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THlE LADIES' REPOSITOR.
Or seven years-and gone home to enjoy communion and fellowship with the "Father," and with Christ, the "elder brother."
No longer a "suppliant" at "heaven's gate," she enjoys the full
fruition of all her hopes and joys. She enjoyed a foretaste of
heaven on the night of the 3d of July. Christian friends gathered
around her, and listened with rapture to the triumphant expressions which fell so rapidly from her lips. Fearing she would exhaust her feeble strength, they urged her to rest. "Rest!" she
exclaimed. "Why, God has given me this opportunity in direct
answer to prayer offered for six years, and shall I not use this
strength to his glory? Why, I sent for you on purpose to visit
with you once more, and tell you how good God has been to me."
But Amy was too anxious to go, and, although as morning
dawned disappointment was visible in every feature, she only
whispered, "I will wait God's time." Six weeks longer she
lingered, dying daily, yet peacefully she folded her hands upon
her breast, and with her beaming eye fixed upward she passed
away. Farewell! May we, when perfected through suffering,
be able also to gain admittance to those heavenly mansions l
then, as Amy herself testified, "we shall be satisfied."
MARRIAGE OF A CONTRIBUTOR.-The same mail
that brings us intelligence of the death of one of our
contributors informs us of the marriage of another.
As one of our poets is translated to the richer joys
of the better world, another enters into a new earthly
joy. Miss Felicia H. Ross we know has been a favorite with many of our readers, and has sung for us
some of our best songs. WVe wish her great joy and
enduring happiness in her new estate, and hope we
will still be permitted to write among the names of
our contributors of poetry that of Mrs. Felicia Ross
Johnson.
THE REPOSITORY FOR I869.-We write the concluding lines of another volume, and with them close
another year's labor. Like so many of its predecessors, it has been a successful year. Our friends have
never yet failed to come up to the measure of our
faith in them. A year ago we were anxiously considering what policy to pursue with regard to the Repository for I868. There was a call for the reduction
of the price of our periodicals, and the Agents desired if possible to comply with this demand. While
they did reduce the price of the Advocates they found
it impossible to do so with the Repository without
sutffering loss. So we went out before the people
with the price as it had been, and believed that our
friends would rather see the magazine enlarged and
improved than reduced a few cents in cost and deteriorated in value. Our faith was realized, and instead of losing in our list, we had a handsome increase in subscribers. This fact is only one among
many evidences that the first desire of our people is
to have a good magazine, elegant and creditable to
the Church in its mechanical finish, and high-toned
and valuable in its literary character.
In the modifications of the present year we endeavored to adapt the Repository more generally to
the wants of the whole family, departing somewhat
from the character of a magazine exclusively for ladies,
and making a home monthly that would be welcomed
by all the members of the household. This was indcorsed by the people and approved by the General
Conference, which ordered us to advance farther in
this direction, and while maintaining the character of
an elevated and elegant ladies' magazine, to give
greater variety and wider adaptedness to its contents.
We obey orders, and our January number will alppear first of all in a new cover, a beautiful design executed by Henry L. Stephens, one of the finest artists
of the country. As significant of our enlarged scope
we have also made an addition to the name, and
hereafter will appear as THE LADIES' REPOSITORY
AND HOME MAGAZINE.
Our two steel engravings will be retained in each
number. We can not spare either of them. We
tried it, but, like poor Paddy with his children, we
could not make up our mind which to let go, and so
keep both. To leave out either of them looked as if
a dear friend had suddenly become bald. But we
intend to introduce into the body of the magazine a
number of fine wood illustrations, the number and
the quality of which must depend on the size of our
subscription list. We have determined not to advance any on the sul)scription-price, and as at present
our margin of profit is a very small one, how far we
shall be able to go in this new feature will depend on
what our friends will do for us. If, as all seem to
think will be the result, this addition of wood-illustrations and this wider adaptation of the Repository
to the wants of the family, will bring us a handsome
increase of subscribers, say at least 5,o0o more, then
we will be able to make this an interesting and valuable feature of the Repository. It is an experiment
with us and also with our firiends; we must beg you
to help us; give us a good increase of our subscription list, and bear with us while we are gradually
" going on unto perfection." For the literary matter
of our new volume we have made ample arrangements, and think we can promise our readers that we
can beat ourselves next year. And now for one more
effort for our family magazine.
OuR ENGRAVINGS.-Mr. Jones has furnished an
excellent vignette of Mr. Punshon, and from various
sources we have compiled a sketch of his life and an
appreciative notice of his gifts and power as a pulpit
orator. We think the artist has succeeded admirably
in catching the facial figure and expression of the
great preacher. "The Homestead" is one of those
beautiful, peaceful landscapes, which must please
every body, and in painting which Mr. Whittridge
has gained great popularity. We are under great
obligations to Mr. Butler, of New York, the owner
of the original of this picture, for the use of it, and
also for the use of several other elegant paintings
which have adorned the Repository.
ARTICLES ACCEPTED.-Woman in War-Time;
Some Under-Currents of Modern History; Schiller's Relation to Christianity; The British Museum;
Madame de Lafayette; The Autumn Hills; OpenAir Preaching; Buried Treasures; Perfect through
Suffering; Our Record; The Itinerant's Bride.
ARTICLES DFCLINED.-The First Brothers; Milton's Ode on the Nativity; The Smile of God; Two
Little Boys; The Midnight Guest; Musings; Little
Children; The Old Man to his Wife; Autumn
Reverie.
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