p. 175 | Obituary Notices

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 12, 1872

Obituary Notices.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.

Died, in Wright, Mich., of quick consumption, August 12, 1872, George A. Parmenter, aged twenty-four years. This dear brother was converted at the age of thirteen, and baptized by Bro. Bates. He was an example of piety, always steadfast in the truth, and left a good hope of a better resurrection. We spoke at the funeral from 2 Tim. 4:7, 8. J. Byington.

Died, in Wright, Mich., of dysentery, Oct. 2, 1872, Nelvin, son of widow Elizabeth Hastings, aged thirteen months. This dear sister but a few months since buried her dear husband, and now her little son. These are strong cords to draw her to Heaven. Remarks at the funeral from Jer. 31:15–17. J. Byington.

Died, near Avilla, Jasper Co., Mo., Sept. 3, 1872, after a very distressing illness of nearly three weeks, of bilious remittant fever, and a complication of other diseases, my beloved wife, Sarah M. St. Clair, in the 38th year of her age. She embraced religion when she was quite young, and united with the Congregational church, and was a faithful member of that church until 1860; at that time, she embraced the third angel’s message. Her devotion to the cause of truth is well known. She was zealous for the truth. We believe that her preparation for death was timely and thorough. She retained the use of her reason until death had nearly finished its work. She bore her suffering with much fortitude, and was resigned to her Heavenly Father’s will, and was even anxious to sleep in the grave beside her mother, who died only 18 days before. She leaves a husband and two children to mourn her loss. We hope to meet her in the first resurrection. C. H. T. St. Clair.

Died, in Georgetown, Mich., Sept. 21, 1872, of typhoid fever, my wife, Sarah A. Mountford, in the 33d year of her age. She embraced the truth in the fall of 1858, under the labors of Eld. I. Sanborn, at Twin Grove, Wis., and since that time has never expressed a doubt, to my knowledge, of the genuineness of our faith. She leaves a husband and three children to mourn her loss. Comforting words were spoken on the occasion by Bro. J. Byington. S. Mountford.

Died, in Oronoco, Olmsted Co., Oct. 15, 1872, in the thirty-third year of her age, sister Paulina, wife of Bro. John Emery. She leaves a companion and four little children, with a large circle of friends, to mourn her loss. But while we mourn, we have the consolation of believing that she sleeps in hope. Words by the writer to a large and attentive congregation from Job 14:10, 14. H. F. Phelps.

Died, in Bath, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1872, of asthmatic consumption, our dear mother, Phebe Cooper, aged seventy-eight years. She had been a member of the Baptist church for over forty years; but when the third angel’s message was preached by our people, she received the Sabbath, and from that time kept it. We mourn our loss, but not without hope; for she said she believed she should spend a glorious eternity with us, in the kingdom of God’s dear Son. F. B. & E. A. Bryant.