p. 83 | Obituary by A. and J. G. Matteson

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 15, 1883

Obituary.

By A. and J. G. Matteson

MATTESON.—Died of tuberculosis, Jan. 7, 1883, in Christiana, Norway, Tina, daughter of Anna and J. G. Matteson, aged eighteen years, six months, and two days, after an illness of about nine months. She was confined to her bed about five weeks. She did not suffer very much, but wasted away gradually. Tina labored for three years with great diligence and faithfulness in the printing-office, and confined herself too closely to the work. After she left the office, she still continued to write as her strength would permit. Her last work was copying a sermon (The Apostles of Christ) which she had taken down in short-hand for Biblical Sermons. She appeared too weak for the work, but succeeded, nevertheless, in finishing it. We often advised her not to write any more, but she felt unhappy without employment, and it grieved her to think that she should be unable to support herself. When she could not write, she would knit different things to sell. This she continued to do until her strength failed. She bade us all farewell on the morning of her last day; stating that she enjoyed peace in Christ, and hoped to meet us when Jesus should come. Although we do not sorrow without hope, yet we miss Tina much. This is the second child we have laid away since we left our quiet home in America. With subdued yet painful hearts we say, Thy will, O God, be done.

A. AND J. G. MATTESON.