Obituary by Mrs. H. T. H. Sanborn

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Sep 6, 1883

Obituary.

By Mrs. H. T. H. Sanborn

ALLEN.—Our dear sister, Mrs. Maggie M. Allen, fell asleep in Jesus, July 16, 1883, at her mother's home in Waterloo, Grant Co., Wis., aged twenty-two years, seven months, and nine days. Hers was a lingering, painful illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude. As we repeatedly visited her, a peaceful expression told us of the calm resignation within, which added charms to her lovely face; and as we knelt by her bedside, mingling our prayers with hers, the very atmosphere of the room seemed laden with "that peace which passeth all understanding." As do many of us, she felt that the mistakes of her life had been many, but found that settled peace so manifest on her countenance, in believing that her Saviour's blood, being efficacious, atoned for all; and we "sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." Eld. I. Sanborn spoke to a large audience from 1 Thess. 4:16. MRS. H. T. H. SANBORN.