Death and Burial
Bishop Matthew Simpson was taken ill at San Francisco in 1880, but recovered to preach the opening sermon at the First Ecumenical Methodist Conference in London (1881). He was present at the M.E. General Conference in 1884, but took little part. He died 18 June 1884 in Philadelphia. His last words were "My Savior!" He was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
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“Is it sin
To rush into the secret house of death
Ere death dare come to us?”
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