Lady Victoria Campbell

FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE 39
teaching from Miss Johnstone. When at last, after
her serious illness, she remained at home her school-
room days were drawing to a close. A warm friend-
ship existed, however, between the two, who were not
by nature intended to understand each other. In
Miss Georgina's sisters, and notably in Miss Susan,
who temporarily replaced her for one winter at
Inveraray, she was to find much comfort and com-
panionship.
In 1904, sixteen years after leaving the family,
Miss Johnstone writes to her : " The approaching
22nd shall not come and go without bringing you a
few loving lines from me. If there is one memory
stronger than another concerning my first weeks at
Argyll Lodge, it is the mental impression of you
seated on the floor to ' put the ladybirds to bed/ on
that May 22nd, 1865. Through all the years that have
passed since then you have been safely led by the
Faithful Promiser. The Pillar of Cloud has sheltered
you under the heat of work and conflict, the Pillar
of Fire has led you in the dark night of sorrow and
travail, and sometimes you have been permitted to
rest by the waters of palmy Elim. Throughout all
these years you have been sustained by the Ever-
lasting Arms. May His Presence ever go up with
you, and give you rest through this wilderness world,
and hereafter everlasting joy in the heavenly
kingdom."
Earlier in her life, the elder sister in the home at
Brighton writes : "I cannot tell you how often I
think of you and the work in life which (as it seems