e head bowed
over the sacred book, and the tearful voice read of the glories of that
land whither the wearied one was going. Fainter and fainter grew the
breath; and as the child read the words, _"And the city hath no need of
the sun or moon to lighten it, for the Lamb is the light thereof,"_ the
lids closed over the sightless eyes here--but opened there, where the
Lamb is the light. Grannie Burt was in heaven.

Long she listened for His footsteps,
Echoing from those streets of gold--
Now just within the pearly gates,
She is no longer old.

The pilgrim-staff is broken--
The worn-out garment fold
And lay away for ever,--
She is no longer old.

Farewell, farewell, our mother!
Our greatest joy is told,
As we fold the aged hands and say,
She is no longer old.

Twice have the trees blossomed, and twice the autumn leaves fallen,
since first we met our little friend Nannie. We have given but a few
pages in the life of those few years; there have been many others--some,
perhaps, in which the little girl forgot to ask for help in her trying,
and therefore failed.

It may seem hard to be trying on and on, never yielding to
discouragement; but if you should see Nannie's bright eyes and happy
face, you would not think so; and if you should ask Nannie if she was
tired of trying, I think she would answer, _"Her ways are ways of
pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."_

We may perhaps hear of Nannie again, and of the success which always
follows faithful effort. But whether we do or not, I can let you into
the secret of her future life. Here it is in these words:--

_"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but the woman that feareth
the Lord, she shall be praised."_

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