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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. 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
r efforts were in vain. Gradually he became weaker, and then without a struggle he passed away. His last words to his wife were: "I have planted four saplings in these woods; I must now leave them to your care." Mrs. Garfield carried her burden of sorrow to that Heavenly Father whom she had learned to trust 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 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. STRICKEN MAN THEIR EFFORTS WERE IN VAIN GRADUALLY HE BECAME WEAKER AND THEN WITHOUT A STRUGGLE HE PASSED AWAY HIS LAST WORDS TO HIS WIFE WERE I HAVE PLANTED FOUR SAPLINGS IN THESE WOODS I MUST NOW LEAVE THEM TO YOUR CARE MISSUS GARFIELD CARRIED HER BURDEN OF SORROW TO THAT HEAVENLY FATHER WHOM SHE HAD LEARNED TO TRUST 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
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