p. 14 | In Memory of Celia Stites by H. A. St. John

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 23, 1868

In Memory of Celia Stites

By H. A. St. John

DIED, in Ransom, Hillsdale Co., Mich., May 23, 1868, of consumption of the blood, Sr. Celia Stites, third daughter of Bro. D. M. and Sr. Sarah Stites, aged 13 years, 10 months, and 13 days.

For several years this dear young sister has been a lover of present truth, and her faithfulness in the house of God is seldom equaled by those of her age. Her sickness, of nearly three months' duration, was characterized in an eminent degree by patience and resignation to the will of God. She died with the full assurance that her sins were all forgiven, and in bright hope that eternal life would be her portion when the Life-giver comes. We mourn her loss, but not without hope, for we expect she will come again from the land of the enemy.

Discourse by Eld. Stout, from 1 John iii, 2.

H. A. St. JOHN.