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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 12, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 31, No. 22.

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Obituary Notices.

By Wm. H. Wild; J. H. W.; H. W. Lawrence; John Walton; Lenna A. Bowen; D. T. Taylor; Mrs. D. L. Truesdall

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.
FELL asleep in Jesus, in Orange, New Jersey, March 20, 1868, in the 84th year of her age, our dear sister, Jane Moody. She fell asleep in the blessed hope of soon being awakened by the trump of God, with all the sleeping saints, to sing the song of victory through the Lamb, on the free soil of Canaan. Our aged sister embraced the Advent faith in the fall of '42, and was a full believer in all the present truth. She had hoped to escape the grave by being translated; but she is numbered among the blessed who die in the Lord from henceforth. Her children mourn not as those who have no hope, for they expect to see their mother again, clothed in immortal beauty. Wm. H. Wild.
DIED, in Battle Creek, Mich., April 28, 1868, of consumption, Bro. Preston Dickinson, aged 60 years, 9 months, and 16 days. BRO. D. was born in Amherst, Mass. He embraced the second-advent faith in Jackson, Mich., in 1840, but remained in the Presbyterian church till 1847. He was among the first that embraced the Sabbath and the third angel's message in the State of Michigan, under the labors of Bro. Bates, in 1849, in Jackson. He was an invalid for the last eight years of his life, suffering with patience and Christian resignation; and fell asleep with the firm faith and hope that Jesus will soon come and call him from the grave. J. H. W.
DIED, in Brandon, N. Y., March 29, 1868, Bro. Calvin Farr, aged 72 years. He had diseased lungs, and had been quite sick for weeks in the winter, but was about until a relapse, 17 days previous to his death, proved fatal. His prospects were bright for the future. By request of the deceased, remarks were made by the writer to a large and attentive congregation, from 1 Cor. xv, 51–56. H. W. Lawrence.
DIED, Feb. 22, in Watrousville, Mich., Bro. Robert G. Butler, aged 74 years. Funeral discourse by Bro. Andrews. John Walton.
DIED, in Vernon Co., Wis., April 22, 1868, sister Sarepta R. Sutherland, aged 23. She embraced the Advent doctrine six years ago, and lived and died a firm believer in the resurrection. She was persecuted, but was ever mild, loving, and forgiving. We deeply mourn her loss, but we hope to meet at the resurrection morn. Lenna A. Bowen.
SISTER DIADAMA DAY, fell asleep in Jesus, at Chateaugay, N. Y., on the 28th of April, 1868, aged 75 years. Our sister sleeps with her companion, who was borne to the grave seven years ago, and both sleep in peace. She has been a Christian for more than half a century; was formerly connected with the Methodists, but latterly, until death, a Seventh-day Adventist, and has left a good record of her faith in Christ and the resurrection, with which blessed doctrines we tried to comfort the living, from Acts xxvi, 8. The morn of waking cannot be very far. Be of good cheer, O mourner. D. T. Taylor.
DIED, in the village of Darlington, Wis., Laura Stowell, wife of Lewis B. Stowell, aged 65 years and 2 months; formerly of North Paris, Me. Mother has been feeble in body the past year. A week or more previous to her last sickness, she was gaining rapidly, when through over exertion in the performance of a Christian duty, viz., visiting the sick, caught a severe cold, resulting in a hard, dry cough, which told upon her nervous system, and paralysis of the right arm followed; erysipelas set in, and she suffered much pain in her right shoulder. Yet she would help herself, and the evening before she was taken worse sat up over an hour, and remarked that she felt the best she had since she was taken sick, except she was weaker; but another shock of paralysis followed, depriving her of both speech and hearing, and for 46 hours her sufferings were intense. She retained her senses, recognizing us till the last.
Mother was among the first that advocated the near coming of Christ. While explaining her views from the Scriptures, one remarked, “You talk very much like a man by the name of Miller, now preaching His near coming in Portland.” She replied that she had heard nothing of it, and would give anything to see him, and afterward rode 50 miles to Portland, purchased books and papers, and spread them far and near.
The same zeal has been manifested all through the messages, after receiving light on the Sabbath, to spread this important truth among the Advent people. Seventh-day Baptist books were procured from Rhode Island, and she counted no sacrifice too dear for the cause of truth. It was her meat and drink to do the will of her Father in Heaven. Her basket is now filled with papers and books she had ready to take out to neighbors, waiting for a pleasant day.
What a change! She is now waiting in the cold grave for the resurrection morning, resting from her labors, while her works follow her.
In one short week all is over.
We miss thee, gentle mother, And our hearts are full of pain While we listen for thy footsteps; We shall hear them ne’er again. Thou wilt come no more at evening With thy gentle words and smile, To cheer us with thy presence, And all our cares beguile. Mrs. D. L. Truesdall.
May 1, 1868.