OBITUARY by Louisa M. McLellan

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 26, 1859

OBITUARY.

By Louisa M. McLellan

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: My dear son, James M. McLellan departed this life April 9th, 1859, aged 31 years and seven months. His disease was the bilious typhoid fever. He was confined to his bed 17 days, his disease prostrating him in three or four days so that he could not help himself. In much patience he bore all his sufferings, and would often be in secret prayer to God. I believe he sleeps in Jesus. I am weak in body, but bless God for the strong desire I feel in my heart to overcome and get where the Lord can own and bless me daily. We are living in a solemn time, when we need the whole armor to withstand the fiery darts of the enemy. I want to live in such a way that I may have the sympathy and prayers of the church. Our beloved Bro. Rhodes has come this way once more to cheer our drooping spirits. May his visit prove a blessing to us in our affliction, and his kind words of instruction long be remembered by us. I want to be thoroughly fitted for the coming of the Lord, the meeting of the saints, and the rest for ever of the redeemed.

Louisa M. McLellan.

Hastings, Mich.