who gives mo this proOf-be-
yOnd all possible dOubt-that we are not and never
can DO divided!
fmy faith bear this test. is it not beyond the
utmost scope and vision of calamiyW Need ever
fear again any possible dispensatlon if can stand
serene when that presence Is reit from me when
believed must instantly die 20 lose Where y
Sod is thar supporting, inspiring, protecting, en-
tTancng presence which surrounded me with safety
and supreme content"
" IL Is with you, my child" satin the LOrd, ana
scemeth only 10 Ue gOnc!" "
"Ycs, my Father know have not lost it, be-
cause still live | will he glad. Thy, VIII be
done' From child have truly believed that GOd
was all good aud all wise, and feel assured that no
event could shake my belief To-day know II.
This is the whole, No more can be asked Oh oIod'
There can be no death nor los for me for eVermore
] stand far within the veil that The hght from
Gods cOuntenaucc can never BE hidden from me tor
one 1nomont of the eternal day. now nor then G0d
gave me the of tmc the blossom OF the ages 10
call my own for twenty-five years OF human me.
God has satisfied wholly mT lnsatldOie hearJ
with q perfect love that t~nscend' my dreams he
has dcCTCcl this earthly HE q mere court Oh Jhe
house not made with hands eternal IN TIE heavens
On yc, dear heavenly Father, Il Will be glad
tlnt my darling has suddenly escaped from the rude
lars and hurts Of this outer court, ana when was
not aware that an asge, comfy drew MN Wltnh
the palacc-door that turned on h"i'el'sS eoiaeh
hinges drew him i'm because ne weary.
God glvc to His beloved sleep And then an
awaking which will require no more restoring SUM
bcT
hold, the presence Of the glOrlcd freed spirit lie
was so beautiful here, that he Will not need much
change 10 become shining one! How easily
shall know HIM when my children have done with
me- aud perhaps the angel Will draw me gently also
within the paiacC-dOOr If do not faint, but truly
live, Thy viii be done"
last Monday did not those myriad little white lliy-
bells ring IN for him the eternal year OF peace rs
they clustered and hung around ne majestic temple
i'm which he once lived with God They rang out,
too that lorlly incense that can come only from a
hy large or small. What lovely ivory sculpture
round the edge saw it all, even al that breath
less moment, when knew that all that was visible
was about TO be shut out from ue for my future
mortal life. saw all the beauty, ana the tropical
yorgrou-uos of odor that enriched Oh. air from your
peerless, wreath stepped ne III Paradise. we We're
the new AdauIaud new Eve again. and walked IN
the garden I'm ihe cool of the dry, and there was not
yet death only the voice OF the Lord But indeed
il seems to me that now again there Is no death.
His life has swallowed II up.
DO not lear lrm', dark hours | think there
is nothing dark for me hence forth. have to do
only with the present and the present Is light ana
rest. Has not the everlasting
Morning spread
over mo her rich slrprse =
have no more to ask but that may be able TO
comfort ali who mourn as | am cOmtOrted. IL
could bear all sorrow / would be glad, because God
has turned for me the silver lining; aud Tor me tho
darl,Slt cloud has broken into ten thousand singing
birJs-a, saw In my dream that told you. SO IN
another dream long ago, God showed me gold
thread passing through each mesh OF u black pail
thar seemed TO shut out the sun. comprehend all
now. before did not doubt. Now God says III soft
tuuudcrs-Eyen so!
Your faithful friend.
SOPHIA HAWTHORNE.