Obituary Notices | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 14, 1878

Obituary Notices.

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

Died of heart disease, in Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 4, 1878, sister Malinda J. Davis, of Bangor, Me., daughter of Calvin and Rebecca Johnson, aged 57 years, 7 months, and 10 days. Her death was very sudden. She embraced the truth under the labors of Eld. Joseph Bates, and has observed the Lord’s Sabbath for over 30 years. She leaves a husband and four children. Funeral discourse by the writer, at the house of Bro. Davis, Feb. 6.

May the prayers of that dear mother be the means of leading the precious children all to seek the Lord, that they may meet again when the Lord shall gather his saints. C. W. Stone.

Died of congestion, at his residence, in Watseka, Iroquois Co., Ill., our dear brother, Abel Gaddis, in the 47th year of his age. He died Feb. 9, after an illness of one day.

Bro. G. became a member of the Christian church at the age of eighteen. In the summer of 1875, while the tent was pitched in Watseka, he embraced the present truth, which he loved till his death. The church at Watseka feel they have lost a worthy member. He leaves a wife and five children to mourn their loss. May they realize that “God is the husband to the widow and father to the fatherless.” Eld. Phelps spoke words of comfort at his funeral.

“Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves.” Dear Saviour, hasten the time when the loved of earth will meet again. R. F. Andrews.

Died, in Hart, Oceana Co., Mich., March 5, 1878, my only sister, Olive H., daughter of John and P. A. Leland, aged 11 months and 22 days. Her death was caused by a tumor on the under side of her tongue. Her loss causes much sorrow, but there is a balm for the wounded heart which the loved Saviour is ever ready to bestow. N. G. Leland.

Died, at Hamilton, Missouri, of diphtheria, Jan. 3, 1878, Flora L., daughter of O. D. and L. M. Eggleston, aged 9 years and 4 months. Discourse by Bro. L. R. Long, from 1 Thess. 4:13, 14.

“Thy children shall come again from the land of the enemy.” Jer. 31:1.

Blessed promise, we believe it, Yes, our darling one shall come, From the silent grave now sleeping Robed in glory from the tomb.

Angel eyes are watching o’er thee, Sleeping in thy silent bed; But the voice of Jesus calling, Soon shall wake thee from the dead. Louisa M. Eggleston.

Fell asleep in Jesus, at Owatonna, Minn., Feb. 5, 1878, our mother, Lauria Whiting, aged 61 years. She died of heart disease. She embraced the present truth in 1875, by reading The Voice of Truth and tracts. Mary E. and G. N. Van Wagenen.