Obituary Notices by R. F. Cottrell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 16, 1877

Obituary Notices.

By R. F. Cottrell

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

Died, at East Otto, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., of inflammation of the bowels, July 20, 1877, Frank J. Crumb, aged 22 years and twenty days. He was the youngest of the family of Bro. and Sr. C. S. Crumb, and the only one of them who had neglected to seek the Lord and make profession of his faith. I was called to see him in his sickness, and he desired prayers. He joined in the prayers, calling on the Lord to forgive his sins. He obtained a hope, seemed reconciled to his lot, and would, amid his sufferings, which were great, say, “Praise the Lord for his blessing.” “I love the Lord,” etc.; and when the hope was entertained for a day that he would recover, he said he wished me to baptize him as soon as he was able to be about. We trust his repentance was accepted, and that he will have part in the first resurrection. This hope affords consolation to the sorrowing family. They can say in their grief, The will of the Lord be done.

R. F. COTTRELL.