Gone to Rest

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Dec 3, 1903

Obituaries

KING.—Died at her home in Greenfield, Ind., Nov. 14, 1903, of typhoid fever, Samantha A. King, nee Plessinger, in the sixty-eighth year of her age. She was married to Levi J. King, June 15, 1856. Seven children have been born to them, five of whom are now living. She sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from John 11:25. W. D. CURTIS.

BOULDEN.—Died at Fremont, Neb., Nov. 4, 1903, Mrs. Elizabeth Ramzie Boulden, aged 89 years and 2 months. Mother accepted present truth at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1887, through Bible readings conducted by Mollie R. Long. She loved to talk of a soon-coming Saviour. Funeral services were conducted at the house by Elder McCrory. We sorrow not as those without hope. MATTIE BOULDEN.

HOUSE.—Fell asleep in Berkeley, Cal., Nov. 15, 1903, after a protracted illness of several months, Charles Ralph House, aged 28 years, 2 months, and 26 days. Brother House accepted present truth about one year ago, and although a great sufferer, he died triumphing in Christ and in the assurance that he should soon answer the Life-giver’s call to immortality. He leaves a wife and three children, who sorrow not as those who have not that blessed hope. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. J. D. RICE.

SIMONDS.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Lincoln, Ark., Nov. 9, 1903, S. Simonds, aged 73 years, 4 months, and 8 days. He accepted the truth of the third angel’s message forty-five years ago, under the labors of C. W. Hall and M. E. Cornell, at Bowling Green, Ohio, and was firm in the truth until the close of his life. After he accepted present truth, most of his time was spent in active service for the Master, preaching and canvassing, and he often expressed a longing for the Lord to come and redeem his people. A son and a daughter are left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the pastor of the M. E. Church. G. E. NORWOOD.

ARROWSMITH.—Died at her home near Fenton, Mich., July 4, 1903, Sister Lucinda C. Arrowsmith, in the eighty-second year of her age. About twenty-two years ago she and her husband accepted present truth under the labors of Elders Daniells and Corliss, uniting with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, remaining a faithful member of that organization till her death. After the death of her husband, in 1895, she was the special care of her daughter, Sister M. E. McOmber, who resided in the home, and was her constant companion and attendant. She bore the intense suffering of the last few days of her life with Christian fortitude and patience. But thanks to him who “giveth his beloved sleep,” she is resting in Jesus with the full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services were conducted by the writer; text, Rev. 14:13. C. H. KNIGHT.

NELSON.—Died at Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 1903, of smallpox, William Sullivan Nelson, aged 66 years, 3 months, 25 days. Over two years ago he moved from his home in Cedar Lake, Mich., to Portland, Ore. Last spring his companion, who had walked with him for forty-three years, was suddenly taken from him by death. Though isolated from his family, and with a prospect of a fatal outcome, his courage and hope were unshaken. He said very feelingly to some of us who visited him at the Isolation Hospital, “I have trusted all to Christ.” His attendants say that he passed away quietly and peacefully. Of his family of eleven daughters, six survive him. The blessed hope sustains them. We laid Brother Nelson to rest by the side of his wife, a few friends only gathering at the grave. On Sabbath, November 7, a memorial service was held in the East Portland church, conducted by the writer; text, Job 14:10-15. F. M. BURG.

Gone to Rest

COVERT.—My beloved father, Daniel Covert, was born March 15, 1814, in Clark County, in what was then the Territory of Indiana, and died at Hutchinson, Kan., Oct. 21, 1903, having reached the advanced age of 89 years, 7 months, and 6 days. He was a member of the Methodist Church for about twenty-five years, but in the summer of 1868, through Bible study, he accepted the truth as taught by Seventh-day Adventists. With our people he retained church connection till the day of his death. Our family record shows that father and mother (her maiden name was Catherine L. White) were married in Bartholomew County, Indiana, in the autumn of 1837. To them were born four sons and nine daughters. All these sons, and seven of the daughters, are yet living. The total living posterity of my parents, as nearly as I can ascertain, consists of eleven children, forty grandchildren, forty-eight great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren. These at present comprise thirty-seven families, and by counting them as families the whole household numbers one hundred and forty persons. Besides these who yet live, thirty-three of their offspring are dead. Funeral services were held in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Hutchinson, Kan., in the evening of October 21. He was then taken to Indiana, that he might be laid by the side of mother, who had gone to rest seventeen years before father’s decease. Now they sleep together in the Albrecht Cemetery, a little distance south of Kokomo. But our numerous family sorrow not without hope. We believe father and mother sleep in Jesus, the blessed Life-giver, and surely he is coming from heaven soon to raise to immortal life those who sleep in him. Often have I heard father and mother speak of that wonderful meteoric shower of Nov. 13, 1833, and tell about how the people thought the day of judgment had come. They would then refer to the Saviour’s promise that the generation who had seen that sign would not all pass away before the second coming of Christ should take place. And even last March, when in conversation with father about these things, he expressed it as a hope which he yet entertained that he would live until the second coming of Christ. It is true that not many of that generation remain to witness the closing work of Christ in the gospel work, but we are thankful for the blessed promise which yet remains. WM. COVERT.