Obituary of Alice Louisa Gates
By L. M. Gates
My dear little girl, my only child, Alice Louisa, fell asleep June 1, 1862, after an illness of two days and a half, aged six years, five months and six days. Her disease was scarlet fever, of the most malignant type. It was painful to witness her dreadful sufferings; and very deeply do we feel our loss; but I know that the Lord has dealt gently with our little one in thus laying her away to rest during the time of trouble just before us, while I look forward in bright hope, to a re-union near, through Him who is the resurrection and the life. It is the prayer of my heart that our kind Father will so sanctify this affliction to our good, that it may have a purifying influence upon our hearts and lives. L. M. GATES. Trenton, Wis.