Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Morse, Betsey (Perry) 1874
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Portland Observer, Tuesday, May 19, 1874

Died - At her residence in the township, May 1st 1874, Betsy M. Morse, in the 
37th year of her age.  She was born in Lodi, Washtenaw Co., Mich., July 8th, 
1837.  She was united in marriage to Darius J. Morse, her now bereaved husband, 
Dec. 27, 1853.  Sister Morse was converted and joined the M.E. Church at the 
early age of 14 years, and never, as I believe, for one moment from that time 
to the day of her death, doubted her acceptance with God.  She was dearly loved 
by all who knew her.  She was an exemplar and consistent Christian, always 
found at her place in the house of God.  She loved to hear his word preached 
and fed on it as the bread of eternal life.  She was no idler in the vineyard, 
always ready and willing to do her duty as far as made known to her.  She 
dearly loved her husband and son, and Oh, how she longed and prayed for them to 
come to Jesus.  She was frequently heard to say, “Oh, that I could see those 
who are near and dear to me come to the blessed Jesus.”  When the present 
temperance movement started she was among the first in her community to join 
heart and hand in the work and she spared no pains in circulating the pledge, 
and so loving and Christ like was her disposition and entreaties that none 
could refuse to sign the pledge.  Many in the community will long remember her 
loving words, and though she is dead “yet speaketh.”  Her son, who was away 
from home attending college, was summoned to her bedside but only to find her 
unconscious, not able to recognize and had not the power of speech to say good-
bye - this almost broke his heart.  The fatal chill which overtook her and 
terminated her life, placed her in an unconscious state which unabled her in 
the closing scenes of her life to testify to the love of God.  But it needed no 
dying testimony; she had been testifying all these years to the preciousness of 
the love of Jesus and the efficacy of his blood to cleanse from sin.  “Her 
record is on high.”  She frequently said during life, “Let death come sooner or 
later I am ready to go.”

[Transcriber's Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that her parents 
were Grant T. Perry and Eliza Ann Weber.]


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