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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 28, 1878

Obituary Notices.

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

DIED of congestive chills, at his residence in Otter Creek, La Salle Co., Ill., Jan. 7, 1878, my dear husband, James J. McKernan, in the sixty-third year of his age. He embraced the present truth under the labors of Elders Steward and Andrews; and continued firm in the faith, and rejoiced in the Christian’s hope, till the time of his death. He leaves eight children to mourn the loss of a kind, indulgent, and tender father. May we who survive be enabled so to live that we may meet him in the glorious resurrection morn. Mary McKernan.

DIED, at Jamaica, Vt., Jan. 18, 1878, our mother, Betsey E. Sage, aged 98 years, 4 months, and 15 days. In 1844 she received the light on the Advent; and in 1851 she commenced the observance of the Sabbath. Her last words were, “I love Jesus.” She never seemed to forget the name of Jesus, although she often seemed not to know her children. She lived with her eldest child, a daughter 71 years of age, whom she called mother. She leaves seven children, six of whom were present at her funeral, besides 40 grandchildren, 70 great grandchildren, and 4 of the fifth generation. Funeral discourse by Eld. Buttles, Baptist, from Rev. 21: 4. L. J. Sage.

DIED, in Eaton, P. Q., Jan. 13, 1878, Bro. Charles H. Boswick, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. Bro. B. loved the appearing of Jesus, and noted with joy the signs that show his coming near. He embraced the Sabbath some over a year previous to his death, and was greatly blessed in its observance. He fell asleep in hope of a resurrection to life. Funeral sermon from Ps. 23: 3. H. M. Rogers.