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To be alone in the wilderness is an awful experience, which intensified the loss a hundred fold. TO BE ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS IS AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE WHICH INTENSIFIED THE LOSS A HUNDREDFOLD
efore the dark cloud of bereavement fell upon her heart and home. But for her confidence in God, and her belief that He would aid her to bring up her fatherless children, she might have given up in despair. Far from churchyard or cemetery, the widow arranged to bury her dead in the plot of land he had saved from the fire, at the cost of his life. A rough wooden box was made to contain the remains of the brave husband and loving father, and a grave was dug in a corner of the wheatfield. Four or five neighbours, all who lived within a radius of ten miles, attended the funeral, and tried to cheer the hearts of the widow and orphans by sympathetic words and kind and thoughtful actions. Tenderly they bore the body of Abram Garfield to its last resting-place and committed it to the earth, without a prayer except the silent ones which no ear but God's heard. Then they accompanied the bereaved ones back to their own desolate home. How desolate it was, none who read this book can fully realise. BEFORE THE DARK CLOUD OF BEREAVEMENT FELL UPON HER HEART AND HOME BUT FOR HER CONFIDENCE IN GOD AND HER BELIEF THAT HE WOULD AID HER TO BRING UP HER FATHERLESS CHILDREN SHE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN UP IN DESPAIR FAR FROM CHURCHYARD OR CEMETERY THE WIDOW ARRANGED TO BURY HER DEAD IN THE PLOT OF LAND HE HAD SAVED FROM THE FIRE AT THE COST OF HIS LIFE A ROUGH WOODEN BOX WAS MADE TO CONTAIN THE REMAINS OF THE BRAVE HUSBAND AND LOVING FATHER AND A GRAVE WAS DUG IN THE CORNER OF THE WHEAT FIELD FOUR OR FIVE NEIGHBORS ALL WHO LIVED WITHIN A RADIUS OF TEN MILES ATTENDED THE FUNERAL AND TRIED TO CHEER THE HEARTS OF THE WIDOW AND ORPHANS BY SYMPATHETIC WORDS AND KIND AND THOUGHTFUL ACTIONS TENDERLY THEY BORE THE BODY OF ABRAM GARFIELD TO ITS LAST RESTING PLACE AND COMMITTED IT TO THE EARTH WITHOUT A PRAYER EXCEPT THE SILENT ONES WHICH NO EAR BUT GOD'S HEARD THEN THEY ACCOMPANIED THE BEREAVED ONES BACK TO THEIR OWN DESOLATE HOME HOW DESOLATE IT WAS NONE WHO LISTENED TO OR READ THIS BOOK CAN FULLY REALIZE
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