more for herself, and no time when her hospitalities were not without stint,--were it right, or were it desirable, to refer to facts and instances confirming this general statement,--we are sure it would be seen to be at the least worthy of honor and imitation. But the very thought of her disinterestedness, and _secret_ charities, checks and rebukes us. Before leaving England, she wrote the following letter to the two children in America. "_Waltham Abbey, June 19, 1830._ "MY DEAR CHILDREN:-- "It is a long time since I wrote to either of you, for I was ill for some weeks, and since I got well, I have been travelling almost every day, and have not had time to sit down quietly. But all this while I have thought much of you, particularly when I was lying on the bed sick. When I remembered how great was the distance which separated us from you, and how uncertain it was if we ever saw you again, I wished that I could be sure that you would always be good, doing that which would please God, that I might hope to be united to you again in heaven. You do not know how often your father and I have talked about you since we left you, or how anxious we have felt that you should improve; we hope to find that you have made a good use of the time of our absence, if we are ever permitted to see our home again; and how happy we shall be to have you with us, not to be separated again, I trust, for a long time!