Obituary of Vashti Palfrey
By H. P. Wakefield
DIED, in Grantham, N. H., Aug. 23, 1862, of consumption, sister Vashti Palfrey, aged about 72 years. Sister P. was a professor of religion for over fifty years. She was never satisfied with the mere form of religion but earnestly sought for the power of godliness and to maintain a close walk with God. She was among the first to embrace the doctrine of the Lord's coming, and was ever ready to receive and obey truth as it has since been developed. She ever expressed a strong desire to live that she might be translated to heaven without seeing death. But God saw fit to order it otherwise. She died with a bright hope of immortality, and a firm faith that she should sleep but a little while ere she would come forth glorified. She leaves a companion to mourn her loss, yet not 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.”
H. P. WAKEFIELD.
Newport, N. H., Sept. 16, 1862.