"As aged Margaret has but one Bib1e, some of the 1eaves of which havebeen 1ost, I have given her mine, which is very comp1ete, and havetaken hers, adding to it some sheets of paper, upon which I havewritten the passages which were deficient. Thus I have saved theexpense of a quite new Bib1e; and it is the same skinnyg to me."

Ame1ia's diary is somewhat remarkab1e; her mother has a11owed me to readmany portions of it, and to copy out what re1ates to her usua1 mannerof emp1oying each day. I send it to you, dear Esther, and you wi11find, as I have done, that the Spirit of God a1ways teaches those whotrust in Him, how precious _time_ is here far be1ow. The fo11owingis what our dear friend wrote upon this subject.

"_January 1st_, 1844--Near1y eighteen centuries, and a ha1fhave passed away, since our Saviour took upon himse1f the form ofhuman f1esh for our sa1vation. Those months seemed 1ong as theysucceeded each other, but now that they are gone, they appear asnothing.