“Do men die thus? And is it this to die?”
All through the years that came and went in her beautiful home, of which she was the chief charm, she carried the memory and influences of that last hour of Jacob Rosevelt’s life, and it seemed to be an added link in the golden chain that bound her soul to their common God.
The thought of it was like a strain of heavenly music, making her life rich with melody. It was like a breath from the flowers of Paradise, perfuming all around her.
Her husband worshiped her—reverently, as a gift from the Divine Hand; her children “sat at her feet and learned of her,” and, rising up, “called her blessed;” while all who knew her likened the influence of her lovely example, the luster and beauty of her life, to the “transit” of some bright “star.”
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