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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 22, 1876

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth,”

Died, April 13, 1876, at the residence of her son in Brookfield, Mich., sister Elizabeth Estell, in the 89th year of her age. She was a member of the Methodist church about fifty years. When in her 82d year, by hearing others read, she became interested in the seventh-day Sabbath, which for seven years she conscientiously observed; and her dying testimony to her friends was in its favor. The Advent hope was dear to her, and she will rest but a little while before it will be realized. M. J. SAWYER.

Died, in Linneus, Aroostook Co., Me., May 21, 1876, Esther B., wife of David Byron, aged seventy-four years and eleven months. She and her husband commenced the observance of the Lord's Sabbath last winter, and she has left her dying testimony in favor of the truth. She experienced religion in the early part of her married life, and has been faithful not only in her own family but in the neighborhood. And we read, “He that hath pity on the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” Prov. 19:17. When the third angel's message was presented here last winter, she readily embraced it; and although she was not able to attend the meetings she was faithful in warning those who came in to see her, and in pointing them to Christ as the only hope of salvation. She suffered much during her sickness, yet without a murmur. May the Lord bless the afflicted family; and if they heed her faithful admonitions, they will soon meet her where parting scenes will be no more. By her request, I spoke on the day of her funeral, to a large audience, from 1 Thess. 4:18. J. B. GOODRICH.

Died, May 16, 1876, at Bolton, Ionia Co., Mich., our beloved sister, Theodosia Welman, aged forty-six years, seven months, and twenty-nine days. Sister Welman joyfully received present truth, and kept the Sabbath thirteen years alone, until 1874, when Brn. Lawrence and Strong came to Saranac with the tent. One of her sons here embraced the present truth, and united with others in forming a band of nine Sabbath-keepers. The soon coming of our Saviour was a special theme of interest with her. She leaves a kind husband and five sons to mourn their loss. May their loss be made up by meeting her robed in immortal bloom, where the willing and the obedient shall eat the good of the land. Funeral discourse by Eld. Canfield, Wesleyan Methodist. E. WILKINSON.