OBITUARY by John A. Luke

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 15, 1862

OBITUARY.

By John A. Luke

Fell asleep in her Redeemer, June 12, 1862, near Eddyville, Iowa, Annie Ellen, daughter of John and Iada Kirman, aged seven years, five months, and five days. She was attacked with erysipelas, followed by inflammatory rheumatism. Her disease was painful in the extreme. She was attended by a kind and skillful physician, who did all in his power to relieve her. It was distressing to witness her paroxysms of suffering, and well calculated to touch all the sympathies of the soul, to listen to her moans and earnest prayers. A few moments before she died, she told her mother she was dying, and seemed to pass away into a sweet slumber. At the grave the writer made a few remarks touching the resurrection, and prayed that this sad bereavement might be sanctified to the everlasting welfare of Bro. and Sr. Kirman. And we pray that it may serve as a warning to her unconverted brothers and sisters. May they see that unless they keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus, and secure a part in the first resurrection, they can never behold their dear little Annie any more.

We are happy to know that Bro. and Sr. Kirman are trying to overcome, and that they sorrow not as those who have no hope, but are strong in the faith that they will soon meet their dear one, where all tears will be wiped away from their eyes, and they will sorrow no more. JOHN A. LUKE.