Obituaries

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 23, 1903

BUTTERFIELD.—Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. H. Pound, in Mt. Vernon, Wash., May 16, 1903, of pneumonia, Mary E. Butterfield, aged 73 years, 11 months, and 22 days. She has been for years a firm believer in the third angel's message, which she received through the preaching of Elder Joseph Bates. Two sons and five daughters are bereft of a loving mother. F. W. PHELPS.

DANFORTH.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Chatsworth Park, Cal., May 22, 1903, of bronchitis, with other complications, Mrs. A. H. Danforth. Brother and Sister Danforth accepted present truth in Iowa, in 1877, and came to California in 1878. They were the first representatives of our faith in Los Angeles County. She was faithful to her church as a member, and to her family as a wife and mother. Her husband, three daughters, and three sons mourn their loss. Burial took place at Fernando, Cal., May 24. RODERICK S. OWEN.

HUNT.—Died at Connersville, Ind., May 28, 1903, Sister Alice R. W. Hunt, aged 37 years, 10 months, and 17 days. She joined the company of believers in the Adventist faith at Connersville, in July, 1894, and became one of the charter members of the Connersville church recently organized. She was a faithful and active member of that church until her death. She leaves a husband and several children, to whom the hope is offered in Jesus of meeting her at the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. A. W. BARTLETT.

UMBERHIND.—Died suddenly at Bath, Me., June 9, 1903, of heart-disease, Randall A. Umberhind, aged 59 years, 2 months, and 23 days. Brother Umberhind was born in the spring of the memorable year 1844. His parents, believing that the coming of the Lord would take place in the fall of that year, did not name him until after the passing of the time. He early became a Christian, and thirty-six years ago began the observance of the Lord's Sabbath. He was always faithful in bearing his testimony for the truth. The Maine Conference, and the church at Bath, of which he was the elder, will sadly miss this earnest brother. A widow and two married children, together with one brother and three sisters, are left to mourn, but not without hope. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. P. F. BICKNELL.

MALCOLM.—Sister Margaret Ann Malcolm died in Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand, May 12, 1903, in her eighty-fourth year. She was reared in the Church of England, and converted in the Wesleyan Church when nineteen years old, with which she remained fifty-five years. In her long pilgrimage she proved to be “a candle lighted by the Lord,” and her children and grandchildren rose up and called her blessed. In her seventy-fourth year she, with her two unmarried daughters, resided in North Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, where the first Australian Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting was held. Here, after careful investigation, they received the last message, and from that time onward she rejoiced in its increasing light. During the ten years of walking in accordance with His commandments, she, with her daughters, traveled considerably, and in every place visited she had the joy of seeing others accept the message for these times, and with her own hand she distributed much of the message far and wide. She often said, “This light is the crowning joy of my life.” Her constant prayer was that others might share it also. She was not sick, nor in pain, but gradually failed, dying of old age. Her mind was clear to the last, and when unable to speak aloud, she still repeated with accuracy the glorious promises of God's Word. In Brightwater's quiet graveyard, in the Waimea's beautiful valley, she sleeps “till Jesus comes.” JULIA MALCOLM.