“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
VANDEVEL.— Died at Bark River, Mich., Aug. 17, 1902, of consumption, Sister Ercil Vandevel, aged 19 years, 2 months, and 5 days. She died in hope of a part in the first resurrection. Her father, one sister, and three brothers mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Num. 23:10. M. W. LEWIS. PROVONSHA.— Died at Regina, Wis., Aug. 18, 1902, Peter Provonsha, of cancer, aged 67 years, 23 days. The deceased was born in Canada, and came to this country when sixteen years old. He accepted the gospel as taught by Seventh-day Adventists twenty-three years ago. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, to a large concourse of friends. SWIN SWINSON. COOK.— Died at the St. Helena Sanitarium, Aug. 6, 1902, of heart disease, Algie B. Cook, aged 31 years. For a number of years Brother Cook had done faithful service in the sanitarium, for some time having been foreman of the men’s bath room. At the time of his death, he lacked only one year of completing a medical course in San Francisco. Dear ones mourn their loss, but not without hope. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. H. A. ST. JOHN. ANDREWS.— Died at Coalgate, I. T., Aug. 17, 1902, John Andrews in the fifty-fifth year of his age. He accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith about twenty years ago, under the labors of Elder Kilgore. He fell asleep in full assurance of faith. His mother, one brother, and three sisters, also seven children and several grandchildren mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, who spoke words of warning to the unconverted, from Amos 4:12, and words of comfort to the mourning relatives, from 1 Thess. 4:13–18. ALBERT J. WATERS. ABBOTT.— David Sears Abbott was born May 1, 1820; died at Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 4, 1902, of apoplexy. He and his wife accepted the third angel’s message in February, 1883. His last testimony was, “The Lord cannot come too soon; I am ready.” Interment took place at the Rosedale Cemetery, by the side of his beloved wife. He leaves a son and two daughters to mourn their loss. LIZZIE ALLEN. DREW.— Died at South Pulteney, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1902, Brother Lathrop Drew, aged 74 years, 4 months, and 20 days. Death resulted from apoplexy, after an illness of twenty-four hours. In his early youth he gave himself to Christ, and began the observance of the Sabbath, and at the time of death was a beloved member of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Pulteney, and a highly respected citizen of the community in which he had always lived. A wife and four children mourn their loss. The blessed hope was presented by the writer at the funeral. LULU WEIGHTMAN.