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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 2, 1879

Obituary Notices.

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

Died, in Brooks county, Ga., Dec. 14, 1878, Mennia L. youngest child of Bro. and Sr. S. P. Mitchell, aged one year and one month. C. O. Taylor.

Sister Ellen Wilson, aged 22 years, 10 months, and 24 days, died at the residence of her father, in Montcalm county, Mich., Dec. 7, 1878. She has kept the Sabbath with her parents for seventeen years, and ten years of this time she has been an active member of the church. A large circle of friends mourn her loss, but not as those who have no hope. Words of comfort by the writer from 1 Thess. 4:13. Orlando Soule.

Died in Westford, Mass., Nov. 20, 1878, my dear mother, Harriet C. Wilkinson, aged 66 years and 4 months. From my earliest recollection, mother has been a humble Christian. She took great pains to instruct her children in the precious Bible. The Sabbath of the Lord was precious to her, and she loved the commandment-keeping people, although it was not often that she had the privilege of meeting with them. Her lot in life was not an easy one, but her sufferings are all over. Her last days were peaceful and happy. We have laid her down to rest beside our father and two brothers, to await the coming of the Lifegiver, when we hope to meet them all no more to be separated. May the living ones be prepared for that meeting. H. M. Wilkinson.

Fell asleep in Jesus, Dec. 5, 1878, at Bluff Creek, Iowa, Clara Alice, daughter of Bro. and Sr. D. H. Hoddler, aged 20 years, 5 months, and 20 days. Last winter, when Bro. Starr was holding meetings at Bluff Creek, she, with her parents, embraced the third angel’s message. She was a great sufferer, but was very patient. She desired to live to do something in the great harvest field, but expressed a willingness that the Lord’s will should be done. She was loved and respected by all who knew her on account of her meekness. Her death is a severe blow to her parents. May the Lord sustain them. M. M. Kenny.

Died of cancer, at Fremont Center, Newaygo county, Mich., Dec. 11, 1878, Sister Addie E. Hipkins, wife of Bro. Wm. Hipkins, in the thirty-fourth year of her age. About six years ago she made a profession of faith in Christ, intending to unite with the M. E. church; but soon after, her husband embraced the Sabbath and its kindred truths, which wrought a change in her mind, and for the past year she has been fully with her husband in keeping God’s commandments. Her kindliness of heart won for her many dear friends. A husband and one child, besides her mother, whose home was with her, and a large circle of friends, mourn her loss. Funeral discourse before a large congregation by the M. E. elder of Fremont, from words of her own selection: “Weeping may endure for a night; but joy cometh in the morning.” Laura J. Waters.

Bro. Phinehas Olmstead, of Glensdale, Lewis county, N. Y., Deacon of the Otter Creek church of S. D. Adventists, has recently buried his son Orwell L., aged 17 years. He went from home Nov. 21, with William Rennie, a hunter, to help him carry a pack of provisions into the “Big Woods.” They reached the camp Friday noon, and Orwell started for home the next morning. It snowed all day and the evening following, and the weather was very unpleasant for a whole week. When it was known that he was lost, diligent search was made for him. They found him on Sabbath morning, one week from the time he left the camp. He had come about seven miles. His track showed that he made unceasing effort to find his way out, until fatigue, hunger, and cold overpowered him, and he fell dead. Eld. Reed, Seventh-day Baptist, preached the funeral discourse, from John 11:25, 26. Bro. and Sr. Olmstead need help to bear their heavy loss. Brethren, let us remember them. A. B. Bump.