_President Women's Auxiliary Conference, Boston, Mass._
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Though I had had but comparatively little correspondence with Miss
Ellis, that little had made me regard her as a personal friend, and
I felt especially drawn towards her after I learned about her
deafness, for that was my own mother's trial for many years. It is
a comfort to think that all suffering and weakness are over for
her; and so we can but rejoice that she has entered upon the
blessed life, although the feeling of loss must be very great. I
have thought often of Mr. Beach's sudden death last summer, during
the last few weeks, and I was glad to tell our friends, at the
meeting the other day, of Miss Ellis's tender, helping sympathy for
his mother and sisters at that time. I think one can hardly help
feeling that perhaps Miss Ellis and the young friend whom she had
led to a bright and happy faith may already have met and rejoiced
together in the heavenly life. Much sympathy has been expressed
here for Miss Ellis's father. I hope that the thought of all that
she has gained is a constant comfort and help to him.