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Letters Of Rahel, 3 Vols. 8vo, 1834; And...
times united . Tliat which 1 so long regarded as a reproach , a bitter sorrow—to be a JewessI would not miss now for any- reward . '
thoug With ht tears on Jesus she added and wept : , ' M over y heart his is sorrows refreshed , I have within felt for me , the I have first
time that he is my brother . And Mary ! how much she endured ; she saw her beloved son sufferand yet she did not die—she stood
, at the cross ! I have never done this , I never could have done it : God pardon thisI acknowledge my weakness !'
" Three days afterwards , , Dr . von Stiiler evinced some hope of her case ; Hahel herself smiled at the good omen , she found life still
worth wishing for , and without abandoning those higher ideas in which she so confidently trustedshe turned lovingly to the offerings
, of the hour . A fine elder tree which had been presented to her the previous summer , by the Countess von Yorck , now unexpectedly
shot forth buds , which were brought to the invalid , who , sighing deeply , eagerly seized them and repeatedly kissed their delicate
leaves , for her the first and the last of the gifts of spring ! Her patience and resignation were inexpressible : ' We all desire to
forgive each other , ' she said more than once , ' and yet we mutually burthen each other . In heaven let us see one another again . '
One ~ day when Dora in addressing her used the accustomed term * Honored Lad' she quickly exclaimedas if freeing herself from
a load , ' The time y , is past for this , call me , Rahel ! ' This she said , not because thinking of an approaching farewellbut as an
aban-, donment of show and empty titles , since she was to dwell henceforward in the life of the spirit alone . The day following , Madame
von Arnim came with a message from the physician , and stood for awhile at the foot of the bedand spoke to the sufferer ; she always
, came as a minister from heaven and was now dismissed with affection and thanks . Rahel ' s only surviving brother , Maurice , and her
young niece Elise , had come to see her : many friends of both sexes also came with greetings and wishes for her recovery ; among the
rest , the Prince and Princess von Carolath called to inquire for heras they were on the next day to leave Berlin .
" , As the night of the 6 th approached , her symptoms appeared somewhat better . Hahel felt an irresistible desire to dress herself ,
and , as she would not be . denied , it was done with caution . She was lively while this was proceeding , showed much satisfaction at
having such a resp accomp ite as lished woul it d , admi seemed t of sleep to be . refreshed She bade , me and good antici ni pated ght ,
desired me to take restand commanded Dora to do the same , who however was not inclined , to obeyeven if she had had the
opt portunity ell me Itahel . I was was still awake ill : from , about the , midni moment ght , I when had Dora left her came she to very
had been struggling with increasing agony . The remedies we now lied were almost wholly unsuccessful , the sufferer , writhing in
the app arms of Doraoften cried aloud ; after a time she complained of her headsaid that , she felt as if a cloud was on it , and leant
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/26/
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