p. 151 | Obituary Notices

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 26, 1870

Obituary Notices.

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

Died, in Battle Creek, on the morning of April 12, of consumption, Bro. John A. Johnson, aged about 21 years, late of Chelsea, Mass.

Bro. Johnson's conversion and baptism were recently noticed in the Review. From the time of his coming here the physicians of the Health Institute gave him no encouragement to hope for recovery. His friends wished him to return to Massachusetts, but he chose to remain here, among those of his own faith, believing that their method of living, and of caring for the sick, was most conducive to his comfort. April 6th, a few friends gathered in his room at his request, and the Lord's supper was administered. Unlike most consumptives, he had no flattering hopes. His whole sickness was a perfect triumph of faith; a rare example of Christian resignation. Not a word of complaint ever escaped him; not a shade of sorrow, sadness, or gloom, ever appeared on his countenance. He passed away in full faith and hope of a speedy resurrection.

By request, his remains were sent to his friends in Boston. J. H. WAGGONER.

Died, in Greensboro, Vt., on the 5th inst. of complicated difficulties of the liver, Minerva, wife of W. McClenathan in the 64th year of her age.

Some eighteen years since, Bro. and Sr. M. C. embraced the Bible Sabbath, in Johnson, Vt.

For some time previous to her death she was confident she must rest in the grave a while. The Christian hope graciously sustained her in her extreme sufferings, and she has left comforting evidences that she sleeps in Jesus. Funeral sermon by Elder A. Stone.

A. S. HUTCHINS.

Wolcott, April, 1870.