“ With characteristic energy and devotion to whatever line of labor absorbed her for the time, she brought all her powers to bear upon this work, sacrificing health, Destowing labor without measure, and, at the risk of loss, invested all her available means in the work of establishing a normal and training school for colored youth in Camden, S. C. In the prosecution of that work for the colored youth, she became a public speaker in their behalf, much against her natural inclination, and, before she was fully conscious of the transformation going on within her, lost herself in their cause. ”

“ Through her efforts, a model home and training school in Camden, S. C, has been established. Buildings have been erected and purchased, which will accommodate fifty pupils, and the school is sustained by the Woman s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of her works as an author, "Itinerant Side" (New York) , was her first venture. This was favorably received and went through many editions. "Little Jack Fee," a serial; "Young Life" (Cincinnati) , and "Hidden Treasure" (New York) followed. ”

“ Mather commenced their conjugal life on a farm among the hills of Hampden county, Mass., where they reared a family of eight children in rural plenty. The three daughters were converted in tneir youth through the labors of the Methodist ministry, and found their way to the Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Mass., during the presidencies of Rev. ”