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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 30, 1874

Obituary Notices.

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

DIED, April 29, 1874, on steamer City Point, five hours before reaching Savannah, Ga., of consumption, sister Nettie Salisbury, wife of Bro. Burleigh Salisbury of this city, aged 28 years. Sister S. had been spending the winter with friends in St. Augustine, Florida, with the hope of benefitting her health; but failing rapidly as the warm weather came on, her husband received a summons to come and accompany her home. The homeward passage was commenced, but between St. Augustine and Savannah, as above stated, the disease accomplished its fatal work. She felt reconciled to her lot, having a good hope in Christ, and remarked before starting that if she should fall asleep there the Archangel’s trump would sound as loud in Florida as anywhere else. She anticipated much pleasure, if she should be spared to meet her friends here again. The meeting was delayed, but the time will seem shorter to her than if she had been permitted to finish the journey; and the meeting when it comes will be more joyous than the one she was anticipating. Bro. S. came on with the remains, and the funeral was held here, Sunday, May 3, the friends and neighbors filling our house of worship to its utmost capacity. U. S.

DIED, in Olivet, Mich., May 15, 1874, of quick consumption, sister Alice S. Patten, formerly Tiffany. Sister P. was a member of the Battle Creek church, but resided most of the time after her marriage, some over two years since, at Olivet. She patiently endured the ravages of disease, but longed to be at rest. U. S.

DIED, at Bordoville, Vt., May 16, 1874, of heart disease, Bro. Andrew Lamonday, aged sixty-six years, two months, and twenty-three days. After a discourse from Rev. 21:4, by the writer, we laid him away by the side of two sons and a daughter to rest until the Life-giver shall come. L. BEAN.

DIED, in Battle Creek, Mich., June 13, 1874, of fever induced by falling from a building, our esteemed Bro. Cyrenius Smith, aged 70 years. He was the son of Capt. Asahel Smith, of Windsor, Vt. He experienced religion at about the age of 15, and united with the Christian church. In 1849, when the Sabbath was first introduced into Michigan by S. D. Adventists, he immediately embraced it. He removed from Jackson, Mich., to Battle Creek, in 1855, and has in various ways served the cause here since that time, as the readers of the REVIEW are aware, who have frequently seen his name in the paper. From 1855 to 1861, he acted as one of the Publishing Committee of the REVIEW AND HERALD.

By the fall above mentioned he received internal injuries which rendered recovery impossible. In three weeks from that time he was prostrated with fever, and died after a sickness of three weeks and three days. He died in the triumphs of faith, feeling ready and willing to go. Often during his sickness he requested that the hymn be sung, commencing, “Let me go where saints are going.” He sacrificed for the cause in its infancy, and when means were of inestimable value in carrying forward the work; and his alms, we believe, are had in remembrance in the sight of God. His aged companion and seven surviving children have the sympathy of the brethren and sisters. U. S.