The days and the nights of distress,
We see her in anguish no more--
She's gained her happy release.

No sickness, or sorrow, or pain,
Shall ever disquiet her now;
For death to her spirit was gain,
Since Christ was her life when below.

Her soul has now taken its flight
To mansions of glory above,
To mingle with angels of light,
And dwell in the kingdom of love.

The victory now is obtained;
She's gone her dear Saviour to see;
Her wishes she fully has gained--
She's now where she longed to be.

The coffin, the shroud, and the grave
To her were no objects of dread;
On Him who is mighty to save,
Her soul was with confidence stayed.

Then let us forbear to complain,
That she is now gone from our sight;
We soon shall behold her again,
With new and redoubled delight."

Mrs. Graham's death created a strong sensation in the public
mind. Magistrates of the city were careful to express their sense of
the public loss sustained, and many charitable institutions paid
affectionate tributes to her memory. Several clergymen also made her
death the subject of their discourses, among whom was her beloved
pastor, Dr. JOHN M. MASON, who, on Sabbath evening, Aug. 14, delivered
the well-known powerful sermon, "CHRISTIAN MOURNING," from 1 Thess.
4:13, 14: "I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have
no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."

Contrasting the consolations afforded to the Christian with the
darkness and doubt of the pagan or infidel; dwelling on the
Christian's death as "sleeping in Jesus;" his immediate entrance into
bliss, and his glorious resurrection and reigning with Christ in the
judgment, he thus proceeds:

"In this faith the apostles labored and the martyrs bled. Ages
have elapsed and it is still the same. It is not a distant wonder; not
a brilliant vision; but a solid and present reality, under the power
of which at this moment, while the words are on my lips, Christians,
in various parts of the world, are closing the