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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 12, 1869

Obituary Notices.

By James White

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

DIED, of consumption, in the city of Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 4, 1869, Sr. N. M. Burrill, aged 27 years. Bro. and Sr. Burrill came from Maine, near one year since. Her health had been declining for some time, so much so, that with all the benefits of health reform, disease could not be arrested in its progress.

Sr. Burrill gave herself to the Lord to be his child by grace, at the age of 13, since which time she has maintained a life of devotion to the cause of her Lord. Before leaving for our Eastern tour, Mrs. W. and self visited the family, and enjoyed a precious season in conversation and prayer. Disease, acting with her natural conscientiousness, made Sr. Burrill desponding. We spoke to her words of encouragement and hope. In her last hours she was resigned to sleep awhile in the grave, yet coming to this point, she felt her way step by step down to the valley of death with trembling lest she might not be fully ready for the waking in the morning of the resurrection of the just. To us who live, this is the best evidence of her readiness.

Her funeral was held at the house of prayer Jan. 6, where the writer addressed a full congregation from 1 Cor. xv, 55, “Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” Being very hoarse, I spoke but a few moments, and called on Mrs. W., who spoke in a manner to touch the feelings of all present. God bless the surviving husband and child! And may his blessing attend the bereaved parents, who have watched over their dear daughter till she sleeps in Jesus. And when life's brief pilgrimage shall terminate at the coming of Christ and the resurrection of the just, may parents and daughter, husband and wife and child, all meet around the throne.

JAMES WHITE.