OBITUARY by J. C.

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, Cal. · Aug 22, 1878

OBITUARY.

By J. C.

DIED, near Grand Prairie Station, Dallas county, Texas, May 28, 1878, Brother John A. McDearmon, aged nineteen years and eleven months. He was not a church member, but was a regular attendant upon Sabbath meetings and Sabbath-school; he was obedient, respectful to his parents, and careful of his words and his temper, and was much esteemed and beloved by his parents, and by all who knew him, for his many virtues, and noble traits of character. From his childhood he prayed daily to God, and when any of the family were sick, he would go alone and pray for them with fervency; yet he was timid and reserved, and this it is believed, hindered his making a public profession of the truth. In his last illness, Brother Kilgore and others, assembled at his request, to pray for his recovery; at this time Brother K. faithfully exhorted him to make thorough work in repentance and confession, and he called each member of his father's family to his bedside, and to each he had a word of kindness and confession, and praised God aloud; and to all he gave hopeful evidence of reconciliation to God. Remarks at the funeral on 1 Cor. 15 : 17.

J. C.