In Hopkinton, R. I., March 12th, 1861, at the residence of her son, Christopher Brown, Mrs. Anna Brown, wife of Christopher Brown, deceased, aged 101 years and 10 days. Sister B. had resided in the house in which she died about 62 years, and on the farm 92 years. She experienced religion about 80 years ago. She made a profession of Christianity in the ordinances of the Gospel, and united with the 1st Seventh-day Baptist Church in Hopkinton, Oct. 26th, 1785, making the term of her relation with this church 75 years, 4 months, and 16 days. The deceased had been blind about 40 years, and for several years before the close of her pilgrimage, so deaf that it was difficult to converse with her. Yet, she bore her deprivations and afflictions with patience and Christian fortitude. How comforting to contemplate this ancient of days, as she came down to the close of life like a shock of corn fully ripe, taking leave of the earthly house, with its darkened windows, and defective organs of hearing, escorted by angels to the land of her fathers. And the transport of joy and delight that filler her soul, as she saw with open face the loved ones with whom she shared the joys and sorrows of life seventy-five years ago, and who long since passed over the river in Christian triumph. Thank God, that the doctrine of the future state is not a speculation, but a reality, revealed in the Gospel. J. C.
