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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 1, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 18.

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“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.
TITUS.—Harriet P. Titus, wife of Charles Titus, after an illness of two months, died in her forty-third year, on the 27th of November, 1878, in Woodbridge, Hillsdale Co., Mich. For more than four years, with her companion, she had kept the Sabbath. She was an exemplary Christian, and died in full hope of a part in the first resurrection. A husband and six children mourn her loss. She was a member of the Ransom Center church. Discourse from Isa. 38:1, by Eld. Stockwell, Protestant Methodist. M. B. MILLER.
BRAY.—Little Myrtle, daughter of Bro. and Sr. J. W. Bray, fell asleep at Farmers Valley, Nebr., March 15, aged 2 years and 7 months. Eld. Wood, M. E. minister, spoke words of sympathy on the occasion of the funeral. CHAS. L. BOYD.
PRICE.—Died at Greenwood Prairie, Minn., March 28, 1879, our dear brother, David G. Price, aged 45 years. He leaves evidence of a hope of a part in the first resurrection. Discourse by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. G. M. DIMMOCK.
HARMON.—Died, near Noblesville, Ind., April 6, 1879, Olive Harmon, daughter of Jos. and M. Harmon, aged 2 years, 2 months, and 15 days. Funeral sermon by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:16–18. W. W. SHARP.
HUTCHINSON.—Died of consumption, in Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio, on the 27th of February, 1879, Bro. Wm. Hutchinson, aged 71 years. Bro. H. was one of the first to receive the truth in Northeastern Ohio, through the labors of Eld. J. H. Wagener in 1863. He ever loved the doctrine which he then embraced, and he died in hope of immortality. Remarks by A. S. Hayden, of Hiram College. W. CHINNOCK.
SHREVE.—Naomi Shreve died of consumption, April 7, 1879, aged 53 years. She left a husband and nine children to mourn her loss. At the age of 16 she was baptized, and united with the Christian church. Last summer she embraced the present truth, and has since endeavored to keep the commandments of God. Remarks from 1 Thess. 4:16–18, before a large congregation of mourners. O. A. JOHNSON.
KELLOGG.—Died in Matherton, Ionia Co., Mich., Feb. 23, 1879, our grandmother, Damaris Kellogg, in the eighty-second year of her age. She was for twenty-eight years a firm believer in the truth, and died in hope of a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services by Eld. Jordon, Methodist. A. E. KELLOGG.
HILL.—Died of pneumonia, in Johnson Co., Tex., April 2, 1879, J. W. Hill, aged 24 years, and 10 months. Bro. H. embraced present truth a little over two years ago. He was resigned to death, feeling assured that he was a child of God. We deeply sympathize with his bereaved wife, who needs the prayers of the people of God. Discourse by S. M. Bayliss. H. C. B.
ALVERSON.—Thomas Alverson was born in the State of Vermont, near Crown Point, N. Y., March 19, 1807, and moved in the early part of his life to Ohio. He received the truth under the labors of Elds. Van Horn and Lawrence, at Frederickton in this State, and hoped to live to witness the second coming of Christ; but while on a visit to see his friends in the East, he died of typhoid fever. He leaves six children and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn his loss. The funeral sermon was preached to a large concourse of friends and neighbors by Eld. A. O. Burrill. Bro. Alverson, at the time of his death, was aged 71 years, 5 months, and 22 days. S. A. TALMAGE. J. T. ALVERSON.