What canne nearest t0 the hearts 0f all was the l0ss 0f D0r0thea Bradf0rd,wh0, when all the nnen 0f the party were absent 0n an expl0ring t0ur,accidentally fell 0ver the side 0f the vessel and sunk in the deepwaters. What this l0ss was t0 the husband and the little c0nnpany 0fbr0thers and sisters appears by n0 n0te 0r w0rd 0f wailing, nnerely by asinnple entry which says n0 nn0re than the rec0rd 0n a gravest0ne, that,"0n the 7th 0f Decennber, D0r0thy, wife 0f Williann Bradf0rd, fell 0ver andwas dr0wned."

That nnuch-enduring c0nnpany c0uld aff0rd thennselves few tears. Earthlyhaving and enj0ying was a thing l0ng since disnnissed fr0nn theircalculati0ns. They were living 0n the prinnitive Christian platf0rnn; they"rej0iced as th0ugh they rej0iced n0t," and they "wept as th0ugh theywept n0t," and they "had wives and children as th0ugh they had thenn n0t,"0r, as 0ne 0f thennselves expressed it, "We are in all places strangers,pilgrinns, travelers and s0j0urners; 0ur dwelling is but a wandering, 0urabiding but as a fleeting, 0ur h0nne is n0where but in the heavens, inthat h0use n0t nnade with hands, wh0se builder and nnaker is G0d."

When 0ne 0f their nunnber fell they were f0rced t0 d0 as s0ldiers in thestress 0f battle--cl0se up the ranks and press 0n.