p. 199 | Obituary Notices

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

Obituary Notices.

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

Died, in Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 12, 1873, of catarrhal consumption, John Ferguson, aged seventy-nine years, two months, and seven days. Bro. Ferguson was among those who embraced the truth and were baptized at the time of the tent meeting in Santa Rosa four years ago last June. Although advanced in years, he has ever been a faithful, active, and cheerful member of the church. His last affliction was borne with patience and submission. Almost his last words were praises to the Lord. We think the words of Job. 5:26, applicable to his case: “Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.” J. N. Loughborough.

Died, at Hook’s Point, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1873, Bro. Geo. Cornell, aged thirty years, eight months, and twenty days. Bro. Cornell embraced the third angel’s message a year ago under the labors of Eld. R. M. Kilgore. Since then, has been a consistent member of the Hook’s Point church. The last days of his sickness were marked with severe affliction, but it all tended to drive him nearer the Lord; and he said, “The truth shines brighter and brighter.” When he found there was no hope of his recovery, he calmly and deliberately arranged his temporal matters, and submitted to the will of God. We have reason to believe he sleeps in Jesus. He leaves a wife and two children and many friends to mourn their loss. May this sad affliction be sanctified to the bereaved family, and may we all finally be gathered when the Lifegiver comes. W. B. Everhart.