Memorial Service for Elder Holser.
ACCORDING to appointment, the Sabbath hour, Sept. 21, 1901, was devoted to a Memorial Service for Elder Henry P. Holser, who died in Cañon City, Colo., Sept. 11, 1901, aged forty-five years. Brother I. H. Evans read a brief sketch of the principal facts of his eventful life, from which we gather the following particulars: Born in 1856, near Pontiac, Mich. Converted at the age of eighteen. Began public labor in the cause in 1882, and spent the first eighteen months associated with Elder A. G. Daniels in Iowa. Commenced work in a foreign field—in Basel, Switzerland—in 1887, and had general charge of the European Mission, which he satisfactorily managed till stricken down by disease. Before returning to this country he spent the winter of 1899 in Egypt for the benefit of his health, and to open the work there. After returning to the scenes of his childhood, his health at times seemed to rally, but only temporarily. As a last resort he went to Colorado, and died at Cañon City, September 11, as stated above. He bore his sufferings without complaint, and maintained a steadfast hope in God. The characteristic of his feelings seemed to be submission to the will of God. Elder Daniels followed with the discourse, and found important topics for the sad occasion in 2 Peter 3:11, 12. The lesson drawn from this scripture was that upon the Church is laid the weighty responsibility of retarding or hastening the coming of the Lord. See margin of verse 12. Testimony was produced showing that if the Church had lived up to her privilege and duty, the world would have been warned, and the Lord would have come before this time. The crying need of the world to-day, therefore, is a thorough and complete personal consecration to the truth and the message on the part of believers. Then the missionary spirit would be a burning flame in our hearts, and there would be no lack of men to take up the work laid down by him who has fallen. Shall we thus take hold of the work, or become unfaithful and slothful servants, who say, My Lord delayeth His coming? The occasion was made to emphasize the need of laborers in the regions beyond, and all who listened to the remarks could but have had a clearer sense of the situation, and been greatly impressed thereby.