p. 95 | Obituary Notices

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 2, 1873

Obituary Notices.

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

Died, in Durand, Pippin Co., Wis., Aug. 1, 1873, sister M. E. Gregory, aged thirty-seven years and two months. Sister Gregory has been in the truth about ten years. She, with two or three others, has been struggling through opposition alone. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Our heart was sad when we left them in their lonely home; we hope this separation may not be long. The following lines were written by her husband:—

O death, thy withering hand is laid, Oft on earth’s fairest, purest flowers. O’er many homes there is a shade, But none more deep than rests on ours.

O grave, in silence dark and dumb, We lay our treasure in thy dust, Waiting till the glad morn shall come When thou shalt render up thy trust.

We walk the path of life alone; We meekly bear the chastening rod. ’Tis hard to say, “Thy will be done.” Thy will be done, O Lord, our God.

Discourse by the writer. Text, Rev. 14: 13.

David Downer.

Died, in Clark Co., Ohio, near Yellow Springs, Aug. 14, 1873, of spotted fever, Mary H., daughter of L. W. and Rachel A. Vanmeter, aged 4 years, 2 months, and 11 days. Discourse by the writer, to an attentive audience, from 1 Cor. 15.

Wm. Cottrell.