"On the second day of January, 1909, Mrs. Elvira Belknap, of Hornell, N.Y., died. She had been indisposed for a few hours only, when, with a slight outcry of pain, she threw up her hands and instantly expired. Life to her, however, had been a steady preparation for the exit, whether it should come as a surprise or by slow degrees.
She was born February 28, 1839, and spent just half of her seventy years in Hornell, a member of more than ordinary activity and efficiency of the Park Methodist Episcopal church. She came to this place from Deposit, N.Y., where she began her Christian life, and united with the church. Her husband, Daniel K. Belknap, died twelve years ago. He, too, was a worthy member of Park church. One daughter, Laura Josephine (Mrs. Charles Hart Hartsborn) survives, at whose home Mrs. Belknap died. The Northern Christian Advocate was her lifelong religious paper. Mrs. Belknap was a very Dorcas among the poor. "She taught me how to live!" was the exclamation of one whom she had befriended. Never merely sentimental, it was the passion of her life to unobtrusively relieve distress.
A great concourse of people tearfully waited upon her burial, passing the casket the day before the funeral, and pressing to the services, which were conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Dr. G. C. Jones, her recent pastor, and Rev. Dr. E. M. Deems, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
Park church is poorer, but heaven is richer for this loss! Melville R. Webster."
Northern Christian Advocate,
Buffalo, New York,
May 13, 1909,
Page 9.
She was born February 28, 1839, and spent just half of her seventy years in Hornell, a member of more than ordinary activity and efficiency of the Park Methodist Episcopal church. She came to this place from Deposit, N.Y., where she began her Christian life, and united with the church. Her husband, Daniel K. Belknap, died twelve years ago. He, too, was a worthy member of Park church. One daughter, Laura Josephine (Mrs. Charles Hart Hartsborn) survives, at whose home Mrs. Belknap died. The Northern Christian Advocate was her lifelong religious paper. Mrs. Belknap was a very Dorcas among the poor. "She taught me how to live!" was the exclamation of one whom she had befriended. Never merely sentimental, it was the passion of her life to unobtrusively relieve distress.
A great concourse of people tearfully waited upon her burial, passing the casket the day before the funeral, and pressing to the services, which were conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Dr. G. C. Jones, her recent pastor, and Rev. Dr. E. M. Deems, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
Park church is poorer, but heaven is richer for this loss! Melville R. Webster."
Northern Christian Advocate,
Buffalo, New York,
May 13, 1909,
Page 9.
"On the second day of January, 1909, Mrs. Elvira Belknap, of Hornell, N.Y., died. She had been indisposed for a few hours only, when, with a slight outcry of pain, she threw up her hands and instantly expired. Life to her, however, had been a steady preparation for the exit, whether it should come as a surprise or by slow degrees.
She was born February 28, 1839, and spent just half of her seventy years in Hornell, a member of more than ordinary activity and efficiency of the Park Methodist Episcopal church. She came to this place from Deposit, N.Y., where she began her Christian life, and united with the church. Her husband, Daniel K. Belknap, died twelve years ago. He, too, was a worthy member of Park church. One daughter, Laura Josephine (Mrs. Charles Hart Hartsborn) survives, at whose home Mrs. Belknap died. The Northern Christian Advocate was her lifelong religious paper. Mrs. Belknap was a very Dorcas among the poor. "She taught me how to live!" was the exclamation of one whom she had befriended. Never merely sentimental, it was the passion of her life to unobtrusively relieve distress.
A great concourse of people tearfully waited upon her burial, passing the casket the day before the funeral, and pressing to the services, which were conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Dr. G. C. Jones, her recent pastor, and Rev. Dr. E. M. Deems, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
Park church is poorer, but heaven is richer for this loss! Melville R. Webster."
Northern Christian Advocate,
Buffalo, New York,
May 13, 1909,
Page 9.
She was born February 28, 1839, and spent just half of her seventy years in Hornell, a member of more than ordinary activity and efficiency of the Park Methodist Episcopal church. She came to this place from Deposit, N.Y., where she began her Christian life, and united with the church. Her husband, Daniel K. Belknap, died twelve years ago. He, too, was a worthy member of Park church. One daughter, Laura Josephine (Mrs. Charles Hart Hartsborn) survives, at whose home Mrs. Belknap died. The Northern Christian Advocate was her lifelong religious paper. Mrs. Belknap was a very Dorcas among the poor. "She taught me how to live!" was the exclamation of one whom she had befriended. Never merely sentimental, it was the passion of her life to unobtrusively relieve distress.
A great concourse of people tearfully waited upon her burial, passing the casket the day before the funeral, and pressing to the services, which were conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Dr. G. C. Jones, her recent pastor, and Rev. Dr. E. M. Deems, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
Park church is poorer, but heaven is richer for this loss! Melville R. Webster."
Northern Christian Advocate,
Buffalo, New York,
May 13, 1909,
Page 9.
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