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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 19, 1879

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.

IN MEMORIAM

Lines on the death of Eld. J. N. Ayers, late president of the Kansas Conference, who died in his tent on the Emporia, Kansas, Campground, May 26, 1879.

O south wind, fill the land with dreamy sweetness, Waft leaves of fading flowers upon the sod, Beneath which, after life of calm completeness, Slumbers the child of sorrow and of God.

O snow-white lilies, press your tendrils downward, And flaunt your petals to the morning sun; For the grave you cover is by angels guarded, And the sleeper rests, with life's great work well done.

Not as the soldier falls in storm of battle, Where squadrons shake the earth with martial tread, Where charging horsemen mid the cannon's rattle, Trample the dying and deface the dead;

But in the tented field, with songs to cheer him, Calmly the Christian soldier passed away, While the blue dome bent lovingly so near him, In peaceful shadows that succeed the day.

For him no priest uttered sublime exordium, No grand old spire sent forth its brazen wail, But God, his mercy, help, and strength according, Upheld him with the love that never fails.

Now other hands must bear life's heavy crosses, And other hearts feel disappointment's smart, And other eyes shed tears o'er life's great losses,— His hands are folded, and at rest his heart.

Thanks for our brother's beautiful example; In him a pattern of our work we saw, Bearing life's burdens, pleading with those who trample Beneath their feet Jehovah's sacred law.

He sleeps in peace. For him no rude awaking To fill the soul with anguish and with pain; Resting in hope till Christ his kingdom taking, Shall raise his saints to life and health again.

Years may pass and spring bring fragrant flowers, The modest violet on the verdant hill, And summer music fill the passing hours; He slumbers, but his words are living still.

Where the dews glisten and the song birds warble, And snow-white lilies wreathe the grassy mound, In nature's keeping, with no pomp of marble, His calm and peaceful resting-place is found. L. D. SANTEN. Oswego, Labette Co., Kan.

WATERS.—Fell asleep at Wright, Mich., May 21, 1879, of quick consumption, my wife, Hattie, aged 16 years, 3 months, and 24 days. Eld. E. H. Root addressed the people. We mourn not as those without hope. ALPHA WATERS.

WHITE.—Died of general debility, at our home near Smyrna, Ionia Co., Mich., May 15, 1879, our dearly beloved mother, Mrs. Almira White, aged 78 years, 1 month, and 15 days. She embraced the present truth over twenty years ago, under the labors of Eld. M. E. Cornell, and has ever since been a firm believer in the Advent faith. She was patient through all her sufferings, expressing a desire to rest until the resurrection. She leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. Funeral discourse by Bro. J. L. Edgar, of Wright, Mich., from Rev. 1:18. MRS. CYRUS RING.

PHILLIPS.—Died at Memphis, Macomb Co., Mich., May 19, 1879, Sister Polly Phillips, in the 73d year of her age. She leaves a husband to mourn his loss. Sister P. was converted in early life, and united with the Baptist church. Bro. and Sr. P. have lived together fifty years. They came to Michigan when the country was new. They embraced the present truth about twenty years since under the labors of Bro. Lawrence and Cornell. In her death Bro. P. loses a devoted wife, and the church one of their most faithful members. A comforting discourse was given by Bro. Lamson from Job 19:25. H. M. KENYON.