. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. avering patience. For weeks she viewed the approachof death with entire composure, and spoke of her departure from earthas she would have spoken of going to the home of her childhood; sheknew in whom she had believed, and with joyful confidence committedinto his hands not only her own spirit, but the beloved ones she wasleaving. Grace triump
. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. avering patience. For weeks she viewed the approachof death with entire composure, and spoke of her departure from earthas she would have spoken of going to the home of her childhood; sheknew in whom she had believed, and with joyful confidence committedinto his hands not only her own spirit, but the beloved ones she wasleaving. Grace triumphed over the struggles of nature, and her hus-band, her infant daughter and orphan sisters were given up to him whohas said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. When her lipscould no longer utter the words of hope and love, when flesh andheart were failing, after a look of intense affection at each one whostood at her bedside, she raised her eyes on high, and as they werefixed there, a smile of ineffable sweetness and holy peace illumined hercountenance, and as gently as night dews descend, she ceased tobreathe. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me. Write,Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. New-York Observer, July 1, QX?vz^.t n^.^l;_^^
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