MRS. LAURA E. STRAHM

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 25, 1907

MRS. LAURA E. STRAHM

Obituaries

STRAHM.—Died near Dayton, Wash., April 16, 1907, our baby, Louise Elizabeth Strahm, aged 6 months and 21 days.

“Though cast down, we're not forsaken; Though afflicted, not alone; Thou didst give, and thou hast taken; Blessed Lord, thy will be done.”

MRS. LAURA E. STRAHM

CAMPBELL.—Died at Minneapolis, Minn., June 27, 1907, Sister Chloe Campbell, aged 65 years, 10 months, and 26 days. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church nearly thirty years ago. She was resigned to the will of the Lord, and fell asleep in the blessed hope of a part in the first resurrection. She was faithful and devoted to her family and home, and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves a husband, four daughters, and three sons to mourn their loss. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. According to her request to be laid beside her children, she was buried at Union Grove, Minn.

A. W. KUEHL.

HOLDEN.—Died at his home in Potsdam, N. Y., June 26, 1907, of a catarrhal affection, Brother Orson Holden, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Brother Holden embraced the truths of the third angel's message about thirty years ago, and always stood firmly for its principles, putting them in practise in his daily life. The last few years of his life were attended with great suffering, which was borne with patience and Christian fortitude. He leaves a wife, one daughter, and three sons, one being Elder W. H. Holden, of Butte, Mont. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. M. Wilson (Baptist); text, Job 13: 15.

PAUL M. WILCOX.

LANGSTON.—Died at the home of his son, in Oakland, Mo., April 17, 1907, of Bright's disease, Brother W. A. Langston, aged 81 years. He gave his heart to the Saviour in his youth, and united with the Presbyterian Church. He was a minister of that denomination for forty years. Eight years ago he, with his aged companion, accepted present truth in the State of Texas under the labors of Elder Drommand, and has been very devoted to the message ever since. He leaves a companion, three sons, and a daughter to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from John 14: 1-6; 1 Cor. 15: 51-54; 1 Thess. 4: 16, 17.

BIRDIE CRUZAN.

LAWRENCE.—Died May 31, 1907, Mrs. Beala Lawrence, née Brandon. She was born near Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 10, 1882. She attended the Oakwood Training-school, and embraced the doctrines held dear to every Seventh-day Adventist. She was graduated in 1901, and engaged in school work for several years. In 1905 she was married to Mr. J. H. Lawrence, a missionary from the West Indies. From that time her life was a continual sacrifice for souls. They labored together in Mississippi and Alabama. She leaves her husband, mother, four brothers, and three sisters to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.

F. W. HALLADAY.

ADAMS.—Died at St. John's, Newfoundland, May 28, 1907, of consumption, Bessie Adams, aged 8 years and 10 months. Although Bessie was taken away at a very tender age, she gave abundant evidence that she knew Jesus as her personal Saviour. She ever loved to read her Bible. In her last illness she was most wonderfully patient, but on account of her sufferings longed for death. Her last request was that the money she had saved, amounting to two dollars, be given to the missionaries. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to the sorrowing parents and other relatives.

Almost ere it had begun, God decreed thy life-work done; Rest, dear child, in Jesus rest; Gentle one, for thee 'tis best.

C. H. KESLAKE.

PLUMB.—Died at Shelton, Neb., May 23, 1907, of pulmonary consumption, Mrs. Mary A. Plumb. She was born in Wooster, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1860. For about twenty years she had been a loyal member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She leaves an aged mother and four children to mourn their loss, but not as those that have no hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.

WM. BATTERSON.

WIARD.—Died at Montague, Mich., June 13, 1907, of internal cancer, Mrs. Eunice M. Wiard, née Burnham, aged 55 years, 11 months, and 21 days. In early life Sister Wiard accepted the message of her soon-coming Lord. She was a consistent Christian, and now sleeps in Jesus. She leaves five sons and two daughters to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Titus 2: 13 to a large congregation of relatives, neighbors, and friends.

W. C. HENNER.

McDEARMON.—Died in Boulder, Colo., May 30, 1907, Melinda Boyden McDearmon, aged 82 years, 6 months, and 2 days. She was born in Weston, N. Y., and her early life was spent near the scenes of her childhood home. Among the rugged hills of the Empire State she grew from childhood into womanhood, developing those sterling qualities of character which marked her life of integrity and faithfulness throughout its entire course. At the age of twenty-one she united her life's interests with those of Hiram C. McDearmon. The same year she and her husband removed to Michigan, seeking their fortunes in that then young and promising State. She lived here until the year 1876, when, her health failing, she went with her husband to Texas, remaining there for three years. They then moved to Boulder, where she has since resided. Six children came to bless her home and mother life. From three of these she was called to part by death; and in the year 1884, five years after coming to Boulder, her earthly staff and support, the one with whom she had traveled life's pathway for so many years, was taken from her, and she was left to pursue life's journey alone. Brother and Sister McDearmon accepted the belief held by Seventh-day Adventists in the year 1853. For more than fifty years she lived a consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist church, and all who have known her can testify to her devotion and consecration to the principles she loved, and to the faithfulness of her Christian experience. Her nature was a quiet and unassuming one. Show and ostentation had no place in her life. Her emotions ran in even lines. What she did for God and for her fellow men she did quietly, gently; she lived in the hearts of her neighbors, and was loved and respected by all. But her retiring, gentle disposition gave no evidence of weakness. On the contrary, with it was combined great strength of character. Her life was a life of principle, of unswerving integrity to the right as she saw the right. Fear of criticism, or lack of worldly popularity, did not deter her from espousing an unpopular cause, and from standing true to it for more than half a century. Her last few days were days of pain, as though the wise Master would perfect through suffering the long life of faithful service. She desired to live—who does not?—but she did not fear to die. She expressed calm resignation to the divine fiat, whether life or death. Who can doubt that she is one of the true and tried ones whose death is precious in the sight of the Lord? While but a mortal, a finite woman, whose life at best must fall short of the divine standard, as every life in this world must, we see much to emulate, and many beauties of character to copy. May her loyalty, her devotion to God, her humble, trusting confidence, her childlike faith and love, prove an inspiration to us. If faithful, we shall meet her again in the resurrection morning. May this confidence and hope rob this present hour of gloom and dumb sorrow, and make us more faithful to the principles which governed her life and experience.

F. M. WILCOX.