Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 26, 1907

COWLES.—Died at the sanitarium at Madison, Wis., Aug. 18, 1907, of old age and heart failure, Brother R. G. Cowles, aged 80 years, 9 months, and 29 days. Brother Cowles embraced the truths of the third angel's message in 1861 under the labors of Elders T. M. Steward and I. Sanborn, uniting with the Baraboo (Wis.) church at the time of its organization, May 23, 1875. He was a consistent Christian, and when he realized that death was near, said that heaven had never before seemed so near and so real. A wife, two sons, and a daughter are left to mourn. The funeral service was held at Baraboo, words of comfort being spoken by Elder C. W. Olds from Rev. 14:6-14. E. M. ALDRICH.

SANFRATELLO.—Died in Cleburne County, Alabama, July 9, 1907, Joseph Sanfratello, aged 39 years. Brother Sanfratello was born in Sicily, and came to the United States in 1890. More than eight years ago he was converted to the Seventh-day Adventist faith, and continued an earnest, devoted Christian till death. He was respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn their loss. The funeral was conducted by the writer. DAY CONKLIN.

LORREN.—Died in Cleburne County, Alabama, Sept. 5, 1907, Clari Vashti Lorren, infant daughter of T. J. and Carrie Lorren. Little Clari Vashti was born Feb. 8, 1907. She was a bright, sweet child, and will be greatly missed; but we sorrow not as those who have no hope, for we believe she will come forth in the first resurrection. She leaves a father, mother, one brother, and two sisters to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. DAY CONKLIN.

CARLETON.—Died Sept. 10, 1907, Brother J. F. Carleton, aged 76 years, 11 months, and 23 days. He was in Massachusetts on a visit with his sons, and being feeble, fell and received injuries from which he died in about two weeks. He embraced present truth many years ago under the labors of Elders J. N. Andrews and M. E. Cornell when the Norridgewock (Maine) church was raised up, and has been a faithful member of the church these many years, and will be greatly missed by the members. He was brought to Norridgewock for burial, the funeral being at the home in which he lived for many years, and he was laid to rest in the village cemetery to await the coming of the Life-giver to reward his saints. He leaves a wife and three sons to mourn their loss. On the funeral occasion, remarks were made by the writer from Job 14:14. P. B. OSBORNE.

CORNISH.—Fell asleep in Jesus at the asylum for the insane, at Lincoln, Neb., Sister Ella Cornish, aged 43 years. The blessed experience of this sister during the last few years of her life deserves more than a passing notice. She had suffered ill health from various causes, and her mind being affected, she was taken to the asylum, June 30, 1900. Here she regained her mental faculties, but being frail and helpless, remained an inmate until her death. I visited her several times during the last few weeks, and as I witnessed her triumphant faith and sweet resignation, I thought that it ought to be known what God can do for his children under the most trying circumstances. Her face seemed to light up with glory from the unseen world as she talked in broken sentences and disconnected words. She said that the Lord knew just where to put her, and that she had been perfectly contented. It was like going into the furnace, but the form of the Fourth had been there, and the flame had consumed only the cords which had bound her, and had set her soul free in God. By reading the REVIEW she had kept pace with the message, and had written much, both of prose and of poetry, for our denominational papers, and for other religious journals, so that her influence was felt outside of the institution as well as in it. She spoke with affection for her attendants, and with love and pity for the patients, of whom some had been her special subjects of prayer. She will come up in the glad morning of the resurrection, forever free from Satan's cruel power. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder C. R. Kite from Rom. 8:28. E. M. PEEBLES.

A CORRECTION.—In the REVIEW of August 15, in Brother Hanson's obituary notice, these words occur: “With whom she had walked life's journey for nearly seventy-five years;” it should have read, “for nearly forty-five years.”