Died aged 78
Death of Stephen T. Belden.
BELDEN.- -Word from Norfolk Island, received at Sydney, November 21, states that Brother Stephen Belden, the only remaining elder of the Norfolk Island Church, fell asleep in Jesus on November 4, 1906. Brother Belden was born in Rocky Hill, Connecticutt, U. S. A., in 1829. With his father's family he passed through the 1844 movement, and at about the age of eighteen embraced the Sabbath truth. In 1848, when the Review and Herald was published in Saratoga, New York, he connected with the office, and for many years afterwards was foreman and business manager.
Brother Stephen Belden was the father of F. E. Belden, the composer of so many songs familiar to all of our Sabbath-schools and. churches. Brother Belden was fond of music, and in his younger years taught schools of music. Brother Frank Belden says he owes all he has been able to accomplish in the musical line, under God, to the faithful teaching of his father, which continues to be an inspiration to him.
Brother Belden's first wife was the sister of Sister Ellen G. White. His life interests and work have been interwoven with the growth and history of the third angel's message, and his name appears in the testimonies to the church, and we are confident it is also written in heaven, and that he will stand in his lot and place among the one hundred and
forty-four thousand at the coming of Jesus, for which he looked and waited so long.
Brother and Sister Belden came to Australia soon after Sister White and her workers arrived here. They were connected with her family in Melbourne, Sydney, and Avondale ; and before the return of Sister White to the United States, they volunteered to go to Norfolk Island to engage in missionary work there. This island and its people and the work were dear to theirhearts, and Sister Belden chooses to remain and still continue to
keep in the work there. In a letter received from Sister Belden she says :— 'My dear husband fell asleep in Jesus at one o'clock, November 4, aged seventyseven years and eight months ; and now I am left alone, but not alone, for the Lord has not left me. We have been very happy together. We have had some trials and perplexities, but they were all from without. Between us two there was ever union and peace. I am thankful his great
sufferings are ended, but oh, how I do miss him ! His sufferings from the cancer in the face have been so intense during the past six months as to cause people who have come to see him to weep. But there was never a murmuring word. He was much in prayer, thanking the Lord it was no worse with him, and praising Him for His great goodness. He talked much of the resurrection, and looked to it with much joy. After a night of great pain, he fell asleep in the early morning and never awoke, and over his face settled a look
of perfect peace. Archdeacon Cummings conducted the burial service at the grave. There was a large funeral. People from all over the island came. In a private visit after the
funeral Archdeacon Cummings said, ' Mr. Belden was greatly respected by everybody on the island, and they all felt that it was a great calamity that so good and useful a man should be taken away.' " The many friends of Brother and Sister Belden will deeply sympathise with her and our Norfolk brethren and friends in their great loss. Having known them both so many years, we feel that a personal loss and sorrow has entered into our hearts. From Sister Belden and Brother Julius Christian there comes a most urgent call for help for Norfolk. May God greatly bless the worker who goes there, and
also the dear people of the island, whom we learned to love while among them.
G. B. STARR.
Union Conference Record
December 3, 1906
Death of Stephen T. Belden.
BELDEN.- -Word from Norfolk Island, received at Sydney, November 21, states that Brother Stephen Belden, the only remaining elder of the Norfolk Island Church, fell asleep in Jesus on November 4, 1906. Brother Belden was born in Rocky Hill, Connecticutt, U. S. A., in 1829. With his father's family he passed through the 1844 movement, and at about the age of eighteen embraced the Sabbath truth. In 1848, when the Review and Herald was published in Saratoga, New York, he connected with the office, and for many years afterwards was foreman and business manager.
Brother Stephen Belden was the father of F. E. Belden, the composer of so many songs familiar to all of our Sabbath-schools and. churches. Brother Belden was fond of music, and in his younger years taught schools of music. Brother Frank Belden says he owes all he has been able to accomplish in the musical line, under God, to the faithful teaching of his father, which continues to be an inspiration to him.
Brother Belden's first wife was the sister of Sister Ellen G. White. His life interests and work have been interwoven with the growth and history of the third angel's message, and his name appears in the testimonies to the church, and we are confident it is also written in heaven, and that he will stand in his lot and place among the one hundred and
forty-four thousand at the coming of Jesus, for which he looked and waited so long.
Brother and Sister Belden came to Australia soon after Sister White and her workers arrived here. They were connected with her family in Melbourne, Sydney, and Avondale ; and before the return of Sister White to the United States, they volunteered to go to Norfolk Island to engage in missionary work there. This island and its people and the work were dear to theirhearts, and Sister Belden chooses to remain and still continue to
keep in the work there. In a letter received from Sister Belden she says :— 'My dear husband fell asleep in Jesus at one o'clock, November 4, aged seventyseven years and eight months ; and now I am left alone, but not alone, for the Lord has not left me. We have been very happy together. We have had some trials and perplexities, but they were all from without. Between us two there was ever union and peace. I am thankful his great
sufferings are ended, but oh, how I do miss him ! His sufferings from the cancer in the face have been so intense during the past six months as to cause people who have come to see him to weep. But there was never a murmuring word. He was much in prayer, thanking the Lord it was no worse with him, and praising Him for His great goodness. He talked much of the resurrection, and looked to it with much joy. After a night of great pain, he fell asleep in the early morning and never awoke, and over his face settled a look
of perfect peace. Archdeacon Cummings conducted the burial service at the grave. There was a large funeral. People from all over the island came. In a private visit after the
funeral Archdeacon Cummings said, ' Mr. Belden was greatly respected by everybody on the island, and they all felt that it was a great calamity that so good and useful a man should be taken away.' " The many friends of Brother and Sister Belden will deeply sympathise with her and our Norfolk brethren and friends in their great loss. Having known them both so many years, we feel that a personal loss and sorrow has entered into our hearts. From Sister Belden and Brother Julius Christian there comes a most urgent call for help for Norfolk. May God greatly bless the worker who goes there, and
also the dear people of the island, whom we learned to love while among them.
G. B. STARR.
Union Conference Record
December 3, 1906
Died aged 78
Death of Stephen T. Belden.
BELDEN.- -Word from Norfolk Island, received at Sydney, November 21, states that Brother Stephen Belden, the only remaining elder of the Norfolk Island Church, fell asleep in Jesus on November 4, 1906. Brother Belden was born in Rocky Hill, Connecticutt, U. S. A., in 1829. With his father's family he passed through the 1844 movement, and at about the age of eighteen embraced the Sabbath truth. In 1848, when the Review and Herald was published in Saratoga, New York, he connected with the office, and for many years afterwards was foreman and business manager.
Brother Stephen Belden was the father of F. E. Belden, the composer of so many songs familiar to all of our Sabbath-schools and. churches. Brother Belden was fond of music, and in his younger years taught schools of music. Brother Frank Belden says he owes all he has been able to accomplish in the musical line, under God, to the faithful teaching of his father, which continues to be an inspiration to him.
Brother Belden's first wife was the sister of Sister Ellen G. White. His life interests and work have been interwoven with the growth and history of the third angel's message, and his name appears in the testimonies to the church, and we are confident it is also written in heaven, and that he will stand in his lot and place among the one hundred and
forty-four thousand at the coming of Jesus, for which he looked and waited so long.
Brother and Sister Belden came to Australia soon after Sister White and her workers arrived here. They were connected with her family in Melbourne, Sydney, and Avondale ; and before the return of Sister White to the United States, they volunteered to go to Norfolk Island to engage in missionary work there. This island and its people and the work were dear to theirhearts, and Sister Belden chooses to remain and still continue to
keep in the work there. In a letter received from Sister Belden she says :— 'My dear husband fell asleep in Jesus at one o'clock, November 4, aged seventyseven years and eight months ; and now I am left alone, but not alone, for the Lord has not left me. We have been very happy together. We have had some trials and perplexities, but they were all from without. Between us two there was ever union and peace. I am thankful his great
sufferings are ended, but oh, how I do miss him ! His sufferings from the cancer in the face have been so intense during the past six months as to cause people who have come to see him to weep. But there was never a murmuring word. He was much in prayer, thanking the Lord it was no worse with him, and praising Him for His great goodness. He talked much of the resurrection, and looked to it with much joy. After a night of great pain, he fell asleep in the early morning and never awoke, and over his face settled a look
of perfect peace. Archdeacon Cummings conducted the burial service at the grave. There was a large funeral. People from all over the island came. In a private visit after the
funeral Archdeacon Cummings said, ' Mr. Belden was greatly respected by everybody on the island, and they all felt that it was a great calamity that so good and useful a man should be taken away.' " The many friends of Brother and Sister Belden will deeply sympathise with her and our Norfolk brethren and friends in their great loss. Having known them both so many years, we feel that a personal loss and sorrow has entered into our hearts. From Sister Belden and Brother Julius Christian there comes a most urgent call for help for Norfolk. May God greatly bless the worker who goes there, and
also the dear people of the island, whom we learned to love while among them.
G. B. STARR.
Union Conference Record
December 3, 1906
Death of Stephen T. Belden.
BELDEN.- -Word from Norfolk Island, received at Sydney, November 21, states that Brother Stephen Belden, the only remaining elder of the Norfolk Island Church, fell asleep in Jesus on November 4, 1906. Brother Belden was born in Rocky Hill, Connecticutt, U. S. A., in 1829. With his father's family he passed through the 1844 movement, and at about the age of eighteen embraced the Sabbath truth. In 1848, when the Review and Herald was published in Saratoga, New York, he connected with the office, and for many years afterwards was foreman and business manager.
Brother Stephen Belden was the father of F. E. Belden, the composer of so many songs familiar to all of our Sabbath-schools and. churches. Brother Belden was fond of music, and in his younger years taught schools of music. Brother Frank Belden says he owes all he has been able to accomplish in the musical line, under God, to the faithful teaching of his father, which continues to be an inspiration to him.
Brother Belden's first wife was the sister of Sister Ellen G. White. His life interests and work have been interwoven with the growth and history of the third angel's message, and his name appears in the testimonies to the church, and we are confident it is also written in heaven, and that he will stand in his lot and place among the one hundred and
forty-four thousand at the coming of Jesus, for which he looked and waited so long.
Brother and Sister Belden came to Australia soon after Sister White and her workers arrived here. They were connected with her family in Melbourne, Sydney, and Avondale ; and before the return of Sister White to the United States, they volunteered to go to Norfolk Island to engage in missionary work there. This island and its people and the work were dear to theirhearts, and Sister Belden chooses to remain and still continue to
keep in the work there. In a letter received from Sister Belden she says :— 'My dear husband fell asleep in Jesus at one o'clock, November 4, aged seventyseven years and eight months ; and now I am left alone, but not alone, for the Lord has not left me. We have been very happy together. We have had some trials and perplexities, but they were all from without. Between us two there was ever union and peace. I am thankful his great
sufferings are ended, but oh, how I do miss him ! His sufferings from the cancer in the face have been so intense during the past six months as to cause people who have come to see him to weep. But there was never a murmuring word. He was much in prayer, thanking the Lord it was no worse with him, and praising Him for His great goodness. He talked much of the resurrection, and looked to it with much joy. After a night of great pain, he fell asleep in the early morning and never awoke, and over his face settled a look
of perfect peace. Archdeacon Cummings conducted the burial service at the grave. There was a large funeral. People from all over the island came. In a private visit after the
funeral Archdeacon Cummings said, ' Mr. Belden was greatly respected by everybody on the island, and they all felt that it was a great calamity that so good and useful a man should be taken away.' " The many friends of Brother and Sister Belden will deeply sympathise with her and our Norfolk brethren and friends in their great loss. Having known them both so many years, we feel that a personal loss and sorrow has entered into our hearts. From Sister Belden and Brother Julius Christian there comes a most urgent call for help for Norfolk. May God greatly bless the worker who goes there, and
also the dear people of the island, whom we learned to love while among them.
G. B. STARR.
Union Conference Record
December 3, 1906
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