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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 7, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 36.

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ENGLISH.—Died at Galena, Kan., Aug. 1, 1911, Charles Marvin, infant son of H. C. and Effie English, aged 1 year, 5 months, and 8 days. We laid him to rest in the Galena cemetery to await the coming of the Life-giver. His parents have our deepest sympathy in their sad bereavement. Remarks were made by the writer, from Luke 18:15, 16. W. H. BROWN.
COURSEN.—Died July 13, 1911, Dorothy Louise Coursen, infant daughter of Brother and Sister George J. Coursen, of Takoma Park, D. C. While on a visit to Vineland, N. J., the little one, aged four months and twenty days, was stricken and succumbed to the attack. She was laid away in Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, N. J. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer and Elder J. A. Traugh. GEORGE W. SPIES.
LOWE.—John W. Lowe was born July 13, 1830, near Williamsport, Pa. He moved to Iowa at the age of twelve, and was married to Nancy E. Blackburn, Feb. 24, 1859. His wife died in 1877, and since that time he has made his home with his daughter. He remembered the 1844 movement quite well. At the age of twelve he joined the Methodist Church, and a little later he accepted present truth. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, at Elk City, Okla., words of comfort being spoken from Jer. 22:10. J. R. BAGBY.
BELL.—Maggie Bell was born in Fremont, Mich., Oct. 22, 1895, and died at the home of her parents in Rock Lake, N. D., Aug. 12, 1911. Her mother accepted the truths of the third angel's message about one year ago, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A little later Sister Maggie gave herself to the Lord and desired baptism, but was unable to take the step on account of her health. She was taken into the church subject to baptism. She loved to talk of the coming of the Saviour. Words of comfort were spoken by Richard Graham, from John 5:28, 29. MRS. RICHARD GRAHAM.
MATTERAND.—Nellie Ruth Matterand, daughter of Brother and Sister Matterand, of Stanwood, Wash., was born Feb. 20, 1891, and died at the home of her parents, Aug. 14, 1911, aged 20 years, 5 months, and 25 days. Ruth loved the Saviour, and was baptized at the age of thirteen, uniting with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Cedar Home, of which she was a faithful member until her death. Sister Ruth was willing to live or die, as it seemed best to the Lord. The writer spoke words of comfort to a large congregation in the Methodist church, from 1 Thess. 4:13-18, after which she was laid to rest till the Life-giver shall call her forth. L. JOHNSON.
BENJAMIN.—Died at the home of her daughter in Omaha, Neb., June 20, 1911, Marguerite E. Benjamin (née Billings), aged 78 years, 4 months, and 20 days. She was married to John A. Benjamin in the village of Geneva, Ill., Oct. 1, 1854. To this union ten children were born. The husband and six children are left to mourn the loss of a faithful wife and mother. In 1880 she accepted the message of the Saviour's soon coming. She was always ready to bear her testimony to the Saviour's goodness whenever opportunity afforded. The funeral services were conducted by Brother T. Fields at Dunlap, Iowa. She was laid to rest in Manteno, Iowa. MRS. ALICE E. DEVINE.
BELTZ.—Leah M. Beltz was born in 1883, in Marion County, Kansas, and died in Boulder, Colo., of typhoid fever, July 28, 1911, aged 26 years, 1 month, and 12 days. Sister Beltz was reared in the faith, and her life has always been that of a consistent Christian. She was graduated from the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium nurses' course, class of 1909. After her graduation she nursed in various places, and it was while caring for typhoid patients that she contracted the disease. She leaves her father, brother, and two sisters to mourn their loss. The funeral service was held at the Seventh-day Adventist church in Boulder, and was conducted by the writer. W. D. EMERY.
MILLER.—Died at his home in Long Beach, Cal., Jan. 29, 1911, our dear father, Joseph Miller, aged 82 years, 3 months, and 10 days. He and mother received the light on the soon coming of Jesus by studying the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew. In the fall of 1874 they received the third angel's message under the labors of Joseph Lamont, and united with the Mount Vernon church of Seventh-day Adventists, in Franklin County, Kansas. Mother died Dec. 9, 1906. Fourteen children were born to them, six of whom survive. We believe father rests in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother John Adams, of Edensdale, Cal. We laid him by mother's side, to await the resurrection. DELLA WILSON.
GURLEY.—Died recently, in her forty-seventh year, Mrs. Bessie E. Gurley. For many years she had been a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Mecosta, Mich. She leaves her husband and two children to mourn their loss. C. A. HANSEN.
SIEBERT.—Died at her home near Searls, Minn., Aug. 9, 1911, Sister Cathrina Siebert, aged 77 years, 4 months, and 18 days. She accepted the truth about fifteen years ago. She loved the message of the soon-coming Saviour, and fell asleep in the hope of having a part in the first resurrection. Twelve children and other relatives are left to mourn. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Searls cemetery. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, assisted by A. D. Ewert. A. W. KUEHL.
MOORE.—Ellen Maria Moore was born at Bridgton, Maine, Oct. 5, 1824, and died May 12, 1911, aged 88 years, 8 months, and 7 days. At the age of twenty-nine she was married to Quincy Pratt, residing at Quincy, Mass., and to this union were born two sons. In 1865 she moved to Poy Sippi, Wis., where she was married to Richard Moore, who died a few years later. For the last fourteen years she has made her home with her brother. Converted to the truths of the third angel's message twenty years ago, she has ever since been a faithful and beloved member of the Poy Sippi church. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Job 19:25-27. P. C. HANSON.
PEPPLE.—Died at Foley, Ala., Aug. 2, 1911, Mrs. Sabra Ann Tilden Pepple, aged 69 years, 10 months, and 29 days. She was born in Laporte County, Indiana, Sept. 4, 1841, and was united in marriage to Aaron Pepple on June 12, 1860. To this union were born seven children, two of whom, with her husband and two brothers, survive her. She had been a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for twenty-five years, accepting the faith in Manistee County, Michigan. For the last eight months our sister has been a patient sufferer, coming with her husband to Foley, Ala., in the hope that the change would improve her health. The funeral services were conducted by Reverend Rogers (Methodist). MRS. MARION PEPPLE.
MCMIND.—Died at Artichoke, Minn., July 28, 1911, William McMind, aged 45 years, 11 months, and 11 days. Brother McMind was born within a few miles of the place where he died, and spent all his life in the same neighborhood. About twelve years ago he gave his heart to the Lord, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Artichoke, of which he remained a faithful member until he died, although he was unable to attend services, owing to the fact that for many years he had been a helpless invalid. He is survived by his mother, a brother, and four sisters. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, after which he was laid to rest in the little churchyard at Artichoke to await the call of the Life-giver. F. E. PAINTER.
CORY.—Died June 1, 1911, at the Northwestern Sanitarium, Port Townsend, Wash., Sister Agustia Cory, aged forty-three years and five months. Sister Cory was born in Winona County, Minnesota. In her early youth her parents moved to Kansas, where, at the age of eleven years, she was converted. Nov. 13, 1886, she was united in marriage to Samuel L. Cory. In 1889 they moved to Washington, and a little later to Oregon, and then back to Washington. At Woodburn, Ore., Sister Cory heard and accepted the doctrines taught by Seventh-day Adventists, and ever after was faithful to her belief. She lived a Christian life, sowing many seeds of truth among her neighbors and friends. She leaves a kind husband and three children to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Mark 14:8 and 2 Tim. 4:8. J. T. WAKEHAM.
SCHULTZ.—Relia Olive, infant daughter of William and Victoria Schultz, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 20, 1910, and died July 15, 1911, aged ten months and twenty-five days. A service was held at the parents' home in Philadelphia the evening of July 18. The following day the remains of the little one were taken to the former home of Brother and Sister Schultz at Zionsville, Pa., for burial. Words of comfort were spoken to relatives and many friends who attended the service held in the Evangelical church at Zionsville. Both services were conducted by the writer. W. H. HECKMAN.
THOMPSON.—After an illness of some months, Sister Ethel Williams Thompson fell asleep in Jesus, June 24, 1911. Sister Thompson had been from her girlhood identified with the Lord's work. After leaving Bethel Academy, she was united in marriage to James Thompson. They were called to labor in the Manitoba Conference, where Mrs. Thompson contracted a cold from which she never recovered. The last few months of her life were spent at her old home in Milwaukee, Wis. Of her it could be truly said, “Her works do follow her.” The funeral service was conducted by the writer.
Two months later, Aug. 18, 1911, little Carroll Thompson, aged seventeen months, also fell asleep. Let us in our prayers remember the near relatives, especially the father, who in so short a time has lost wife and child. Thoughts of comfort were presented by the writer, from Gen. 42:36. B. L. POST.
HARDIN.—Died in Memphis, Tenn., June 4, 1911, after suffering nearly a year with cancer, William Lee Hardin, aged 43 years, 5 months, and 13 days. On his father's side Brother Hardin was a direct descendant of Betty Washington, sister of President George Washington. Born in Louisville, Ky., Brother Hardin was for years connected with the office of the Courier Journal. During the nineteen years he has been in Memphis, he has been connected with the publishing office of the Commercial Appeal, one of the strongest papers in the South. During his illness many connected with the paper visited him, and manifested true sympathy and the deepest respect. His funeral was attended by the editor in chief of the Commercial Appeal and many others connected with the paper. In an editorial note of June 5 this statement was made: “He was an unassuming man, a faithful employee, and an honest, Godfearing citizen, and died in the full hope of the hereafter.” Brother and Sister Hardin had seen the light of truth through the earnest work of Brother F. T. Wales, and later in the tent-meetings. A few months before his death Brother Hardin made a final and complete surrender, and during his long illness and terrible suffering he gave a living and powerful testimony of the reality of the truth of the great closing message. He died in full assurance of the “blessed hope.” His wife, who has been for three years an earnest member of the Memphis church, a son, a daughter, and a sister mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral service by the writer, from John 11:12.
On May 3, 1911, Marquis Milton Hardin, aged 5 years, 6 months, and 4 days, fell asleep in Memphis, Tenn. Little Marquis was an unusually bright, thoughtful child, universally loved, and his death deeply touched the hearts of the large number of friends of the family. During the long and painful illness of his father, William Lee Hardin, little Marquis knelt by his father's bedside and prayed for his recovery every night before retiring. The death of the youngest son and the father only one month and one day apart, was a crushing blow to his mother and the surviving brother and sister. But through our tears shines the rainbow of promise, “They shall come again from the land of the enemy. . . . Thy children shall come again to their own border.” Jer. 31:15-17. This scripture formed the basis of the words of sympathy spoken by the writer to a large gathering of sympathetic friends. J. S. WASHBURN.
PROUTY.—Richard Munroe Prouty was born in Shutesbury, Mass., March 4, 1834, and died in Blaine, Wash., July 23, 1911. He was married Aug. 27, 1867, to Olive Jeannette Calender, who survives him. About seven years ago he was converted, and his experience seemed to grow brighter to the end. He leaves a loving wife, five children, and other relatives to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 14:12-15. J. W. BOYNTON.
GUSTIN.—Died Aug. 6, 1911, Brother A. F. Gustin, of South Lancaster, Mass., aged sixty-six years. He was born in Fitch Bay, Quebec; accepted present truth under the labors of Elder R. S. Owen in 1886, and at the time of his death was a deacon of the South Lancaster church. The funeral was conducted in that church by the writer, assisted by Elders H. C. Hartwell and P. F. Bicknell. Brother Gustin leaves a widow and three children to mourn. We believe he died in full hope in the Lord Jesus. F. C. GILBERT.
KEISER.—Jacob W. Keiser was born in Richland County, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1832, and died at his home in Prattville, Mich., Aug. 11, 1911, aged seventy-nine years and three days. In 1855 he was married to Miss Anna Gipe. To this union twelve children were born, eleven of whom, with the wife and other relatives, survive him. When but a young man, Brother Keiser was converted, and joined the Dunkard Church; later he was ordained a minister. When present truth was first preached near his place, he accepted it, and we believe has been a consistent Christian ever since. The funeral was held at his home church in the presence of a large gathering of friends and relatives. Text, Rev. 14:13. D. P. WOOD.
ASHLEY.—Died at the Putnam, Conn., hospital, of inflammation of the bowels, Miss Addie L. Ashley, in her forty-seventh year. Sister Ashley was converted at the age of fifteen, and soon after, with her twin sister Etta, became a student of the South Lancaster Academy, to fit herself for work in the Master's service. Several times she was connected with the canvassing work. She was a devoted Christian, quiet and undemonstrative, but always a loyal advocate of the truth. She died in the blessed hope of coming forth in the first resurrection. She leaves an aged father and mother, who have been in the third angel's message for nearly fifty-five years, also her twin sister Etta. They are comforted with the blessed hope of meeting her again. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Dr. Brown, pastor of the Hampton Congregational church. C. H. EDWARDS.
FLEMING.—Mary Eva Fleming was born in Newark, Ohio, April 10, 1890. When she was nine years of age, she, with her parents, moved to the city of Toledo, Ohio, which has since been her home. She attended Mount Vernon College four years, and was graduated with honors from the nurses' course. During this time her sympathy for others, and her pleasant countenance, greatly endeared her to both faculty and students. Not long after her graduation she learned, from a physical examination, that she had contracted tuberculosis. With hope and Christian fortitude she met the situation, and at once began a course of treatment to overcome the disease. Her recovery seemed certain until June 9, when she developed pneumonia, of which she died June 19, 1911, aged 21 years, 2 months, and 9 days. At the age of fourteen she united with the Seventh-day Adventist church of Toledo, Ohio, and her Christian experience grew brighter and brighter till the last. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, and interment was made at the old family burying-place in Newark, Ohio. She leaves a father, mother, sister, and many other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. With assurance we say that we sorrow not as others who have no hope; for we confidently expect that she will come forth at the resurrection of the righteous. O. F. BUTCHER.
HALL.—Mary Susana Hall, daughter of Brother and Sister J. B. Hall, was born Sept. 6, 1887, and died Aug. 11, 1911, aged 23 years, 11 months, and 6 days. Sister Hall was converted five years ago, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She lived a consistent Christian life till the day of her death, and was loved by all who knew her. A father, mother, and two sisters are left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to a large audience. Text, Ps. 116:15. U. S. ANDERSON.
GUIRE.—Emma Lewis Guire was born Aug. 10, 1861, and departed this life July 3, 1911, aged 49 years, 10 months, and 24 days. She was married to A. J. Guire, March 24, 1883. To this union were born three children, two of whom survive her. Mrs. Guire accepted Christianity when young. When the Sabbath and kindred truths were brought to her, she accepted them, was baptized, and united with the church in 1893. This faith grew dearer to her until her death. We laid her to rest in the cemetery at Sullivan, Ind., to await the call of the Life-giver. R. B. CRAIG.
BRACE.—Died in Vancouver, Wash., at the old home where she had resided for many years, Sister Maryette Brace, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. Sister Brace was born in New York State in 1823, and came to Oregon in 1883. She was preparing to start for the camp-meeting at Forest Grove when she fell and broke her hip. From this accident she never recovered. She truly was one of God's saints. Her home was ever open to all who needed a resting-place, and she was loved by all. She leaves three children. We all mourn the loss of such a mother in Israel. Words of comfort and instruction were spoken by the writer, from Isa. 35:10. R. D. BENHAM.
SMITH.—Sadie Magdalene Hall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1889, and died at Mount Ridge, Kan., Aug. 1, 1911. At the age of eighteen she was converted, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church in Keene, Tex., of which she was a faithful member until her death. On Aug. 4, 1910, she was united in marriage to Brother George Smith. During her short married life she was a loving companion and a devoted Christian, and will be greatly missed by her husband and infant son, who survive her. Wherever she went, she made friends by her loving character and cheerful disposition. Words of comfort were spoken to a host of friends by the writer, from Rev. 14:12-14. H. L. SHAFER.