p. 183 | Obituary Notices

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 20, 1873

Obituary Notices.

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

DIED, at Malone, N. Y., April 30, 1873, of consumption, Sybil Whitney, aged sixty-six years. She was born in South Hero, Vt., June 27, 1806. Her father, A. Landon, was a Methodist clergyman; and one of her brothers, Seymour Landon, has been an active Methodist preacher in the N. Y. East Conference for upward of fifty years. She embraced religion at the age of twelve years, from which time she was a church member until her decease. She was married to Sealand Whitney, who survives her, in 1827; and was enabled to do her part, with him, in bringing up a family of five sons in the fear of the Lord, who are all professors of religion, three of whom joined with their mother thirteen years ago in receiving the doctrine of the second advent near, and in keeping the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and are actively interesting themselves in the furtherance of the cause of their heavenly Master.

Sister Whitney was naturally very conscientious, and endeavored to adhere to the truth on all points. For three months before her death, she was a great sufferer; still she manifested great patience and fortitude, and seemed to have much of the grace of God to help her to the very last; and, having made a clean survey of her own case before the Lord during her sickness, she was enabled in her last moments to say in the triumphs of faith, “All is well.”

Funeral discourse on the occasion by the writer, from 1 Cor. 15:21.

“Angels shall guard thy sleeping dust, And as thy Saviour rose, The grave again shall yield her trust, And end thy deep repose.”

A. C. BOURDEAU.

DIED, in Allegan, Mich., April 28, Sarah E., wife of S. P. Clark, aged thirty-eight years and eight months.

In the death of sister Clark, the church has met with a great loss. Not only was she a firm believer in all the truths of the third message, but such was the consistency of her life and the meekness of her spirit that she recommended her faith to all who enjoyed her personal acquaintance. Though a great sufferer in her last hours, she not only bore patiently that which she was called upon to endure; but, in the midst of her suffering, she spoke calmly of her approaching end, and triumphed, even on the very verge of death, at the thought of soon meeting her coming Lord. She leaves a family of four children, the youngest of whom is but an infant.

Discourse by the writer at the S. D. A. house of worship, April 29.

W. H. LITTLEJOHN.

DIED, at Lapeer, Mich., April 16, 1873, after an illness of one week, Dearborn H. Sanborn, elder of the Lapeer church, in the forty-eighth year of his age. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father. His counsels, admonitions, and reproofs, are a great loss to the church. He was a peacemaker and beloved by all who knew him.

Discourse at the funeral by I. D. Van Horn.

Wm. POTTER.

I was called to attend the funeral of two boys, one about fourteen, and the other eleven, years of age, sons of Bro. Fisher of Blendon, Mich. His house was burned (supposed to be set on fire by his wife, who was not in the truth, and had, for some time, manifested insanity) with all its contents, and these two boys were consumed in the flames. Himself and two daughters barely escaped, with only their night robes. His wife was fully dressed, and gave him notice of the fire, but too late to save the children.

J. BYINGTON.

DIED, in Wright, Mich., April 19, 1873, of inflammation of the lungs, Everts F., youngest son of Henry W. and Lydia A. Gordon, aged nine months. Our Saviour has said, “Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.” Funeral discourse from Colossians 3:2.

J. BYINGTON.

DIED, in Hebron, Jeff. Co., Wis., April 24, 1873, Lena, youngest child of Wm. L. and Lucinda Blakely, aged one year, eight months, and twenty-eight days. It is thought by some that her disease was consumption.

DIED, four miles west of Palermo, Kan., April 28, 1873, Charles Nicholas, infant son of T. H. and D. E. Wakeman, aged seven weeks and four days. Discourse by the writer from Psalms 144:3.

C. H. CHAFFEE.