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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 10, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 10.

Obituary.

Foos.—Died of paralysis, at Vaughn, Pierce Co., Wash., July 18, 1889, Sister Margaret Foos, aged 88 years and 9 months. Sister Foos has been a Christian for sixty-five years. She embraced the Third Angel's Message in the spring of 1887, and united with the Artondale church. She has ever since rejoiced in the truth. Her daughter with whom she lived says: "She used often to say, 'How glad I am that we heard the Third Angel's Message!' She lived with her Bible in her hands, and read most of the time, and seemed to feed on its pages." Her great desire before she died was to have all her children converted, that they might meet her when the Lord shall come, and spend eternity in the city of God and evergreen fields of the world of light. She sleeps in the Tacoma cemetery, waiting till the Life-giver shall come. ISAAC MORRISON.

CREWS.—Died at the home of his daughter, near Nampa, Idaho, January 25, 1890, Dawson T. Crews. Grandpa Crews, as he was familiarly called by all who knew him, was born in Kentucky in 1810. He removed with his parents to Missouri when a mere boy, where he lived until about twelve years ago, when he came to this coast. His eyesight began failing several years ago, and the last four years of his life he was totally blind; he bore this great affliction with Christian fortitude, often saying that he believed it was for God's glory. He united with the Methodist Church in early life, but about four years ago he became convinced of the truth of the Third Angel's Message, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church; he remained a firm believer in the precious truth unto the end. He spent much of his time in singing and praying. The night before he died the family heard him singing. His favorite song was, "Child, your Father calls, Come home." Two or three days before his death he had a stroke of paralysis. From that time he was entirely helpless, but suffered no pain, passing away almost as gently as if falling asleep. The great burden of his heart was to have his children accept the truth; one daughter and her family are the only ones that have accepted it so far. MRS. D. M. RAGON.