It was hard to be reconciled to the death of one so young and so good and true as Julius; but we must not be selfish, but think what is our loss is the gain of those taken, many times. He may, through his spiritual influence, still care for and lead you all nearer to God. These "dark hours of life" bring us to know ourselves better; they call out our sympathy for our fellow-men; and, what is more than all, they bring us nearer to God, and thus they are not a mere cross of agony; therefore let us not murmur at our affliction, but still believe that God is good, and will so make our trials serve us that they may become _good_ to us.... We must trust God, who doeth all things for the best, and pray for strength and light to be given us. Our prayers may not always be answered as we ask, but they are answered in another way. "Pray, though the gift you ask for May never comfort your fears, May never repay your pleading; Yet pray, and with hopeful tears. An answer--not that you sought for, But diviner--will come one day: Your eyes are too dim to see it; Yet strive, and wait, and pray.[5] "How shalt thou bear the cross which now So dread a weight appears? Keep quietly to God, and think Upon the Eternal Years. "Bear gently, suffer like a child, Nor be ashamed of tears; Kiss the sweet cross, and in thy heart Sing of the Eternal Years."[6] [Footnote 5: A. A. Procter.] [Footnote 6: Faber.] The whole of Whittier's "Angels of Grief" and a poem by Ellerton are copied in addition. The correspondence was continued, occasionally, during Miss Ellis's life. Aug. 11, 1882, she wrote:-- "Young women, Miss----, have great influence over young men, and I hope you struggle to improve all those whom you know. Have you ever come across Frances Power Cobbe's 'Duties of Women'? It is a remarkably sensible book, and I feel as if every young girl ought to read it. I think you would do your young friends a service by owning it and passing it around among them. You can get it in paper for twenty-five cents. It is not a doctrinal work at all. She delivered the lectures in London, to women. Neither is it a Woman's Rights book altogether, but what any girl or young man, come to that, ought to do and practise. Are you going to resume school after vacation again, or what do you intend to turn your attention to?