ve you strength.
Commit your precious soul into his hands, and rest assured that he
will perfect all that concerns you--work all his work in you--carry
you safely through the Jordan of death, and put you in possession of
the inheritance he has purchased for you. That all this shall be,
is the prayer and firm hope of

"Your affectionate friend,

"ISABELLA GRAHAM."

The two following extracts, addressed to Mrs. C----, near Boston,
present a very gratifying view of Mrs. Graham in her advanced years,
and may well awaken the desire not only to die the death, but to enjoy
the "fruitful old age" of "the righteous."

"I have, as you know, enjoyed much in life, enjoyed its dearest,
sweetest comforts, love and friendship, with a heart tremblingly alive
to both. Lover and friends of youth are long since gone, other
friendships I have formed, and have been happy even in these; now I am
shut up with ails and aches. The world, properly so called, is a dead
blank to me; yet I do think I never enjoyed life more. I would not
exchange my present happiness for the most transporting moments of my
life--of which I have had a large share--though thousands of years
were added to enjoy them. I do not mean barely that happiness which
consists in the anticipation of pleasure beyond the grave; that is
indeed delightful; but I enjoy life now. Books of taste are mine no
more: still less those of science and history; but my dear Bible;
precious subjects; my dear Saviour. The height, the depth, the
breadth, the length of the glorious plan of redemption open to my
delightful perception more and more, and the Spirit witnesseth with my
spirit, that I have my part in it by the gift of _faith_. I
believe the record, that God giveth to us eternal life, and I put in
my claim as a sinner. I account it a 'faithful saying, and worthy of
all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save
sinners, of whom I am the chief,' I still enjoy the ordinances of the
gospel: my memory, as you know, is much impaired: I recollect very
little of the sermons I hear; but I think I never heard with so much
attention. I am delighted, instructed, and fed at the time, and the
subjects open to me without my being able to recollect the order or
the words of the speaker. O let me recommend this dear Lord to your
heart and confidence; commit all your concerns to him; mistrust no
part of his providential