ription:

"Give her of the fruits of her hands, and let her own works
praise her in the gates."--PROV. Chap. xxxi., 31.

Our pilgrimage was accomplished. It was, though in a foreign city, a
pilgrimage to an English Shrine--for it was to the grave of an English
woman--pure and good. On the 16th of September, 1847, at the early age
of thirty-one, Grace Aguilar was laid in that cemetery, far from the
England she loved so well--the bowl was broken, the silver cord was
loosed!

We cannot conclude this tribute to the memory of one we loved,
respected, and admired, without extracting a portion of an address
presented to her by several young Jewish ladies, before her departure
for Germany. Had the gift which accompanied it been of the richest and
rarest jewels, and offered by the princes of this earthly world, it
could not have been as acceptable as it was, coming from the hearts and
hands of the maidens of her own faith.

We would simply add that the address is a proof, if proof were needed,
that Jewish ladies not only feel and appreciate what is refined, and
high, and holy, but know how to express their feelings beautifully and
well. Its orientalism does not detract from its pure and sweet
simplicity:

"DEAR SISTER:--Our admiration of your talents, our
veneration for your character, our gratitude for the eminent
services your writings render our sex, our people, our
faith,--in which the sacred cause of true religion is
embodied, all these motives combine to induce us to intrude
on your presence, in order to give utterance to sentiments
which we are happy to feel, and delighted to express. Until
you arose, it has, in modern times, never been the case,
that a woman in Israel should stand forth, the public
advocate of the faith of Israel, that with the depth and
purity which is the treasure of woman, and the strength of
mind and extensive knowledge that form the pride of man, she
should call on her own to cherish, on others to respect, the
truth as it is in Israel. You, sister, have done this, and
more. You have taught us to know and appreciate our own
dignity; to feel and to prove that no female character can
be more pure than that of the Jewish maiden, none more pious
than that of the women in Israel. You have vindicated our
social and spiritual equality in the faith; you have, by
your excellent example, triump