BIB_ID
423866
Accession number
MA 2092.37
Creator
McNabb, Vincent, 1868-1943.
Display Date
Leicester, England, 1910 April 8.
Credit line
Gift of H. Bradley Martin, 1960.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.2 x 19.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postage stamp and postmarks to "Miss Cooper, / The Paragon / Richmond / Surrey."
Written from "Holy Cross Priory, / Leicester" on stationery printed with the address.
Amy Cooper Ryan (1863-1910), Edith Cooper's sister and Katherine Bradley's niece, died on January 22, 1910.
This letter is part of a collection of correspondence by and to Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper dating from 1888 to 1910. See the collection record for more information (MA 2092.1-48).
Written from "Holy Cross Priory, / Leicester" on stationery printed with the address.
Amy Cooper Ryan (1863-1910), Edith Cooper's sister and Katherine Bradley's niece, died on January 22, 1910.
This letter is part of a collection of correspondence by and to Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper dating from 1888 to 1910. See the collection record for more information (MA 2092.1-48).
Provenance
Gift of H. Bradley Martin, 1960.
Summary
Referring to the death of Miss Cooper's sister; saying, "Your letter was the olive-branch proving that the heaped up waters had begun to go down. No wonder you sing, and would dance. How many of the psalms speak of the waters 'all thy billows have gone over me.' The sea alone of natures forces is always singing[.] The wind sings only now & then. Our little Deo Gratias goes up to God for the banished sorrow. Later on we shall thank Him most for the sorrow that still is left. He does not mean you to be crushed. Good Friday without Easter-Dawn is none of God's making. Indeed the one is but the threshold to the other. You must let Him toss you whither He will; if His pleasure is to play with the children of men. You are always in my prayers; & I need no assurance that I am always in yours. May we both abide in the hands of God."
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