Obituary Notices | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 26, 1878

Obituary Notices.

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

Died of bilious intermittent fever, in Peru, Madison Co., Iowa, Aug. 12, 1878, our beloved brother, Charles S. Rowley, aged 48 years and 6 months. Brother Charles embraced the present truth about twelve years ago, and united with the Adventist church in Faribault Co., Minn., of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was an unwavering Christian and died with firm hope of a part in the first resurrection. A. J. Rowley.

Jeannette M. Reynolds fell asleep in Jesus at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Willits, in Antioch, Ind., Aug. 28, 1878, aged 78 years 11 months, and 20 days. The deceased had been a consistent Sabbath-keeper since 1866. She was baptized by Eld. Joseph Bates in Branch county, Mich., about ten years ago. For more than three years she was unable to walk a step, and for months together suffered the most excruciating pain, but she bore her sufferings with Christian fortitude. Words of comfort by Eld. L. B. Smith, of the Christian church, from 1 Thess. 4:14. A. M. Adams.

Died of diphtheria, at Glencoe, Dodge county, Neb., Sept. 3, 1878, Jennie Mathewson, aged 7 years and 14 days; Sept. 4, Edna Mathewson, aged 2 years, 11 months, and 13 days; also Sept. 7, Frankie Mathewson, aged 13 years, 4 months, and 23 days.

Bro. and Sr. Mathewson, the bereaved parents, have lost all their children except one son. This great and sudden loss is to them almost unbearable; but they mourn not as those who have no hope. They look forward to a happy reunion in the first resurrection. Words of comfort by the writer from 1 Cor. 15: 22, 23. J. N. Wade.

“He giveth his beloved sleep.”

Died, in North Berwick, Me., Aug. 8, 1878, my beloved mother, Abigail Hooper Burnham, aged 82 years. She leaves the husband of her youth to finish his journey alone. Mother was a quiet Christian. She loved the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. May her dear children and friends, who so kindly ministered to her in her last illness, lay hold on the hope set before them and with her be gathered into that land where the inhabitants will never say, I am sick.

“And when my task on earth is done, When by thy grace the victory’s won, E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee, Since God through Jordan leadeth me.” A. M. Weston.

Died, in Bolton, Mass., Sept. 1, 1878, of typhoid fever, Sylvester A. Ball, aged 26 years, 5 months, and 8 days. Bro. Ball fell asleep leaving a bright evidence that he will come up in the first resurrection. He leaves a companion, father, mother, and other relatives to mourn his loss. May the grace of God sustain them in their affliction. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. G. F. Haines.