Obituary Notices | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 6, 1876

Obituary Notices.

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

Died, of consumption, at Oneida, Eaton Co., Mich., Oct. 8, 1875, my dear sister, Emma Fleming, aged eighteen years. Her sufferings, though long and intense, were borne with much patience. She was enabled to calmly resign herself into the hands of her Heavenly Father, and died rejoicing in hope of a resurrection when Christ the Lifegiver shall appear. This is the third time within eighteen months that death has entered our family circle and torn from us a loved sister. Words of consolation were spoken by Bro. Robert Sawyer. E. J. Cole.

Died, of liver consumption, March 10, 1876, in Chateaugay, Franklin Co., N. Y., sister Antoinette Wilbur, in the thirty-ninth year of her age. She had been a faithful member of the S. D. Adventist church in Bangor for ten years, but received the present truth and forgiveness of her sins at the age of sixteen. Her meek and earnest manner of benefiting others, regardless of her own sacrifice, often brought comfort and relief to the sick and dying in many families. All deeply sympathize with the parents and brothers in the loss of an only daughter and sister. The funeral was attended by A. H. Hall and the writer, remarks being made by the latter from Ps. 71: 20. H. W. Lawrence.

Died, in St. Albans, Vt., March 6, 1876, of disease of the heart and liver, W. L. Saxby, aged fifty years. Bro. Saxby was among the first who embraced the truth under the labors of Bro. Bates, in Mass. Since our last camp-meeting there has been a marked change in his course, and he has manifested a desire to draw near to God. His end was such that his friends have reason to hope that he will have part in the first resurrection. His funeral was attended at Bordoville. Words of comfort from John 11: 25 by the writer. L. Bean.

Died, of scarlet fever and pneumonia, at Iberia, Brown Co., Minn., Feb. 19, 1876, John B., son of J. W. and Amy A. Cordill, aged nine years, five months, and eighteen days. We mourn our loss, but he sleeps in peace; and when the Lifegiver comes, by the saving grace of God we hope to meet him. Funeral service by Elder W. W. Cunningham, Methodist, from 1 Thess. 4: 14. J. W. Cordill.