Lady Victoria Campbell

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ready for her, and a morning visit to this beloved
aunt is among the memories of the golden age. The
early sunshine lighting up the turret where she sat.
The eager, bright smile at the approach of the
children, " Goldie Locks " and " Wee Wifey " their
titles. The little ones played with her china parrots,
and a wondrous crystal scent-bottle with four
stoppers. On Sunday the picture Bible, and the
teaching of the Scottish paraphrases. To the elder
ones she was confidante and companion, and her home
in Edinburgh was the lodging-place of the brothers,
pursuing their studies at school and university.
There is no doubt that the Free Church carried
with it and created in its midst a spirit of Evangelical
fervour, lacking in the Church of Scotland at the
time. Lady Emma sought the ministry of Dr.
Candlish and Dr. Guthrie and other " lights," and
in their teaching found rest and the life of service
to which she devoted her time. In a letter written
near the end of her life to Lady Victoria, she reviews
the past in these words : —
July llth, 1879.
You dear small woman thinking of me. Yes,
I have had heavy hours there, but also much com-
fort, specially one season, when about twenty,
and many weeks in those two rooms. I dreaded
almost to leave them. But the place is terribly
dead — and forgive me for saying, specially the
Established Church — for what was most living
had to leave it, and the worst of the division to me