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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 18, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 29, No. 2.

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Obituary Notices.

By J. N. Wilkinson; A. S. Hutchins; Lewis Martin

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. Rev. xiv, 13.
DIED, of consumption, in West Wilton, N. H., Nov. 27, 1866, Lottie E., wife of John E. Tarbell, aged 20 years.
She was beloved by all who knew her, being possessed of such an amiable disposition that she won the esteem of all. Last June her companion took her to Charlestown, Mass., to consult a noted physician in regard to her health. While there, on the night of the 28th, about midnight, he got up in his sleep, and jumped from a window in the fourth story, falling a distance of thirty feet, upon the sidewalk, mangling him in a shocking manner. From the injuries he then received, he has not since been able to move his lower limbs, neither had any feeling below the small of the back. She followed him to the window, but was not in time to prevent his fall. She then returned to the bed, and, before dressing, bowed before the Lord in prayer, and promised him, if he would spare the life of her dear companion, that she would keep the Sabbath. She soon commenced to do so, but did not feel her acceptance with the Lord until a few weeks before her death. She patiently bore all her sufferings, and was fully resigned to the providence of God. She felt satisfied that her sleep in the grave would be short. The coming of the Lord, and the hope of the resurrection, sustained her in the trying hour. She leaves her invalid companion to mourn her loss; but he sorrows not without hope, feeling that she is taken from the evil to come, and that she will come forth in the resurrection morning to die no more.
“She hath passed death’s chilling billow, And gone to rest. Jesus smoothed her dying pillow, Her slumbers blest.”
His helpless condition, and the anguish of his youthful heart at the loss of his companion, made the scene truly affecting. May the Lord bless, comfort, and sustain him in his bereavement. Remarks on the occasion, by the writer, from Rev. xiii, 14.
J. N. WILKINSON.
DIED, in Johnson, Vt., Nov. 8th, after nine days of great suffering, sister Wealthy Peck, wife of Bro. Francis E. Peck, aged 25 years and 9 months.
Wealthy was the last surviving daughter of brother and sister Reuben Loveland of this place. At an early age she embraced the Christian religion. She ever manifested a love for the people of God, and conscientiously observed the Sabbath of the Lord, though for some years she had not borne her daily cross. Of this she repented most heartily upon her sick bed, and earnestly sought forgiveness of her friends and of God, and received the most gracious assurance that her sins were all forgiven. Blessed assurance! With sweet composure she spoke of death and of resting in the little family burying ground by the side of her dear sisters.
In this peaceful, sacred inclosure, now rest in bright hope, the four daughters of the afflicted parents. Here the bereft companion, parents, and only brother, weep for the loved ones who are held in the cold embrace of death by the enemy. But their hearts are cheered with the hope of the resurrection. From these dusty beds, soon they will rise, clothed with immortal beauty and loveliness, and shout victory over death and the grave, and rise to meet their coming Lord, where companions, parents, children, and friends, meet to part no more.
Brethren and sisters from several towns, with other friends, came with sympathizing hearts to the funeral, to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased, to whom some remarks were made from the words, “And there shall be no more death.”
A. S. HUTCHINS.
DIED, in Greenfield, N. H., Aug. 9, 1866, sister Sophronia Burdick, aged 66 years. She had a painful sickness of seven months, which she bore with Christian patience, and resignation. We miss her much, but trust that our loss is her gain.
“Meet again when time is o’er, Meet again to part no more.”
LEWIS MARTIN.
DIED, in Howard Co., Ind. Sept. 21, 1866, Harriet S. Hall, wife of W. N. Hall, aged 25 years 8 months and 19 days.
Sister Hall was a devoted Christian and was well esteemed by all who knew her. She leaves a husband and one child to mourn her loss, but they sorrow not as those who have no hope.
Also, Harry D. Hall, infant son of W. N. and H. S. Hall, departed this life on the 5th day of Oct., 1866, aged 6 months and 13 days.