Obituary Notices | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 13, 1873

Obituary Notices.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.

Died, in Rochester, N. Y., April 18, 1873, of long-standing kidney disease, sister Caroline Orton, aged sixty years.

Sister Orton gave her heart to Christ in early life, and had for many years a rich experience in the things of the Spirit of God. She was one of the first in this city to receive the doctrine of the near advent of Christ, and her love for the appearing of Jesus was never lost. She embraced the Sabbath of the Lord in 1852, and was ever afterward an exemplary observer of that sacred day.

In 1866, a terrible blow fell upon her in the assassination of her husband. It seemed to her more than she could bear. Unbelief and unreconciliation added to the great bitterness of her cup a still more terrible bitter. Words cannot express the anguish which she has suffered. For several years, however, light has gradually broken into her mind. In her last sickness, which was attended with great pain, her mind was in a state of complete submission to God. Yet she said repeatedly that she wished to have greater light from the Spirit of God. But during the last few days of her life, she said that her light was such as to be entirely satisfactory. We cannot doubt that she sleeps in Jesus. We mourn our loss, but we are comforted with the thought that her sorrows are ended, and that she will ere long have a crown of glory placed upon her head, and will sit down with Christ upon his throne. J. N. Andrews.

Died, April 19, 1873, of croup, Henry Oliver, son of Enoch B. and Margaret M. Potts, aged six years, seven months, and eight days. He was a lovely son. It seemed hard for the parents to give him up; but we are assured that at the last trump the grave will yield up its trust, and if they are faithful, they will soon live with him beyond the grave, nevermore to part.

Words of comfort were spoken to an attentive congregation by the writer. Jos. G. Wood.

Died, at Serena, March 21, 1873, sister Eliza A. Nettleingham, aged twenty-one years, four months, and thirteen days. She embraced the truth two years ago last fall while our tent was in operation at Northville, and has been faithful in trying to live up to the light she had. She attended our good camp-meeting at Aledo last June, and since that has seemed to realize that her end was near, and has been preparing for it. She leaves a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn while she rests in hope. She was buried on first-day, March 23, and the funeral services were attended, April 20, by the writer, with a house full of interested hearers. T. M. Steward.

Died, at Bowdoinham, Me., Feb. 19, 1873, after a short but distressing illness which terminated in paralysis, my dear husband, Ephraim Flanders, aged seventy-five years and three months. S. Flanders.

Died, in Chesaning, April 13, 1873, of consumption, our beloved mother, Amanda F. Chase, aged 47 years and 5 months. I. O. Thompson.

Drowned, in Cass river, Mich., George, son of Bro. and sister Lett, aged about 20 years. Funeral at his father's residence, Greenwood, Mich., April 12, 1873, where the writer addressed a large audience from Job 14: 14. “If a man die, shall he live again?” H. S. Gurney.