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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 17, 1874

Obituary Notices.

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

On the nineteenth of October last, our only daughter, Annie, aged thirteen years, fell asleep. Her disease was typhoid fever, and it became alarming only a short time before her death. The circumstances connected with her illness were very painful, as I was absent in California, and all the burden of perplexity, care, and sorrow, fell for the time upon my companion. I was too far away even to reach home at the funeral. This afflicting providence has caused a great vacancy in our family circle which can never be repaired in this world. Annie was a good and obedient child, and thoughtful above her years. She made a profession of religion over a year since, and I had the privilege of burying her with her Lord in baptism at the Iowa camp-meeting last year. She has read her Bible, taken part in family worship, and spoken in meeting often since, and we cannot doubt but she sleeps in Jesus. Annie had a fine mind. She stood high in her classes, and was a great favorite with all who knew her. A large number of her classmates attended the funeral and wept bitter tears of sorrow at their loss. This sad bereavement has left our home very desolate. It seems to us it will never be home again. About her last rational words were concerning her absent father and her desire to see him. Our Annie is gone. We shall never see her again in this world. But the consolations of our holy religion are infinite in such a time as this. We shall meet our child in glorious immortality in a few short years. We have no murmuring feelings. Our Father doeth all things well. One less link to earth—one more to Heaven. Poor, dark world. We wait in patient hope for that day when death shall be swallowed up in victory.

GEO. I. BUTLER.

The following notice of the death of Bro. Carlstadt, has been translated from the Swedish paper, the Svensk Advent Harold, for the Review:—

It becomes a duty to inform our readers of the sad news that Charles Carlstadt, the editor of this paper, after two weeks’ illness, departed this life, Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 5 o’clock A. M. He sleeps in the faith of Jesus. His death was unexpected to all. Even his nearest kindred, up to the last few hours of his life, had no expectation that his sickness would end in this fatal manner. He was taken first with the ague, and then fever set in for a few days, until the help of the physicians was fruitless.

Charles Carlstadt was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was 29 years and 2 months old at his death. He came to America ten years ago. He spent one year in the war. About eight years since, he became alarmed about his spiritual condition, and sought and found peace with God. He joined the Baptist church, to which he belonged until two years since, when his attention was called to present truth, which he embraced with a ready mind.

During the last ten months of his life his business had been editing the Svensk Advent Harold, and translating tracts from the English into the Swedish language. His last work was translating Scriptural References. His thoughts were much taken up with this, night and day, for the last few weeks of his life, and it seems he had overdone in hastening to get it ready.

With full confidence we can say that his life was that of a Christian. He had an ardent and living faith in the Saviour, and sought in his life, especially the last year, to govern himself by God’s word and his commandments. His prayer was daily for the work of missions among his own countrymen. Especially was he interested in the Svensk Advent Harold, and sought to make it as instructive as possible. He died in hope of a resurrection with the righteous. He left a widow, and a child ten months of age, and two brothers, all of whom deeply mourn their loss. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them.

His funeral services were held in the house of worship at the S. D. Adventist church at Battle Creek. Appropriate remarks for the occasion were made by Eld. James White.