A P P E N D I X                   13

yourself to have a living commentary on the last chapter of
Proverbs" That chapter was read from the twelfth verse to
the conclusion, by Brother Smith, and Brother Fuller chose
as the text for his beautiful, hopeful discourse, "The gift of
God is eternal life, through our Lord Jesus the Christ".
  For nearly forty years Mattie and I have toiled together.
She took responsibility, financial and domestic from me,
and bore it herself. I trusted to her judgment, and felt that
all was well when she approved. And now, at night, I sit
alone where we used to sit together. I look around to see
her, but see only her empty chair. "