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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 28, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 10.

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“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.
MARSHALL.—Died, near Otley, Iowa, Aug. 3, 1879, Janie, daughter of Wm. and Ann Marshall, aged 5 years and 7 months. Funeral discourse by the writer, to a large company of the friends and neighbors of the deceased. J. B. BENNINGTON.
MORGAN.—Died, of intermittent fever, in Sidney, Mich., Aug. 15, little Otho, son of J. and I. Morgan, aged 13 months and 17 days. His parents laid him away in hope. Funeral discourse by the writer. ORLANDO SOULE.
DICKENS.—Died, of liver complaint, at his residence at Grand Meadow, Mower Co., Minn., Aug. 15, 1879. Bro. Robert Dickens, aged sixty-three years. Bro. Dickens embraced the Sabbath nineteen years ago, under the labors of Eld. Ingraham, in the State of Pennsylvania. He united with the Grand Meadow church last October. His sufferings during his last illness were very great; but he expressed entire submission to the will of God, and fell asleep in the sweet hope of immortality when Jesus comes. He leaves a large family to mourn his loss, but they sorrow not as those who have no hope. Funeral discourse by the writer, from Rev. 14:13, the text having been selected by our brother for that purpose before he departed.
“‘Does earth attract thee here?’ they cried; The dying Christian thus replied, While pointing upward to the sky, ‘My treasure is laid up on high.’”
J. BATTIN.
BROWN.—Died, of typhoid pneumonia, Aug. 14, 1879, at Adams Center, N. Y., Sister Mary L., wife of Bro. Wm. H. Brown, aged 35 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Sister Mary was converted at about seventeen years of age, and received baptism at the hands of Bro. White, at Brookfield, N. Y. She afterward removed with her parents to Adams Center, and united with the church at that place. Her religious experience has seemed steadily to deepen and broaden, and especially since the Biblical Institute at Rome, she has sought a deeper consecration to God, and a fuller knowledge of his will, and has seemed to feel especial nearness to him.
Always ready to give her cheerful co-operation to any enterprise for the advancement of the Master's cause, her loss will be deeply felt, not only by the church to which she belonged, but wherever she was known. She had a large circle of correspondents in the vigilant missionary field, which was constantly increasing, and she was receiving frequent encouraging evidences that the seed scattered was taking root. At the time when she was stricken down she was engaged in labor with a tent company, and till her last moment her mind was full of her work. Throughout her sickness the peace of God was fully hers, and his praise continually in her mouth. Almost her last words were, “All is well.”
Her aged parents mourn the loss of their only child, the stay and comfort of their declining years, and her husband and child that of a devoted Christian wife and mother. She will be sadly missed by all; but the bright and comforting evidence she has left cheers us as we look forward to the resurrection morning, with the hope that we shall meet her among the redeemed.
The house of worship was well filled on the occasion of the funeral, although there was a severe storm at the time; and the deep feeling manifested on the part of the congregation was a strong testimony to the esteem in which she was held by those who knew her. Funeral services by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. B. L. WHITNEY.
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