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witnessed her sufferings and watched her incurable disease,
—you will feel resigeiii and thankful to God, as I am,
when I now inform you that she has found peace ; that God
has taken her away from us. When I wrote to you last
Tuesday, she was still happy; found enjoyment in her
home and in the society of her family, in conversing with
them. Towards evening the same day her pains increased.
The remedies which were given to her to alleviate her pain
gave hier no relief. The same was the case the following
morning; and now began, oh, merciful God! such horrible
agonies. The’ doctor arrived about noon. The medicine
which he prescribed gave her relief for a time, for which
we thanked God. But her strength began suddenly to
give way, and the pains began again. Hands and feet be-
came cold, and I felt that her Redeemer was approaching.
She suffered a great deal during the night. In the early
part of it, Hedda, although continually lying in bed, was
constantly on the point of swooning. At last she fell
asleep, and when she awoke she felt a heavenly joy. She
said repeatedly how happy she was, how free from pain;
she praised God, embraced us all; her eyes shone with a
loving, glorified lustre, and her frequent, deep-drawn sighs
seemed to announce her approaching dissolution. It came
at last; but she had still moments of great suffering ; they
passed away, and she fell asleep peacefully and quietly like
a child. She died at a quarter past ten this morning.
Agatha has patiently and unceasingly sat like a comforting
angel beside her bed. Poor, dear Agatha! Nobody loses
in the departed one so much as she does. Hedda is now
lying there so peacefully and quietly, and all her sufferings
are ended. F » who has shared with us the anguish
of these last days, like a son and a brother; K , and
Frances, and several more, have to-day been sitting round
her bed, wept over her, and said how good, how amiable
she was. Yes, during these days she has been like an angel
in human shape. What she said was so full of love, of
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