Fell asleep, Sept. 5, 1878, in Estella, Gratiot county, Mich., our dear sister, Mary Ann, wife of Bro. James L. Nichols, aged 54 years and 11 months. Her disease was spinal complaint, terminating in paralysis. She suffered much. Sr. Nichols embraced the faith of S. D. Adventists under the labors of Eld. M. K. Cornell, in Locke, about twenty-five years ago. She loved to talk of the truths we hold so dear, and truly seemed to cherish a deep love for the return of the Master. She was a faithful wife and mother, and as her lonely husband finds the main cord severed that bound him to earth, may God grant him the sweet consolations of the gospel hope; and let him and the bereaved children rejoice, as the words of inspiration give the sweet assurance, ” Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth”. Funeral discourse by Eld. Hurt, U. B., from Job 14:13.
“Death, thou mayest sever nature’s tenderest ties,
And to the tomb consign thy shining spoil ;
That form shall rise which now in darkness lies,
To bloom upon a more congenial soil.”
Mrs. M. S. Avery
Advent Review & Sabbath Herald
31 Oct 1878