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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 21, 1870

Obituary Notices.

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

Died, in Wolcott, Vt., May 2, 1870, Julius C., eldest son of Bro. and Sr. S. H. Peck, aged 26 years. Some six years since, while in the U. S. service, Julius was wounded, and with others taken prisoner, where for six months he suffered abuse, hunger, and privation, which, with his wound, laid the foundation for his protracted sickness, sufferings, and death.

While a portion of his fellow-prisoners were brutally butchered in his presence, at the time of their capture, his life was spared, and at his earnest entreaties, he was permitted to keep his New Testament, though robbed of every thing else. This sacred volume was his companion within the gloomy walls of his confinement.

He endured his sufferings with patience and resignation, and fell asleep hoping for salvation. A companion and little daughter are left to mourn his early loss. Funeral services at the Congregationalist house in Wolcott Village, where a large and attentive audience listened to a sermon from Ps. 17:15. A. S. HUTCHINS.

Died, in Alba, Pa., Sabbath, March 19th, 1870, of spasms of the arteries, Fred J., son of Jefferson and Esther Loughhead, aged 2 years, 9 months and 7 days. We feel our loss; but the blessed hope of the soon-coming Saviour is our comfort. The funeral was held at the Disciple meeting house, where Bro. John S. Baker addressed a large and attentive congregation. J. LOUGHHEAD.

Died, in Bennington, N. H., April 28th, 1870, Julitta L. Martin, our youngest child, aged 19 years and 23 days. She had the measles, which terminated in quick consumption. She bore her sickness, of seven weeks, with much patience, and gave some evidence that she loved the Lord. May this affliction serve to wean us more and more from the world. LEWIS and DEBBY MARTIN.