DEAR BRETHREN:—It is with deep anguish of heart that I address these few lines to you. Our dearly beloved brother Beeba now sleeps in Jesus. After seven weeks of severe sickness he fell a victim by the hand of death. O when shall the time come when death shall no more separate the children of God. Bro. Beeba was formerly a member of the Baptist church. He remained there until the year 1844, when hearing the Advent doctrine he readily embraced it. Since that time he has been striving to purify himself by obeying the truth. I was with him a great portion of the time during his illness, and often heard him shout praises to God while his body was sinking under the heavy hand of disease. He was calm and composed and very patient through all his sickness, and manifested great resignation to the will of God. In his expiring moments, with a whisper he exclaimed, "My sleep will be short," and with these words he closed his eyes in death, on the 30th of Nov., and was consigned to a lonely tomb Dec. the 1st inst., there to remain till the voice of God shall call him forth to meet a bereft companion and children upon the new earth, who now deeply feel their loss. Dear brethren, we feel to sympathize with this dear family in their bereavement, though we trust we sorrow not as those who have no hope. We feel that our parting with him will be short, and that we shall soon greet him beyond this vale of sorrow.
Yours truly, in the patient waiting for Christ.
ALONZO MILES.