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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 17, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 51.

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A Pioneer Fallen

By W. B. White

FRIDAY evening, November 6, as the sun was setting, which was to usher in the Sabbath that she loved so much, Sister Asenath Breed, wife of Elder A. J. Breed, of College Place, Wash., sank to rest till Jesus comes to give his faithful people immortal life. Sister Breed was born in Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April 12, 1847, being at the time of her death in her sixty-second year. At the age of nineteen, she was converted in a Baptist revival, and became a member of that church. March 1, 1871, at Neillsville, Wis., she was united in marriage to A. J. Breed, who survives her. In the year 1873, while attending a tent-meeting conducted by Elder H. W. Decker in the Windfall settlement, now known as Granton, Wis., Brother Breed and wife heard for the first time the third angel’s message. In the winter following, through the labors of Elder Decker, they both accepted present truth, to which they have since been faithful. During Elder Breed’s long connection with General and State conference work, serving on the General Conference Committee for nine years, and five years in the Upper Columbia Conference as its president, his faithful wife has stood by his side as a true helpmeet in his work. Sister Breed was a prayerful woman, very hospitable, and one of her chief pleasures was to minister to God’s servants in her home. Her faith in this message and its final triumph never wavered, and she died in the bright hope of immortality when Jesus comes. She leaves a husband, one son, and other relatives to mourn their loss. In her dying hours, she uttered a number of times the words, “Saved by grace,” and all who knew her life of devotion to the cause of God feel assured that she rests in hope of a future life beyond the grave. Her funeral was held from the residence in College Place, Wash., Sunday, Nov. 8, 1908, Elder H. W. Decker, who brought the truth to the family, preaching the sermon from Ps. 17:15. She was laid to rest in the cemetery in the city of Walla Walla, till the Life-giver comes. W. B. WHITE.