In Memoriam
Mrs. Jane Boone, the mother of Dr. R. G. Rider, departed this life at her son's home on Thursday, August 8, 1889, at 7 o'clock p.m.
She was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in February, 1810. She was the daughter of George and Anna Taggart-Grier, who were among the first settlers of that county. She was connected with a line of Presbyterian ministers by both her father's and her mother's side, the Griers and the Taggarts, to this day actively and notably engaged in the ministry. In 1830 she married John Rider, and lived in Ohio. Upon his death in 1837 she returned to Pennsylvania. In 1850 she married John Boone, and lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania till he died in 1864. She then made her home with her son, Dr. Rider in Illinois, and subsequently here.
The funeral exercises were conducted by Rev. E. P. Wood, in the Presbyterian church on Sabbath, Aug. 11th, at 3 p.m. The discourse was preached before a full house from Prov. 4:18, "The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Mrs. Boone was raised in a region of great christian character, and became thoroughly schooled in the doctrines of the Gospel. She became a member of the Presbyterian church in her young days and was an earnest student of the Bible all her life. Although she could not see us (because her natural eyes were sightless) she could see God better than many people because her soul's eye was clear and bright. Of course, then, she had strongly defined convictions of christian duty. Her first husband was a Baptist. In accordance with her sense of the divinely appointed order of things, she joined the Baptist church with him. Her second husband was a United Presbyterian, and for the same reason she joined the United Presbyterian church. She believed that marriage is God's ordinance, and as God had put his honor upon the husband by making him the head of the house, she would not take his honor from his head and selfishly place it upon her own head by making him change his church relation for her, but she pleasantly went with him. Her second widowhood left her free from the law of her husband, in which she had faithfully walked before God.
She was also pleased to believe that so long as she lived here she was in a state of christian development. Calling on her one day, she said, "I have just had a call from Rev. Mr. ___"
I answered, "I hope you enjoyed it,"
and she replied, "He wanted to make me believe I was perfectly holy, and said that he was."
I asked, "What did you say to that?"
"I quoted 1 John 1:8, 'If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.'"
"What did he say?"
"Nothing, for what could he say? He was trying to make me believe of myself what I did not see the Bible taught; and I just quoted the Bible, too, I only repeated God's word."
Although her inability to get about kept her very much at home, our town can hardly estimate the value such a person is to it, for such a life is not only a center into which God's blessings flow, but God makes it a center from which he sends blessings upon the people around. She was delirious more or less for several days, until Jesus came and took her by the hand and said, "I will walk through the flood with you," and now she is in "the perfect day".
E. P. Wood.
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Mrs. Jane Boone, the mother of Dr. R. G. Rider, departed this life at her son's home on Thursday, August 8, 1889, at 7 o'clock p.m.
She was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in February, 1810. She was the daughter of George and Anna Taggart-Grier, who were among the first settlers of that county. She was connected with a line of Presbyterian ministers by both her father's and her mother's side, the Griers and the Taggarts, to this day actively and notably engaged in the ministry. In 1830 she married John Rider, and lived in Ohio. Upon his death in 1837 she returned to Pennsylvania. In 1850 she married John Boone, and lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania till he died in 1864. She then made her home with her son, Dr. Rider in Illinois, and subsequently here.
The funeral exercises were conducted by Rev. E. P. Wood, in the Presbyterian church on Sabbath, Aug. 11th, at 3 p.m. The discourse was preached before a full house from Prov. 4:18, "The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Mrs. Boone was raised in a region of great christian character, and became thoroughly schooled in the doctrines of the Gospel. She became a member of the Presbyterian church in her young days and was an earnest student of the Bible all her life. Although she could not see us (because her natural eyes were sightless) she could see God better than many people because her soul's eye was clear and bright. Of course, then, she had strongly defined convictions of christian duty. Her first husband was a Baptist. In accordance with her sense of the divinely appointed order of things, she joined the Baptist church with him. Her second husband was a United Presbyterian, and for the same reason she joined the United Presbyterian church. She believed that marriage is God's ordinance, and as God had put his honor upon the husband by making him the head of the house, she would not take his honor from his head and selfishly place it upon her own head by making him change his church relation for her, but she pleasantly went with him. Her second widowhood left her free from the law of her husband, in which she had faithfully walked before God.
She was also pleased to believe that so long as she lived here she was in a state of christian development. Calling on her one day, she said, "I have just had a call from Rev. Mr. ___"
I answered, "I hope you enjoyed it,"
and she replied, "He wanted to make me believe I was perfectly holy, and said that he was."
I asked, "What did you say to that?"
"I quoted 1 John 1:8, 'If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.'"
"What did he say?"
"Nothing, for what could he say? He was trying to make me believe of myself what I did not see the Bible taught; and I just quoted the Bible, too, I only repeated God's word."
Although her inability to get about kept her very much at home, our town can hardly estimate the value such a person is to it, for such a life is not only a center into which God's blessings flow, but God makes it a center from which he sends blessings upon the people around. She was delirious more or less for several days, until Jesus came and took her by the hand and said, "I will walk through the flood with you," and now she is in "the perfect day".
E. P. Wood.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Memoriam
Mrs. Jane Boone, the mother of Dr. R. G. Rider, departed this life at her son's home on Thursday, August 8, 1889, at 7 o'clock p.m.
She was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in February, 1810. She was the daughter of George and Anna Taggart-Grier, who were among the first settlers of that county. She was connected with a line of Presbyterian ministers by both her father's and her mother's side, the Griers and the Taggarts, to this day actively and notably engaged in the ministry. In 1830 she married John Rider, and lived in Ohio. Upon his death in 1837 she returned to Pennsylvania. In 1850 she married John Boone, and lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania till he died in 1864. She then made her home with her son, Dr. Rider in Illinois, and subsequently here.
The funeral exercises were conducted by Rev. E. P. Wood, in the Presbyterian church on Sabbath, Aug. 11th, at 3 p.m. The discourse was preached before a full house from Prov. 4:18, "The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Mrs. Boone was raised in a region of great christian character, and became thoroughly schooled in the doctrines of the Gospel. She became a member of the Presbyterian church in her young days and was an earnest student of the Bible all her life. Although she could not see us (because her natural eyes were sightless) she could see God better than many people because her soul's eye was clear and bright. Of course, then, she had strongly defined convictions of christian duty. Her first husband was a Baptist. In accordance with her sense of the divinely appointed order of things, she joined the Baptist church with him. Her second husband was a United Presbyterian, and for the same reason she joined the United Presbyterian church. She believed that marriage is God's ordinance, and as God had put his honor upon the husband by making him the head of the house, she would not take his honor from his head and selfishly place it upon her own head by making him change his church relation for her, but she pleasantly went with him. Her second widowhood left her free from the law of her husband, in which she had faithfully walked before God.
She was also pleased to believe that so long as she lived here she was in a state of christian development. Calling on her one day, she said, "I have just had a call from Rev. Mr. ___"
I answered, "I hope you enjoyed it,"
and she replied, "He wanted to make me believe I was perfectly holy, and said that he was."
I asked, "What did you say to that?"
"I quoted 1 John 1:8, 'If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.'"
"What did he say?"
"Nothing, for what could he say? He was trying to make me believe of myself what I did not see the Bible taught; and I just quoted the Bible, too, I only repeated God's word."
Although her inability to get about kept her very much at home, our town can hardly estimate the value such a person is to it, for such a life is not only a center into which God's blessings flow, but God makes it a center from which he sends blessings upon the people around. She was delirious more or less for several days, until Jesus came and took her by the hand and said, "I will walk through the flood with you," and now she is in "the perfect day".
E. P. Wood.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Jane Boone, the mother of Dr. R. G. Rider, departed this life at her son's home on Thursday, August 8, 1889, at 7 o'clock p.m.
She was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in February, 1810. She was the daughter of George and Anna Taggart-Grier, who were among the first settlers of that county. She was connected with a line of Presbyterian ministers by both her father's and her mother's side, the Griers and the Taggarts, to this day actively and notably engaged in the ministry. In 1830 she married John Rider, and lived in Ohio. Upon his death in 1837 she returned to Pennsylvania. In 1850 she married John Boone, and lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania till he died in 1864. She then made her home with her son, Dr. Rider in Illinois, and subsequently here.
The funeral exercises were conducted by Rev. E. P. Wood, in the Presbyterian church on Sabbath, Aug. 11th, at 3 p.m. The discourse was preached before a full house from Prov. 4:18, "The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Mrs. Boone was raised in a region of great christian character, and became thoroughly schooled in the doctrines of the Gospel. She became a member of the Presbyterian church in her young days and was an earnest student of the Bible all her life. Although she could not see us (because her natural eyes were sightless) she could see God better than many people because her soul's eye was clear and bright. Of course, then, she had strongly defined convictions of christian duty. Her first husband was a Baptist. In accordance with her sense of the divinely appointed order of things, she joined the Baptist church with him. Her second husband was a United Presbyterian, and for the same reason she joined the United Presbyterian church. She believed that marriage is God's ordinance, and as God had put his honor upon the husband by making him the head of the house, she would not take his honor from his head and selfishly place it upon her own head by making him change his church relation for her, but she pleasantly went with him. Her second widowhood left her free from the law of her husband, in which she had faithfully walked before God.
She was also pleased to believe that so long as she lived here she was in a state of christian development. Calling on her one day, she said, "I have just had a call from Rev. Mr. ___"
I answered, "I hope you enjoyed it,"
and she replied, "He wanted to make me believe I was perfectly holy, and said that he was."
I asked, "What did you say to that?"
"I quoted 1 John 1:8, 'If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.'"
"What did he say?"
"Nothing, for what could he say? He was trying to make me believe of myself what I did not see the Bible taught; and I just quoted the Bible, too, I only repeated God's word."
Although her inability to get about kept her very much at home, our town can hardly estimate the value such a person is to it, for such a life is not only a center into which God's blessings flow, but God makes it a center from which he sends blessings upon the people around. She was delirious more or less for several days, until Jesus came and took her by the hand and said, "I will walk through the flood with you," and now she is in "the perfect day".
E. P. Wood.
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