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<abbr epub:type="z3998:name-title">Mrs.</abbr> Rebecca Weston

by Mary Weston Fordham

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“For so He giveth His beloved sleep.”
She is not dead, but sleepeth;⁠— Ere long will the morning break, When those we love who sleep in Him, Shall from the dust awake.
She is not dead, but sleepeth;⁠— Soon, soon will the ransomed sing O! grave, where is thy victory? O! death, where is thy sting?

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