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PREFATORY MEMOIR.
whom I owe a deep debt of gratitude, availed nothing. She passed away from the earth, firmly relying on her Saviour Jesus Christ, and in perfect peace.
Why should these three young lives, so full of hope and work, be cut short, while I, old and almost infirm, linger on? I think I can dimly see that there is a fitness, a preparation required for the life beyond, which they had, and I have not. One day I shall see it all clearly. Blessed be the Lord. His will be done.
GOVIN CHUNDER DUTT.
Baugmaree Garden-House:
October 19, 1877.
