DIED in Goshen Gore, our much beloved Brother Milton Southworth, in the 54th year of his age. He was well as usual and labored hard the day but one before he died, which was on the 14th. At 2 A. M., he was seized with a very violent attack of the bowel complaint, from which he never recovered. His sufferings were intense, but he bore them with Christian meekness and patience, saying that his work was done—until he sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, July 15th.
He was a firm believer in the first, second, and third Angel's Messages and lived a consistent Christian. He has left a companion and an only daughter who deeply feel the loss of a kind, faithful husband and father. The church also feels his loss, yet we sorrow not as those without hope; for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Thess. iv, 16, 17. Then will the saying be fulfilled, Death is swallowed up in victory. Isa. xxv, 8.
The funeral was attended on the 17th, by Bro. H. Bingham of Morristown, and a few Brn. from Wolcott and Hardwick.
"In glory immortal, O soon shall we meet thee,
Where sickness and sorrow and parting are o'er,
With all the redeemed then with joy shall we greet thee,
With the King in his beauty to reign evermore."
A. R. MORSE.
Wolcott, Vt., Aug. 20th, 1856.