Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 23, 1909

HARBAUGH.—Mrs. Nannie May Harbaugh was born Nov. 18, 1884, and died Aug. 13, 1909, aged 24 years, 8 months, and 25 days. She was baptized into the third angel's message in 1906, and united with the Johnstown church. She remained faithful, and fell asleep in Jesus, to await the morning of the resurrection. She leaves a faithful husband and little daughter four years old to mourn their loss; also a father, mother, one brother, and two sisters, and many friends. The funeral service was conducted in the Wesleyan M. E. church, and words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Revelation 14. She was laid to rest in the Hillside Cemetery in Hillsdale, Pa. W. F. SCHWARTZ.

STUART.—John Andrew Stuart was born in Holland, May 23, 1830, and died at his home in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Sept. 2, 1909, aged 79 years, 3 months, and 9 days. At the age of twelve he went to sea, and continued in the merchant service until he attained the rank of captain. On a cruise to America, he decided to make this country his place of residence. At the time of the Mexican War, he served with distinction in the United States Navy. In the year 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Papke, in the city of Buffalo, N. Y. Soon after this he removed to the State of Michigan, where thirty-two years ago, he heard and embraced present truth. Before his death, he expressed his desire to be at rest, and made all arrangements for his funeral. He is survived by a wife, four sons, and six daughters, besides several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, four generations being represented at the funeral, which was conducted by the writer, from his late residence in Harpers Ferry. We laid him to rest to await the call of the Life-giver. JAMES E. SHULTZ.

GAGE.—Departed this mortal life at Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Sept. 1, 1909, our beloved daughter, Mrs. Katherine M. Gage, wife of Fred W. Gage, of Battle Creek, Mich. The cause of her death was valvular disease of the heart. For nearly two months she took treatment at the sanitarium, but not improving, it was deemed best to go to the Muskoka region. There, accompanied by her grown-up son and a faithful nurse, she improved for a while, but later it was only too apparent that all hope of recovery was delusive. Attended only by her dear son and nurse, she quietly passed away far from home and loved ones. The deceased is survived by her husband and four sons, the youngest being a year and a half old, her parents, G. W. Amadon and wife, and an only sister, Miss Grace E. Amadon, and a foster-brother, C. D. Amadon, and family, who also reside in Battle Creek. At the time of her early departure our daughter was 43 years, 5 months, and 16 days old. In February, 1887, she was married to F. W. Gage, of this city, where she has always lived. For quite a time she was a laborer in the Review and Herald Office, serving as a compositor and proof-reader. In early life the deceased gave her heart to God, and has since been a conscientious member of the Battle Creek church. During her illness it was the joy of her heart to receive visits from her father for religious conversation and prayer. The day before the end came, she said, “O that I could hear my father's voice again in prayer!” But it pleased God to let her rest in that far-away region of Muskoka. The casket was brought to Battle Creek, and appropriate services were conducted in the Tabernacle by Elder C. N. Sanders, assisted by the pastor of the church. The interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery. At this hour of deep grief our stricken hearts can only say, “Thy will be done.” “God is love.” G. W. AMADON.

NEAL.—Samuel Neal was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1836. He died in Chico, Cal., Aug. 12, 1909, aged 73 years, 3 months, and 9 days. Brother Neal was married to Miss Nancy McDevitt, July 23, 1860. Sister Neal died Aug. 16, 1903. They leave four children. Brother and Sister Neal embraced the present truth in 1888. They were both faithful until death. About two years ago, Brother Neal and his daughter came to California, settling at Marysville. His illness was of short duration, and he died without a struggle. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, taking as a text Prov. 16:31. A good impression was made upon those who attended. Many expressed a determination to live a better life. J. W. BRESSIE.

_Faithful Workers Fallen_

PHELPS.—Elder H. F. Phelps, a loved minister and pioneer in this cause, fell asleep in Jesus, Sept. 7, 1909, at his residence in Minneapolis, after years of prolonged illness, suffering from tuberculosis. Elder Phelps was born Dec. 17, 1839, at Antwerp, N. Y., being 69 years, 8 months, and 20 days old at the time of his death. He was married to Miss Lydia Griffin, Feb. 20, 1861. From this union five children were born, four sons and one daughter, all of whom are living, three in Minnesota and two sons in Montana.

Elder Phelps gave his heart to Christ at an early age, and began the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord when only a youth twelve years old. At the time of his death he had been keeping the Sabbath over fifty-seven years. He had labored more or less actively in the ministry for forty years. A portion of this time he was unable to do active work, owing to ill health. He acted as secretary of the Minnesota Conference for a number of years. About twelve years ago—owing to feebleness—he became less active in labor, and later he published, what many of the readers of the REVIEW will remember, a little paper, entitled Save the Boys. He also published a number of leaflets under the same caption. He continued the publication of this paper until nearly three years ago, when he became too feeble to continue its issue.

Brother Phelps was beloved by all who knew him. His faithful wife, who stood by him and cared for him through these many years of his affliction, will greatly miss her companion. Elder Phelps was conscientiously loyal to his convictions of duty, and was one of the most loyal Seventh-day Adventists I have ever met. In his later years, when unable to engage in active labor, he wrote many articles for the secular papers in Minneapolis and elsewhere, setting forth especially the lines of truth covering the principles of religious liberty and the fundamental principles of Protestantism. These articles have had a wide circulation. His articles were always clear in expression, and although setting forth the truth in a pointed way, they were so written as to be inoffensive even to those who might disagree with him.

At my last visit to Brother Phelps's home, just before I left for the Iowa camp-meeting, we had a precious season of prayer together. He expressed his strong faith in the soon coming of Christ, and in reply to the question, “Do you feel it is well with your soul?” he said, “Brother Underwood, by grace I am saved.” As I took his hand, he, realizing that his end was approaching, bade me good-by, expecting never to see me again in this life. We laid him peacefully to rest to await the call of God when he shall gather together his saints, those who have made a covenant with him by sacrifice. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer at the home of the deceased, Sept. 9, 1903, from Rev. 22:3-5. Elders S. E. Jackson and J. G. Lamson and Brother T. D. Gibson assisted in the burial service. R. A. UNDERWOOD.

WILSON.—Died Aug. 23, 1909, at his home in Pueblo, Colo., Elder James B. Wilson, in the seventy-first year of his age. Elder Wilson was born in West Virginia, but at an early age moved to Ohio. When the War of the Rebellion broke out in 1861, he was among the first to respond to the call of his country, and served four years and three months, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was a member of Company B, Eighty-first Ohio Volunteers. At the close of the war he came West, and in 1871 located in Longmont, Colo., where he resided a number of years. During his stay in Longmont he had the privilege of hearing the third angel's message, and yielded obedience to present truth. He almost immediately entered the ministry, and many souls are living in Colorado who acknowledge Elder Wilson as their father in the gospel. For nearly twenty-five years he had been actively engaged in ministerial work, but for the last two or three years his declining health had been such he could do but little. The immediate cause of his death was congestion of the brain, brought on by over-exertion in the hot sun. He leaves to mourn their loss a widow and little boy, at home, besides a number of married sons and daughters and a large circle of friends and acquaintances who gathered at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Frank Reed, to pay their last respects to their departed friend. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, based on John 14:1-3, and he was laid to rest in Mountain View Cemetery, there to await the call of the Life-giver at his soon coming. GEO. M. ALWAY.

SCHNEPPER.—Died at College Place, Wash., Aug. 24, 1909, of anemia, Elder Hugo John Schnepper. Brother Schnepper was born at Elberfeldt, Germany, Oct. 3, 1864, being nearly forty-five years old at his death. He came to America in 1886. Two years later he was married to Miss Marie Knoche. There are five children living, who were present at the funeral. Brother Schnepper's acquaintance with the third angel's message dates from his earliest recollection. Before our first missionary went to a foreign country, Elder Ertzenburger had come to America from a company of Sabbath-keepers in Germany to learn more perfectly about the truth, and to secure help for those in his country desiring to know about the third angel's message. Elder Schnepper and his wife were both fortunate enough to be children in this first company of Sabbath-keepers in Europe. When first coming to this country, he taught German one year in Battle Creek College. He then taught a church-school in Kansas for two years, which is said to be the first church-school among our people. He then labored in the ministry in the Iowa Conference and in the Western Oregon Conference before coming to the Upper Columbia Conference, about eight years ago. During these eight years his time has been occupied either in the ministry or in teaching; part of the time being connected with the faculty of Walla Walla College. Although Brother Schnepper had been in poor health for more than a year, he had hoped to recover and continue in the work, until a few days before the end came. He failed to recover from the long, tiresome trip to the General Conference. While attending our camp-meeting and conference at Spokane, he realized that he was failing, and knowing what was before him, he expressed a desire to come to College Place to die, and be buried where two of his children are buried. While his family deeply mourn their loss, they are comforted in the hope of meeting their loved one in the soon-coming resurrection. A large congregation gathered on the College lawn at the funeral. Comforting words were spoken from Rev. 14:13, by the writer, assisted by Elder H. A. Washburn in English, and by Elder John Isaac in German. OSCAR HILL.