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making her peace with God;-that she felt all at peace within her bosom."

On Saturday the 16th of May, she sank into a gentle slumber, which continued almost unbroken throughout the day; and at nine o'clock in the evening, her spirit passed away without pain or struggle, and, it is humbly hoped, was translated, through the mediation of her blessed Redeemer, to that rest which remaineth to the people of God.

And those who loved her best-in whose hearts her departure has left an aching void which they must bear with them to the grave-who feel that a light is taken from their path which nothing earthly can restore can yet thankfully and submissively acknowledge that "it is well!"-can rejoice to think of her in safety and repose; and, with spirits chastened like her own, can bless their Heavenly Father, that now, "of his great mercy," after the toils and trials of her mortal career, "He giveth his beloved sleep."

Her remains were deposited in a vault beneath St. Anne's Church in Dublin, almost close to the house where she died. A small tablet has been placed above the spot where she is laid, inscribed with her name, her age, and the date of her death, and with the following lines from a dirge of her own:

"Calm on the bosom of thy God,

Fair Spirit! rest thee now!

Ev'n while with us thy footsteps trode,

His seal was on thy brow.

Dust to its narrow house beneath!

Soul to its place on high!

They that have seen thy look in death,

No more may fear to die."

A similar memorial, bearing the following inscription, is erected in the Cathedral of St. Asaph, beneath one which is consecrated to the remembrance of her mother:

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ENGLAND AND SPAIN;

AND

WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE.

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