Lady Victoria Campbell

178 "AND THEY WAKEN'D THE MEN
seek other work seemed like a message/' In 1890,
she says : —
On Dec. 18th the dear Duchess of Northumber-
land " fell asleep." God only knows what a loss
she is to me. For the last few years it has been
such a deep, sacred friendship that I have seldom
spoken of it. How can I thank God enough for
her long, faithful sympathy ! Her one fear was that
of doing or being anything contrary to God's will.
" My darling, you will, I know, desire only to be
all your Heavenly Father would have you. Put
aside every other side-consideration, every motive
but one : can I do this thing ? Is it God's will
for me ? " Such are some of her sayings which seem
wafted back to me. I could not have believed her
loss could have given me such a sense of loneliness,
such a reawakening to the pain of my mother's
death, such a breaking of old ties. Three passages
of Scripture will for ever be associated in my mind
with her :
" For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have
replenished every sorrowful soul."
" Upon this I awaked, and beheld ; and my sleep
was sweet unto me."
" And He shall sit as a Refiner."
A visit to Mrs. Gordon, her " Mother President," at
Melrose was to her always a time of refreshing, and
in work and spiritual communion she received much
help from her old friend. Mrs. Gordon writes to her