Obituary by H. and M. P. Veysey

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 24, 1883

Obituary.

By H. and M. P. Veysey

VEYSEY.—Fell asleep at Eld. S. N. Haskell's house, So. Lancaster, Mass., our fifth darling child, Elsie Ruth Elizabeth. When we arrived from England last March, and heard that scarlatina was in the neighborhood, but that all attacks had yielded to treatment, we did not realize that one of our little ones would fall a victim. One after another took the infection. Elsie was quite bright on Monday morning, and on the next Thursday, the 10th inst., at 20 minutes before noon, she fell asleep, aged 8 years, 3 months, and 22 days. We can truly say, "The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." Job 1:21; Ps. 115:17, 18. She loved the Lord and his Sabbath. The kindness we have received has been remarkable. Eld. Robinson spoke with much interest, from Jer. 31:15-17, at the funeral the next day. May we live entirely to his glory, honor, and service. H. AND M. P. VEYSEY.

"She sleeps! the voyage of life is o'er, Outrode each stormy billow, Her aching head will throb no more, Upon death's quiet pillow. "Yes, she sleeps! no sound of earth's turmoil, No startling dreams shall her awaken. Blest sleeper! freed from earthly toil, By slumber deep o'ertaken. "She sleeps! hark! o'er the blessed dead, The word of promise spoken, Oh death! the Mighty One hath said, Thy fetters shall be broken. "Yes, she sleeps! we've laid her gently down, To brief and peaceful slumber, Till God shall all his ransomed crown, And all his sleepers number."