p. 203 | Obituary by John Norton Loughborough

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 27, 1882

Obituary.

By John Norton Loughborough

WILKINSON.—Died at Gedney, Lincolnshire, England, March 19, 1882, after a long and painful illness, our dear brother, Samuel Wilkinson, aged eighty years. The deceased and his companion embraced the truth from reading, and for nearly eight years have observed the Sabbath of the Lord. They and Sr. Arnold, the mother of Sr. Lizzie Arnold Roberts of Oakland, Cal., were the only Sabbath-keepers in their vicinity, and had never seen any other person of this belief until I visited them a few weeks before the death of Bro. Wilkinson. I found him very feeble, but rejoicing in the Lord, and much pleased to see some one of like precious faith.

The testimony is that he continued to trust in God till the time of his death, no murmur escaping his lips even in the hours of greatest suffering. When unable to articulate a word, he would clasp his hands upon his breast, and pour out his soul in supplication to his Maker.

Though already familiar with the Bible, he this year commenced reading it through according to the plan suggested by Eld. Haskell, and maintained his daily reading, thus in his weak state setting a worthy example to others.

His bereaved companion has our sympathy and prayers. Having cared for her husband night and day for about seven months, and being much reduced thereby, she yet bears her affliction with Christian resignation, looking forward to a reunion in that land where "the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick," and where no loved one will be torn away by the hand of death.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.