Excerpt from Mary M. Chase and Her WritingsTwo years ago, word came to me, like the startling toll of the village church bell, that the life of your daughter Mary was ebbing fast. I broke from busi ness, and sought out the yet unknown way among the silent hills to your retired home. You met me at the door, took my hand, - for you knew me, though you had never seen me, and led me with quiet step to her bedside. The ¿ush of setting life was on her cheek, and the brightness of a glory soon to be revealed shone from her dark eyes, as she said with a smile of earnest greeting, 'i thank thee, for I wished to see thee again before I die.' Then she spoke words of faith and h0pe and joy, so full of beauty and truth. Hard it is, ' she said, 'to part with friends, my cup of life has mantled to over¿owing with choice wine, but Heaven now is nigh, and soon I shall drink it new in my Father's kingdom.' And then in animating words of encouragement for the life before me and.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.