p. 159 | Obituary Notices

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 3, 1870

Obituary Notices.

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

DIED, in Hillsdale, Mich., April 14, 1870, the little son of Bro. A. and Sr. P. Gleason, aged 3 years and 2 months.

This little boy was taken in a moment, as it were, from the bosom of this family. On the day above specified, he attempted to cross the mill race, as he had frequently done before, and the wind blowing strong, he lost his balance, fell in, and was drowned. After about five hours' search, his body was found about a mile below.

Funeral was held at the F. W. Baptist meeting house, on Sabbath, April 16. I. D. VAN HORN.

FELL asleep in Jesus, in Monroe, Iowa, March 23, 1870, our beloved sister, Mollie Chalfant, aged 27 years. Last fall she came from Ohio, to spend a while with her uncle's family, with a slight hope of regaining her health, by the change of climate, but consumption was doing its sure work, and soon we saw she must die. Though unable to attend the course of lectures here, during the winter by means of books and the interest of those with whom she was staying, she became convinced of the leading points of the Advent doctrine, and died with full faith in the soon coming of Jesus and the reward at the resurrection. She had early given herself to the Lord, and was beloved by all who knew her, on account of the sweet graces prominent in her character. She leaves a mother to mourn the loss of a lovely daughter; brothers, a kind sister; and friends, a devoted and self-sacrificing associate.

Funeral sermon was preached, April 17, by D. M. Canright, from I Thess. 4.

"Weep not for the Christian, Whose labor is done; Who, faithful to duty, The treasure has won. The jewel was fitted Forever to shine, A gem in the casket, Immortal, divine."

L. C. CANRIGHT.