Here, then, dead to the world, dead to all she loved most dearly, Itha consecrated herself body and soul to God for the rest of her earthly years.  If she suffered as the wild children of nature suffer, she was free at least from the cares and sorrows with which men embitter each other's existence.  Here she would willingly live so long as God willed; here she would gladly surrender her soul when He was pleased to call it home.