p. 231 | Obituary Notices by John Norton Loughborough

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, Cal. · May 27, 1875

Obituary Notices.

By John Norton Loughborough

"I will ransom them from the power of the grave: I will redeem them from death." Hosea 13:14.

DIED at the house of Bro. Wesley Diggins, San Francisco, Cal., May 23, Oliver P. Diggins, aged 56 years. He had been troubled with a cough for the last five years, but took a violent cold some twelve days since which was the immediate cause of his death.

Bro. Diggins had been a professor of religion about 35 years, and was an Adventist so far as he understood the doctrine. He has lived, for several years near Lawrence, Kansas. His crops being destroyed last year by grasshoppers, he and one son came to California, leaving a companion and five other children in Kansas. He came on before to secure a home for them, but five short weeks have terminated his life here, and blasted his earthly plans. His friends here kindly and tenderly cared for him. He frequently said, "I am afraid I am making too much trouble and expense for the family. You are doing everything for me that can be done." He said, "Tell all my friends that I was well taken care of, and amply provided for, from the time I landed here."

A discourse was given on the funeral occasion, May 24, by the writer, from Rev. 20:4.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.