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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 16, 1875

Obituary Notices.

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

On the 28th of August, 1875, our dear sister, Sarah Wilkinson, 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 brother in Sacramento, California.

Sister Sarah was born in Lincolnshire, England, in the year 1846, which place she left about eight years ago to come to this country. Soon after her arrival her mind was greatly exercised by hearing from one of our preachers this last warning message and the claims of the Sabbath. Careful and prayerful investigation soon convinced her of her duty, and, to her conscientious mind, this was enough. She unhesitatingly embraced present truth in all its parts. She ardently loved and adorned it, and was cheered and sustained by the blessed hope to the last. Her anxiety for the spread of the truth and the salvation of her relatives was very great, and by the exercise of economy and self-denial she sent from time to time our periodicals and other works to England and elsewhere, and had the consolation of knowing the blessing of the Lord rested upon her efforts. As the result, her dear father, his companion, and some others, are now keeping the Sabbath. She came to Battle Creek about four years ago, and continued a member of this church till the time of her decease. Her memory will be cherished by many hearts to which she had endeared herself by faithful, loving, disinterested acts of kindness.

Oh! let our souls be roused anew All our duties to pursue, So that the loss we now deplore, May prove a blessing evermore.

Susannah Sisley.

Fell asleep in Jesus, near Seneca, Kansas, Aug. 23, 1875, sister Carrie A. Tyson, daughter of Eld. Josiah Hart, aged twenty-eight years and four months. Her disease was consumption, and she bore her sickness of eleven months with patience and Christian fortitude. She leaves a husband and one child and many warm friends to mourn their loss, but they mourn not as those that have no hope. She gave her heart to the Lord in early life, and has been a faithful member in the church. She was a firm believer in the truths held sacred by Seventh-day Adventists, in which she always seemed to take much pleasure. Her last hours were peaceful. Comforting words were spoken from Rev. 22:12, by the Congregational minister of Seneca.

Ellwood Tyson.