Obituary Notices | AdventAI

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, June 24, 1880

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 56, No. 1

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.

SMITH.—Died of brain fever, April 25, 1880, in Lyons, Kansas, Maudie, infant daughter of Wm. and M. E. Smith, aged 7 months. Funeral sermon from Jer. 31:15-17. R. F. BARTON.

CULPEPPER.—Died in Brooks Co., Ga., June 9, 1880, after four days’ sickness, Mary Alice, only daughter of Sister Culpepper, aged 2 years and ten months. We laid her away to sleep until the Lifegiver comes. I. T. MERCHANT.

MARSHALL.—Died of consumption, April 17, 1880, in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas, Julia F. Marshall, aged 32 years, 6 months, and 16 days. In her last days, Sister Marshall earnestly sought the Lord, and we believe she has left evidence that he accepted her. A husband and five children mourn her loss. Funeral services at the Friends’ church in Sterling, April 18. Sermon by the writer, from Job 14:14. R. F. BARTON.

SCHELLHOUS.—Died at his home in Savannah, Davis Co., Iowa, May 24, 1880, my dear father, Roswell H. Schellhous, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The disease, from which he suffered much, and which finally proved fatal, was chronic congestion of the stomach. Six months before, my mother had gone to her rest, so I am now left alone; but I look forward to the time, now not far distant, when we shall meet where there will be no more parting, and Satan’s power over us will be at an end. I have no one to read the papers to now, as I have been accustomed to do. Father always read some in the REVIEW, until the last one before his death. He was a firm believer in most of the doctrines it teaches, and had faithfully lived them out for many years. He embraced the second-advent doctrine in 1841, and some years later that of the second and third messages. He held the truth firmly, and died in hope of a part in the first resurrection. ROXANA R. SCHELLHOUS.

MARTIN.—Died in West Ridge, N. H., May 25, 1880, Lovilla, wife of Bro. Samuel Martin, aged 60 years, 8 months, and 22 days. By her death the family have lost a loving, self-sacrificing wife and mother, the church a consistent, exemplary, burden-bearing member, while all who were acquainted with her, feel that a dear and much-valued friend has gone from them. Sister Martin has for more than thirty years been a firm believer in all the truths connected with the third angel’s message, and we have laid her away in sure and certain hope of a glorious and blessed resurrection when the Lifegiver comes. Eld. D. A. Robinson spoke at the funeral, from 1 Thess. 4:18. L. W. HASTINGS.

Ashes of roses! O perfumed life Of daughter, sister, mother, and wife. Why should we weep when our tears are vain? But they come unbidden, like summer rain.

Alas, for the earthly hopes we build! No sooner the summit the sun-rays gild, Than the light fades out, and the shadows fall, “Ashes of roses” will tell it all.

Waiting and praying, our watch we’ll keep, For Him who hath given his loved one sleep, From the grassy mound where our flowers we lay, “Beauty for ashes” will come that day.

CHRISMAN.—Died at Peoria, Hill Co., Texas, our dear sister, Rosa Chrisman, in the thirtieth year of her age. Consumption had marked her for its victim; for three years she had wrestled with her foe, and on Sabbath, May 30, 1880 she yielded to its power. At an early age she gave her heart to the Lord, and united with the Baptist church. About two years ago she embraced the truths of the third angel’s message, by reading, and with greatly increased piety and zeal she has since served the Master. At the organization of the Texas Sabbath-school Association she was elected Secretary, and with ability and energy she has magnified her office. In her death the Association has lost an efficient, devoted officer; the tract and missionary and vigilant societies an earnest, active worker; the Sabbath-school a live teacher, a sedulous student; and the church a consistent, faithful member. In her last utterances she stated that she wanted to live to labor in the Master’s cause. She leaves a large family of brothers and sisters, who deeply feel their loss. We sorrow with them, but not as those who have no hope. We laid her away to rest from her labors, with bright hope of again greeting her when the Lifegiver shall come. Words of comfort by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. R. M. KILGORE.