Obituary Notices | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 11, 1876

FromThe Review and Herald, Review and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 19.

Obituary Notices.

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

DIED, in Plainfield, Wis., April 16, 1876, my dear companion, P. S. Thurston. He was sick five months, during which time not an impatient word escaped his lips. He only regretted that he had done so little for the Lord, and desired to live only to share in the closing work of this last message. At times he suffered great pain; the most severe of all was caused by the bursting of an abscess followed by a shock of paralysis one week before his death. He never spoke after, but seemed sensible until about twelve hours before his death. Oh, what a lonely home is ours! May the Lord sustain and comfort us in this hour of affliction. Bro. Cady spoke words of comfort from 1 Thess. 4:13–17. R. M. THURSTON.

DIED, at Union Ridge, Woodbury Co., Iowa, April 16, 1876, Flora May, only daughter of J. W. and Ann Hovey, aged 9 years, 6 months, and 24 days. Her sickness was very short, lasting only five days. She suffered greatly, but without murmuring or complaining. Flora was beloved by all who knew her. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Harvey. Text, Isa. 40:7: “The flower fadeth,” &c. HATTY PITT.

DIED, of consumption, April 18, 1876, near Belvidere, Monona Co., Iowa, sister Lenora Hathaway, wife of Charles Hathaway, aged 48 years, 5 months, and 22 days. She embraced the third angel’s message with her husband three years ago, and united with the Belvidere church. She died in the triumphs of faith. She leaves a companion, seven children, and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Funeral service by the writer. Text, Rev. 14:13. J. BARTLETT.

DIED, of consumption, in Solon, Kent Co., Mich., April 3, 1876, Addie Guy, aged 14 years, 1 month, and 6 days. Her end was such that we have reason to believe she will have part in the first resurrection. Funeral service by a Methodist minister, from John 11:15, 26. WM. & M. M. MINISEE.

FELL asleep in Jesus, in Jefferson, Hillsdale Co., Mich., April 12, 1876, sister Mary E. Wallace, in the twenty-ninth year of her age. She was loved and esteemed by all who knew her. She suffered long, and bore her sufferings with Christian fortitude. We have laid her away to wait till the Life-giver comes. We believe he will bring her with him in the morning of the resurrection. She embraced the advent faith under the labors of H. A. St. John one year ago, and was strong in the belief of the third angel’s message. Sermon by Eld. Myers, Baptist, from Heb. 4:15. P. BLACK.

DIED, March 30, 1876, in Warren Co., Iowa, at the residence of M. F. Clark, sister Mary F. Lloyd, aged 46 years, 4 months, and 23 days. After six days of extreme suffering from pneumonia she calmly fell asleep in Jesus. The greater portion of her life was devoted to his service, and fifteen years ago she embraced present truth. Her greatest burden has ever seemed to be for the salvation of her dear children. May they meet her with joy in the first resurrection. Funeral discourse by Eld. Deal, Christian minister, from Rev. 14:12. S. O. JAMES.

FELL asleep in Jesus, at the residence of his daughter in Hillsdale Co., Mich., April 8, 1876, our dear brother Wm. Heacock, aged 64 years. At the age of 18, he was convicted of sin and gave his heart to God. For more than forty years he was a pillar in the M. E. church, much of the time a class-leader, and ever a faithful laborer. One year ago last November, he began to keep the Sabbath of the Lord and to rejoice in the precious truths of the third angel’s message, in which he grew stronger till the day of his death. He was faithful in the discharge of every duty, and as superintendent of the Sabbath-school he was zealous and in earnest. At his funeral, the Methodist house in Osseo, in which the services were conducted by Eld. Myers, F. W. Baptist, was crowded to overflowing. AMASA BLUNT.