Death of Sarah Farnsworth
By Frederick Wheeler
DIED in Washington, N. H., Sabbath June 30th 1855, Sarah, wife of Bro. Wm. Farnsworth, aged 43 years, after an illness of 10 hours. By this bereavement Bro. Farnsworth has lost an affectionate companion, and a large family of children a kind and tender mother. But they sorrow not as others which have no hope, having the assurance that she sleeps in Jesus, and will soon awake to immortality and eternal life. Sister Farnsworth embraced religion and was for a number of years a member of the Christian church. In 1842 she embraced the Advent doctrine. In 1844 she, with others, left the church with which she was connected, to walk in the light of present truth, and for about five years she and her husband have been walking in the light of the third angel's message. We as a church feel to sympathize with our brother in his deep affliction, while we also mourn the loss of one who has long been with us amid the perils of these last days, rejoicing in hope of the eternal inheritance. May the grace of God sustain him; and we as a church be prepared to meet our sister on the resurrection morn. F. WHEELER.