"
"Well, whether or not, Bryan, the advice I'm goin' to give you is
never out o' saison. Live always with the fear of God in your heart;
do nothing that you think will displease Him; love your
fellow-creatures--serve them and relieve their wants an' distresses as
far as you're able; be like your own father--kind and good to all about
you, not neglectin' your religious duties. Do this, Bryan, an' then when
the hour o' death comes, you'll feel a comfort an' happiness in your
heart that neither the world nor anything in it can give you. You'll
feel the peace of God there, an' you will die happy--happy."
Her spirit, animated by the purity and religious truth of this simple
but beautiful morality, kindled into pious fervor as she proceeded,
so much so indeed, that on turning her eyes towards heaven, whilst she
uttered the last words, they sparkled with the mild and serene light of
that simple but unconscious enthusiasm on behalf of all goodness which
had characterized her whole life, and which indeed is a living principle
among thousands of her humble countrywomen.
"This, dear Bryan, is the advice I gave to them all; it an' my love is
the only legacy I have to lave them. An' my darlin' Dora, Bryan--oh, if
you be kind and tendher to any one o' them beyant another, be so to
her. My darlin'Dora! Oh! her heart's all affection, an' kindness, an'
generosity.
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