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that were once loved were loved to the end; but this did not prevent the
bestowment of an equal amount of affection on a successor." To quote
the words of another, speaking of Mrs. Mary Ware, who, placed in similar
circumstances to Mrs. Judson, showed the same noble superiority to a
common weakness of her sex: "She had no sympathy and little respect for
that narrow view which insists that the departed and the living cannot
share the same pure love of the same true heart. With regard to a former
wife--'she was the nearest and dearest to him'--she would say, 'how then
can I do otherwise than love and cherish her memory?' And _her_ children
she received as a precious legacy; they were to her from the first
moment like her own; neither she nor they knew any distinction."

Since writing the above, we have seen a poem, entitled "Love's Last
Wish," addressed to her husband, by Mrs. Judson when she thought herself
near death, which expresses so beautifully the sentiment we have here
attributed to her, that, did our limits permit, we would copy the whole.
We can only give an extract.

"Thou say'st I'm fading day by day,
And in thy face I read thy fears;
It would be hard to pass away
So soon, and leave thee to thy tears.
I hoped to linger by thy side,
Until thy homeward call was given,
Then silent to my pillow glide,
And wake upon thy breast in heaven.

* * * * *

"I do not ask to be forgot;
I've read thy heart in every line,
And know that there one sacred spot,
Whate'er betide, will still be mine,
For death but lays its mystic spell
Upon affection's earthliness,--
I know that, though thou lov'st me well,
_Thou lov'st thy sainted none the less_.

* * * * *

And when at last we meet above,
Where marriage vows are never spoken,
_We all shall form one chain of love_,
Whose spirit-links can ne'er be broken."

Of Mrs. Judson's happiness in her married and missionary life, we feel
bound to say a few words, because the tone of some articles, written
since her death, would lead to the impression that, so far from having
had any enjoyment as a wife, a mother, and a missionary, she had
sacrificed not only all her literary aspirations, but her whole earthly
happiness to her desire to benefit the heathen. Thus one widely
circulated article speaks of her missio