Our dear sister, Rhoda Jane Kellogg, wife of Bro. Leander Kellogg, died May 2d, after an illness of about 24 hours; aged 22 years, 9 months, and 15 days; at her residence, in Portland, Ionia Co., Mich., (formerly of Jackson, Mich.) She was an affectionate companion, a faithful step-mother, and a much beloved sister in the church at Jackson.
She kept the Seventh-day Sabbath about five years, in connection with this church, and witnessed many severe trials, but stood firm in all the truth unto the end. We believe she sleeps in Jesus, and will come forth in the morning of the first resurrection, clothed with immortality.
Sister K. has left a husband, with five children—two infants—and a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn and suffer her loss; but we sorrow not as those who have no hope. 1 Thess. iv, 13, 14; Rev. xiv, 13.
"From the bitter cup that's given
We should not shrink;
Since the mandate is from heaven,
That bids us drink.
Sleep, dear Sister, kind and tender,
To friendship true;
While with feeling hearts we render
This tribute due.
When the morn of glory, breaking,
Shall light the tomb,
Beautiful will be thy waking,
In fadeless bloom."