p. 39 | Obituary Notices

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 18, 1871

Obituary Notices.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.

My venerable father, Dea. John White, died at my residence at Battle Creek, Michigan, July 5, 1871, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. The funeral services were conducted by Bro. W. H. Littlejohn on the 8th. JAMES WHITE.

DIED, of consumption, in Center, Wis., July 12, at the house of her brother-in-law, my daughter Sophronia, the wife of Andrew Graham, aged thirty-three years. Since the summer of 1845 she has kept the seventh-day Sabbath with her parents, and was always very conscientious and faithful in all religious duties, but it was not until the year of 1852 that she gave her heart to God and was baptized.

She said in her last sickness that she had always suffered more or less from doubts and fears, but after she was taken sick she came to Jesus just as she was, and that she had found the right way, and ever since had no more fear. She suffered much at times, especially the last few weeks; but bore all with childlike submission, ever looking to the Lord for help to patiently endure; we would ever cherish feelings of gratitude toward those kind friends and neighbors who so often administered to her comfort. May the God of love reward them, and may we all be so led into obedience of the truth as to meet where there will be no more sin or death.

The corpse was brought to Battle Creek, and the funeral attended by Eld. James White, when words of comfort were spoken from Rev. xiv, 13. PHEBE M. CHAMBERLAIN.

DIED, at Green Lake, Wisconsin, July 4, 1871, my beloved wife, Louisa O. West, after a sickness of seven weeks. She died with a well-grounded hope of a part in the first resurrection. She has led a devoted life over two years. She seemed perfectly resigned to the will of God, and when her voice was nearly hushed in death, she whispered, “Peaceful and happy.” She leaves a husband and two children and many friends to mourn her loss. N. S. WEST.

DIED, in North Liberty, Ind., July 5, 1871, Bro. Silas Carpenter, son of Wm. and Eliza Carpenter, formerly of Hanover, Mich., aged sixteen years, eight months, and twenty days. Bro. Silas embraced the great truth of the third angel’s message, and was baptized by Bro. Joseph Bates some four years since, from which time he lived a devoted Christian life. During his rapid decline for the last four months he bore his extreme suffering with great Christian patience, never uttering one murmuring word. We mourn his loss, but have faith that he will come forth at the call of the Lifegiver and be made immortal. A very appropriate and encouraging discourse was delivered on the occasion by Eld. Lawbon, a Methodist minister, from Matt. 5: 8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” JAMES HARVEY.