OBITUARY by John Norton Loughborough

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 22, 1860

OBITUARY.

By John Norton Loughborough

OUR beloved sister Elizabeth, wife of Bro Wright Goodale of Lapeer, Mich. after an illness of about one week, died Feb. 15th, aged 31 years. Sister Goodale first made a public profession of religion two years ago in the revival which was going on at that time in Lapeer. She united with no church, but when Bro. Cornell came to Lapeer with the tent about five months after, she with her husband took a decided stand upon the truth, and since that time they have endeavored to live it out before their neighbors. During her last hours her confidence was unshaken and her hope firm. While others were weeping around, her testimony was, "Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves." The last forty-eight hours of her life, till she lost the power of speech, were spent in exhorting her relatives and friends to prepare to meet God. She said she expected to sleep a little while in the grave, and then come forth in the morning of the resurrection. By request of sister Goodale before her death, she was buried without a discourse. A discourse for the occasion was delivered by the writer March 11th to a large and attentive audience from 2 Sam. xiv, 14. We endeavored to show that the only hope of the Christian is the resurrection. This is the plan that God has devised "that his banished be not expelled from him." It is this hope that now consoles the hearts of those who are in this case called to mourn. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. Lapeer, March 13, 1860.