Fell asleep in Jesus in Gilboa, Ohio, May 14th, 1859, after an illness of some months, sister Mary Chambers, aged 71 years. Our beloved sister was formerly a member of the M. P. Church. She heard and embraced the present truth in Sept. 1857, under the labors of Brn. Holt and Cornell in this place. From that up to the time of her death she with her companion endeavored to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. She evidently loved the cause of present truth—the glorious appearing of Jesus. It was this hope that buoyed her spirits up in the closing scenes of her earthly pilgrimage. The Lord in mercy raised her up from a very low state of health to enjoy one more precious season with the children of God at the time of our conference. She was heard to express her gratitude that she was able to get to the house of God and hear once more the precious truths of his word which distilled as the gentle dew. It was here that she was seized with her last illness and assisted home, from whence she never came out. One week from this she was conveyed to the silent tomb leaving a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn her loss. But we need not mourn as those who have no hope. I conversed with her a few days previous to her decease, and also heard Bro. Waggoner interrogating her. She expressed strong confidence in God and seemed to have a realizing sense of the comfort his rod and his staff could afford her through the valley of the shadow of death, and that, though he was pleased to lay her away in the grave, in a little while from this he would call for her. May the Lord bless and comfort the bereaved friends with such things as shall take their affections and interests from earth to heaven that they may secure a good foundation against the time to come, and have the blessed hope of meeting that loved one where the briny tear will no more fall at separation.