Gee Cross, near Hyde. Wife of Sidney Bowman. ELIZABETH BRADY, 71 22 5 mo. 1874 Birmingham. Widow of Edward Foster Brady. CHARLES BRAGG, Lintz Green. 73 17 10 mo. 1874 LAVINIA SALMON MURRAY BRAITHWAITE, Wyersdale. 33 11 8 mo. 1874 Wife of Thomas Kilner Braithwaite. GEORGE BRANTINGHAM, 43 8 1 mo. 1874 and the late Elizabeth Casson. Not being of a strong bodily constitution, she appears to have been early taught in the school of Christ. Her illness was short. One of her companions writes: "Last week I only saw her in an evening, and fearing she would tire herself by talking, I generally persuaded her to be still. Her face as she lay was often lighted up by a beautiful smile, which I felt convinced was of Heaven, not of Earth. The Sunday before she died, I spent a few hours with her. She said, the doctor had told her she would not get better; and she did not feel unhappy, but thankful to her Heavenly Father for sparing her dear friends the pain of seeing her in constant suffering. She said, God had given her everything to make this life happy, the kindest and tenderest of relations and friends: and although she loved them dearly, she did not feel it hard now to give them up, because she simply wished to do cheerfully and с lovingly all that her dear Saviour had given her to do. She asked me to repeat any text on trust. I repeated John iii. 16. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life,'-with others. She listened intently, and at the conclusion would say, 'that is beautiful;' or she would thank me and then remain silent, only moving her lips and raising her eyes, as if engaged in prayer. She said she had been in great pain during the night, and had asked Jesus to help her to bear it patiently; and strength seemed to be given her directly. one repeated a verse from the hymn, Safe in the arms of Jesus,' which brought a sweet and peaceful smile to her face, and I felt sure she knew from experience how blessed it is to belong entirely to Him. The night before she died, she told me her aunt had been speaking to her so beautifully about Jesus-she felt very happy. She was particularly fond of the lines,— 'Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy Cross I cling.'" Some To the above account from her kind visitor, a little more may be added. On the First-day of the week in which she died, she hardly thought she should live through the day, but she felt Jesus near, helping her under the feeling of extreme weakness and sinking. She had been very exemplary in attending Week-day Meetings, and it was her daily practice to read morning and evening from her own Bible. Her sister remarks: "I do not think she ever missed her favourite passages, 'Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out,' and 'The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth from all sin.'" Her close was remarkably peaceful, her breathing gradually becoming shorter and shorter, until the spirit left its frail tenement, to join in the song of the redeemed for ever and ever. ANNA MARIA CATCHPOOL, Kingsland, London. Wife of John Catchpool. HANNAH CHARNLEY, Preston. Widow of Robert Charnley. 41 1 3 mo. 1874 80 22 1 mo. 1874 |