M. E. CORNELL by M. E. Cornell

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 22, 1861

M. E. CORNELL

By M. E. Cornell

DIED in Marion, Iowa, of Typhoid fever, on Monday, Dec. 3d, 1860, after a short illness, sister Ann Eliza Gray, wife of A. W. Gray, in the 29th year of her age.

Sister Gray with her parents and only sister embraced the present truth last spring, in which she steadfastly rejoiced until her death.

During our labors at Marion, the home of our lamented sister, near which the tent was situated, was a pilgrim's home; and she, together with her husband, were untiring in their efforts to render their home as comfortable and pleasant for us as possible. But she now rests from her labors, and a large circle of friends are left to mourn, but not as those without hope, for

"She sleeps in Jesus—soon to rise, When the last trump shall rend the skies; Then burst the fetters of the tomb, To wake in full, immortal bloom."