Obituaries

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 5, 1903

CHAFFEE.—Died at Concord, Minn., April 14, 1903, of pneumonia, Sister L. M. Chaffee, wife of Hiram S. Chaffee, in the forty-eighth year of her age. The deceased fell asleep with a firm hope of a part in the resurrection of the just. A. W. VAN KIRK.

YOUNG.—Died at Miltonvale, Kan., April 7, 1903, of rheumatism of the heart, Veda May Young, aged 6 years, 6 months. She awaits the Life-giver's call. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Ps. 103: 13-16 and 1 Cor. 15: 51-55, to a large gathering at the Presbyterian church. A. E. JOHNSON.

HINES.—Died at Indianapolis, Ind., April 12, 1903, Mrs. Eliza H. Hines. She became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Indianapolis about eighteen years ago, and was a constant lover of Christ, the church, and present truth. Sister Hines was one of that number of faithful sisters who united with the Indianapolis church at its beginning. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. A. W. BARTLETT.

SHELDON.—Oliver H. Sheldon was born in New York in 1831, and died in Blair, Neb., Feb. 24, 1903. Brother Sheldon came to Nebraska in 1870, and soon after joined the Methodist Church. A few years later he accepted present truth, under the labors of Elders J. Bartlett and R. M. Kilgore. He was an active, cheerful Christian, and loved to talk of the return of our Saviour, and the joys and beauties of the new earth. E. M. FULTON.

BARKER.—Died at Indianapolis, Ind., April 9, 1903, Mrs. Maggie L. Barker, daughter of Wm. R. and Josephine Carlin, aged 25 years, 4 months, and 25 days. She was the wife of Brother Avert Barker, and with her husband was a member of the Indianapolis Seventh-day Adventist church. Immediately before her death she said to her husband, in substance, Death can not come upon me as a thief, for I am ready in Christ to meet that great issue. She was of a peculiarly gentle and loving disposition. We laid her to rest in the family graveyard near Shelbyville, Ind., near her mother, who was buried recently; and we confidently look for them both to be raised to immortality when Jesus comes. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. A. W. BARTLETT.

THOMPSON.—Died in Quincy, Mich., April 11, 1903, of tuberculosis, Cassius M. Thompson, aged 52 years, 9 months, and 13 days. His life was characterized by constant devotion to his companion and children, and strict uprightness in his business and dealing with his friends and neighbors. His religious views he was in union with the message for our time; and about a month before his death he accepted his Saviour and found pardon, and the love of God was shed abroad in his heart. His dying words to his family were, ‘I love you all, but I love my Saviour best of all.’ He leaves a widow, three children, two brothers, and one sister to mourn their loss. Funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by the Baptist and Methodist ministers. I. D. VAN HORN.

RANNELLS.—John Milton Rannells was born Jan. 2, 1820, near Uniontown, Pa., and died April 19, 1903, at Wilmington, Ohio. He was a graduate from the Ohio Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, and practiced his profession for fifty years, being compelled to retire six or eight years ago on account of failing health. He united with the Christian church at New Antioch at the age of eighteen, but subsequently accepted the views of Seventh-day Adventists, and remained steadfast in that faith until death. His wife and six children survive him. The funeral services were conducted from the Christian church where he united in his youth. The pastor and Prof. J. B. Unthank, president of Wilmington College, assisted in the services. The discourse was delivered by the writer, from Ps. 103: 17. C. A. WATKINS.

KISINGER.—Brother John Kisinger died March 16, 1903, at his home in Meeker, Colo. He gave himself to the Lord, and united with the church by baptism in August, 1902, and gave evidence of a steady growth in grace the remainder of his life. He was taken away in the prime of life, a picture of health and vigor a few days before his death, at the age of 28. A young wife and babe, father, mother, and numerous relatives and friends deeply mourn their loss, but not as those who have no hope. MEADE MACGUIRE.

BROOKER.—Died at Plessis, Jefferson Co., N. Y., of old age and infirmity, in the ninetieth year of his age, Brother Charles Brooker. He was born at Deerfield, Mass., May 15, 1813. His wife, Sister Brooker, was born at Kempsville, Ontario, Dec. 26, 1832, and fell asleep in Jesus, June 21, 1901. They both accepted present truth on Grenadier Island, Ontario, in the spring of 1892, and then removed to the home of their daughter, Mrs. Wallace Hill, of Plessis, N. Y., who also accepted the truth. They leave two sons, four daughters, thirteen grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren to mourn. Father Brooker's long, painful sickness was borne with Christian fortitude. His struggle with death was prolonged for hours, but through it all he maintained a sweet, dignified resignation, and at last, like a grieved and weary child, he fell asleep on his Saviour's breast. A. FORD.