“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
THATCHER.—Brother Michael Thatcher, of Cohoctah, Mich., fell asleep in Jesus, Sept. 10, 1902, at the age of seventy-three years. Words of comfort were spoken from Isa. 25:8. S. E. WIGHT. MORSE.—Died in Glenville, Cal., Aug. 20, 1902, of heart failure, our mother, Isabella F. Morse, aged 56 years, 4 months. Mother was born in Canada, but most of her life was spent in Minnesota, where she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1887. A husband, two daughters, and one son are left to mourn their loss. MIRA MANN. MORRISON.—Died in Canon City, Colo., June 9, 1902, Judith Morrison, aged 75 years, 10 months, 8 days. She was converted when twenty-eight years of age, and joined the Methodist Church, and eighteen years later she joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was a faithful Christian and devoted mother. Eight children survive her. CARRIE RANDOLPH. PETERSON.—Died at Munger, O. T., Sept. 9, 1902, Georgie R. L. Peterson, aged 9 years, 9 months, 6 days. Georgie was sick three weeks with typhoid, and afterward was attacked with hemorrhage of the bowels, from which he died. We expect to meet him in the first resurrection. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, using as a text 1 Thess. 4:13, 14. E. L. MAXWELL. ROBINSON.—Died at Mulhall, O. T., Aug. 21, 1902, of heart failure, Phebe I. Robinson. Sister Robinson was converted in early life and united with the Methodist Church. About five years ago, under the labors of Elder O. S. Ferren, she accepted the truths of the message at Sheridan, Wyo. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Ps. 34:7, assisted by the Methodist pastor. C. SORENSON. FIELD.—Died at his home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 13, 1902, William Vincent Field, aged 69 years and 5 days. In 1860 he accepted the third angel’s message under the labors of Elder M. E. Cornell, and ever after was faithfully devoted to it. Mother and three children, two sons and the writer, are left to mourn; but we all look forward to the time when “the mossy old graves where the pilgrims sleep shall be open as wide as before.” The funeral sermon was preached by Elder J. H. Kraft. Mrs. FLORA V. DORCAS. DORSEY.—Miss Ella Dorsey, of Allegheny, Pa., was drowned in Goguac Lake, near Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 27, 1902. The deceased was 21 years of age. She accepted the truth four years ago, and about three months ago left her home to take the nurses’ course at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. She was a good musician, and often rendered valuable service in large public gatherings addressed by the writer. The last few months of her life were the happiest and most spiritual in all her Christian experience. She leaves a mother, five sisters, and a brother. The funeral services were conducted by the writer before a large company of sympathizing friends in her home residence. Ps. 116:15 and Rev. 14:13 were presented as a token of love and comfort. C. S. LONGACRE. SAXBY.—Died in Battle Creek, Mich., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Bordo, of infirmities of old age, Sept. 23, 1902, Sister Euphemie H. Saxby, having completed her seventy-sixth year the day before her death. She was the mother of Elder W. H. Saxby. In the days of her childhood she was converted and joined the Baptist Church. Later she accepted the Bible doctrine of the second advent of Christ, and thus became a pioneer in the great advent movement. Under the labors of Elder Joseph Bates she, with her husband, accepted the third angel’s message and was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church till the day of her death. She leaves three sons, one daughter, and other relatives to mourn their loss. Her strong faith in the soon coming of her Redeemer, and in his power and promise to raise the dead, took away the terrors of death, and she looked beyond the grave with a bright hope of a place in the glorious home of the redeemed. She was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery till the morn of the resurrection. I. D. VAN HORN. HILL.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Rochester, Ind., Sept. 11, 1902. Sister Sarah Levenia Hill, wife of Dr. William Hill, aged 60 years, 5 months, and 17 days. In 1874 Brother and Sister Hill listened to the presentation of the views held by Seventh-day Adventists, in a tent effort at Rochester, Ind., conducted by Elder J. H. Waggoner and the writer. Sister Hill was a thorough Christian of many virtues,—kind, loving, tender, and true. Her every-day actions were examples of fortitude in the Christian faith. Heart failure was the immediate cause of her death. She leaves a loving husband, two brothers, one sister, and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder P. G. Stanley. S. H. LANE.