Wilson by L. A. Hoopes

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · May 7, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 18.

Wilson

By L. A. Hoopes

WILSON.—Betsey Wilson, aged 86 years, died of chronic catarrh and other chronic troubles, on April 23, 1885, at the residence of her son, W. J. Wilson, Red Cloud, Nebraska.

Sister Wilson was known by many readers of the Signs, who were "pioneers of the cause." Sixty-seven years she has been striving for a home in her Master's kingdom. She embraced the Third Angel's Message, under the labors of Elder J. B. Frisbie, at Fair Plains, Mich. Those acquainted with her know how firmly she has stood for the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus these many years.

In her last hours she suffered intensely, but amid all her sufferings we could hear her praising and adoring her Father in Heaven. A few days before she died, she called for us to pray that God would enable her to call in the wanderings of her mind. And the day before she died, she said that God had heard the prayers, that her mind was clear, and she felt as sure that God had accepted her, and would have her in his kingdom as if she were already there. The day she died, she said, "Death has a sting; but oh, the wonderful provision for life through Jesus Christ!"

The last intelligible words she uttered were, "Children, meet me on the other shore." We have good reasons to believe she will come forth in the first resurrection, with immortal bloom and vigor. The writer spoke from the text of her own choosing, John 14:1-3. We mourn her loss as a mother, but rejoice that God accepted her to be one of his children. L. A. HOOPES.