The melancholy intelligence of your sister's death has
grieved me more than I can express, and I beg to render you
my heartfelt sympathy. Truly we live in a world where solemn
shadows are continually falling upon our path--shadows that
teach us the insecurity of all temporal blessings, and warn
us that here "there is no abiding place." We have, however
the blessed satisfaction of knowing that death cannot enter
that sphere to which the departed are removed. Let hope and
faith, my dear friend, mingle with your natural sorrow. Look
to that future where the sundered ties of earth are reunited.
Very sincerely yours,