was felt at first on her account; but her strength rapidly failed with no power to rally. So gently and quietly did she sink into the arms of her Saviour, that it could hardly be perceived when she drew her last breath. Her countenance, as lovely in death as it had been in life, did indeed seem to bear the impress of that unspeakable joy into which she had entered: and truly "she being dead, yet speaketh."

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Bright and silvery is the light

Her footsteps leave behind;

Where shall we find again a heart,
So tender, true, and kind?

She leaves a blank, none else can fill
To us still lingering here!

But in yon world of light and love,
She finds a kindred sphere!

For there, with all the ransomed host,
Washed in their Saviour's blood,

She sings the song of praise to Christ,
Who brought them home to God!"

ANNE FRANK, 63 21 1 mo. 1874 Clevedon. A Minister. Wife of John Frank.

This dear Friend was the second daughter of the late Samuel and Elizabeth Capper, and was born at Nursteed near Devizes in the year 1810. When she was about ten years of age, her parents removed to Bristol, where she continued to reside with them until her marriage.

Anne Frank was accustomed to trace her earliest religious impressions to the instruction and example of a young woman Friend, Mary Andrews (afterwards Prideaux,) who was governess in the family. These impressions were strengthened in her youthful mind by observing the Christian walk of her dear father; to whose religious care for his family and for the labourers on his farm, she often referred in after life. During her early childhood she was a frequent visitor at her maternal grandfather's, Joseph Naish of Congresbury, for whose consistent character and conduct she ever retained a high esteem. She was a dutiful child, and her behaviour in the large family circle was peculiarly marked by unselfishness; but as she grew in years, the pleasures of the imagination obtained for a time an inordinate hold on her mind and affections. In some verses, dated 1830, she has recorded in vivid language

the zest with which she had pursued and enjoyed the ideal, to the comparative neglect of what was real and important. The same lines witness, however, that she had been enabled to make the surrender required of her in this respect; and thenceforth, it is believed, she sought without reserve to be an humble follower of her Lord and Saviour.

In the year 1837 she was deprived by death of her dear sister Rebecca Kidd; who was next in age to herself, and to whom she was warmly attached. The humble but unshaken trust in the love and mercy of her Redeemer, and the calm resignation evinced by this dying wife and mother, made a deep impression on her sister, as well as on others of the family.

In the following year Anne Capper became the wife of John Frank of Bristol, and shortly afterwards removed to Thornbury, on her husband's taking to an established school there. In 1847 they removed to Sidcot School, of which they had been appointed master and mistress. At both these schools, the conscientious and unselfish way in which Anne Frank discharged the arduous duties of her position, secured her the love and esteem of the children.

In the year 1843, whilst residing at Thorn

bury, she first spoke in a meeting for worship. Her gift gradually enlarged, and she was recorded as a Minister after her removal to Sidcot. The memoranda she has left evince a warm desire to be faithful, either by speaking or by remaining silent, as it was felt to be her duty. On six or seven occasions, she obtained minutes from her Monthly Meeting for religious service from home: and in this she was sometimes the companion of Emma Simpson of Melksham, to whom she felt closely united in Christian fellowship.

On again settling at Bristol with her husband in 1852, she received a minute, liberating her to accompany her dear father in the Tent Meetings which he was about to hold in Somersetshire. She had attended about half of the twenty-three held that summer, to the mutual comfort of both father and daughter, when she felt it her place to return home, to attend on her dear brother Thomas S. Capper, who had come back from a voyage, undertaken for the benefit of his health, in an advanced stage of pulmonary consumption. In about three weeks he was suddenly removed by hemorrhage; and in about the same time afterwards, her beloved and honoured father suddenly expired in the Meeting House at Weston-super-Mare, just after taking his seat.

These solemn events could not but be deeply affecting to Anne Frank, and for a time her health appeared to suffer from the acuteness of her feelings. But a state of resignation was granted her, and with it an abiding desire to walk in faith and obedience. Under date of First month, 31st, 1853, she thus writes :-"To-morrow my dearest father's testimony comes before the Monthly Meeting. May I settle down in earnest, humble, quiet, constant endeavour to be found in my duty; not seeking to be anything or nothing, but simply to follow what I believe to be right. May I often turn to those dear departed ones, whose chief desire was, I believe, to be found doing their Lord's will! Teach me to do Thy will, and lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies.'

In 1856 her husband's father, Arnee Frank, then nearly ninety years of age, was left a widower, and came to reside with his son in Bristol. It was felt a great pleasure by his daughter-in-law, to minister to the comfort of this aged disciple for the last two years of his life, and to witness in his case the triumph of faith over the accumulated infirmities of the earthly tabernacle. She was indeed a truly loving member of her family circle, and ever desirous