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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 11, 1875

Obituary Notices.

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

Fell asleep, we trust, in Jesus, near Olivet, Mich., Oct. 4, 1875, after an illness of but five days, our dear mother, Christiana Lamson, aged nearly seventy-seven years. Her disease was erysipelas; and memory does not recall the time when mother was not a sufferer, or when she could distinctly see the faces of her children, she having been almost entirely blind for about forty years. She united in early life with the Reformed Dutch church, in Eastern New York, and continued that relation for nearly half a century. She was a constant attendant at church and a consistent Christian. She had been for many years an observer of the Bible Sabbath. She was never known to complain, but at all times expressed the most implicit trust in the God of her fathers. Funeral services were held Oct. 5; and we laid her gently away for a few days, till the night goes by, and the “dawning of the morning” brings everlasting day. Words of comfort were spoken by Rev. Mr. Elmer, of Olivet, Mich. D. H. Lamson.

Died, in the city of Detroit, Sept. 8, 1875, after a protracted illness, Malvin D. Rathbun, of Rochester, Mich., aged thirty years. In early life Bro. R. sought the Saviour. Circumstances were not always favorable to a holy life, and he lost his first love. With declining health and much suffering came deep reflection and sincere repentance. The Lord heard to the satisfaction of his heart, and he died in hope. Funeral discourse, Sept. 11, by the writer, to many friends and a large congregation, in the Baptist church at Rochester, which was freely opened for the occasion. Text, John 14:1, first sentence. D. H. Lamson.

Died, Oct. 28, 1875, near Rockville, Bates Co., Mo., our youngest child, John Lawrence, aged one year and three months. We mourn, but not without hope; for we believe that Jesus will soon come to raise the sleeping dead. J. F. & Louisa Klostermyer.

Fell asleep in Jesus, Oct. 21, 1875, my beloved wife, Mary L. Fisher, aged twenty-five years. She was ill but a short time. Four little children are thus left motherless. She was a firm believer in the present truth, and had been a Sabbath-keeper nearly five years. The weary hands are now at rest, and the faithful heart is still, but we know that them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. H. H. Fisher.

On the 22d, of August, 1875, our dear sister, Hannah Hurtt, after enduring with great fortitude several months’ severe suffering from that distressing disease, consumption, calmly and sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, at the residence of her sister, near Ceresco, Saunders Co., Nebraska. Sister Hurtt leaves a husband, a father, several brothers and sisters, and many warm friends to mourn their loss; but we mourn not as those who have no hope. She consecrated herself entirely to the Lord, and believed that he accepted her. We trust she will have a part in the first resurrection, and will be permitted to walk the golden streets of the New Jerusalem. May God speed the glad morning when death will be swallowed up in victory. Funeral discourse by Eld. C. L. Boyd. S. E. Hurlburt.