Sarah Jane Thompson was the wife of Rev. Joshua Thompson. They were married in 1848. Rev. Thompson was a minister in the East Genesee Conference/Central New York Conference and Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died February 3, 1900.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1889, Page 131
On the afternoon of Friday, July 5, 1889, were held the funeral services from her late home, on Adams Street, Rochester, New York, of Mrs. Sarah Jane Thompson, wife of the Rev. Joshua Thompson. After an illness of over a year she quietly fell asleep. She was born in Canandaigua, New York, 1820. At 20 she was soundly converted under the ministerial labors of Rev. Thomas Castleton. She soon manifested a missionary spirit by gathering together in those unpopular times a large class of colored girls which she carefully trained. Soon after her marriage, in 1848, she moved to Elmira, Chemung County, New York, and with her husband joined Elmira: Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church. Her gifts and graces were soon recognized and she was put in charge of the primary department of the Sunday School, which she soon doubled in attendance.
Her husband subsequently entering the itinerancy, she shared with him in all the labors and responsibilities of the ministry. On three different charges she was superintendent of the Sunday School, and sometimes acted as chorister. Her husband's health failing, they settled in Rochester. For 17 years she was a most exemplary member of Rochester: Corn Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. During a part of this period she met a class at her home, and by her tact and wisdom in counsel, her sympathy and victorious faith, she raised the spirituality of her members to a high plane. She was an earnest daily Bible student, gifted in prayer, and clear and positive in Christian testimony. Her last words were "I am trusting in Jesus." At the midnight hour she said to her son: "Sing!" "What shall I sing, mother?" "Sing Beulah Land," she replied. This indicated the high-water mark of her Christian experience. Some ten clergymen, including former pastors and numerous friends, followed her remains to the tomb at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1889, Page 131
On the afternoon of Friday, July 5, 1889, were held the funeral services from her late home, on Adams Street, Rochester, New York, of Mrs. Sarah Jane Thompson, wife of the Rev. Joshua Thompson. After an illness of over a year she quietly fell asleep. She was born in Canandaigua, New York, 1820. At 20 she was soundly converted under the ministerial labors of Rev. Thomas Castleton. She soon manifested a missionary spirit by gathering together in those unpopular times a large class of colored girls which she carefully trained. Soon after her marriage, in 1848, she moved to Elmira, Chemung County, New York, and with her husband joined Elmira: Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church. Her gifts and graces were soon recognized and she was put in charge of the primary department of the Sunday School, which she soon doubled in attendance.
Her husband subsequently entering the itinerancy, she shared with him in all the labors and responsibilities of the ministry. On three different charges she was superintendent of the Sunday School, and sometimes acted as chorister. Her husband's health failing, they settled in Rochester. For 17 years she was a most exemplary member of Rochester: Corn Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. During a part of this period she met a class at her home, and by her tact and wisdom in counsel, her sympathy and victorious faith, she raised the spirituality of her members to a high plane. She was an earnest daily Bible student, gifted in prayer, and clear and positive in Christian testimony. Her last words were "I am trusting in Jesus." At the midnight hour she said to her son: "Sing!" "What shall I sing, mother?" "Sing Beulah Land," she replied. This indicated the high-water mark of her Christian experience. Some ten clergymen, including former pastors and numerous friends, followed her remains to the tomb at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Sarah Jane Thompson was the wife of Rev. Joshua Thompson. They were married in 1848. Rev. Thompson was a minister in the East Genesee Conference/Central New York Conference and Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died February 3, 1900.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1889, Page 131
On the afternoon of Friday, July 5, 1889, were held the funeral services from her late home, on Adams Street, Rochester, New York, of Mrs. Sarah Jane Thompson, wife of the Rev. Joshua Thompson. After an illness of over a year she quietly fell asleep. She was born in Canandaigua, New York, 1820. At 20 she was soundly converted under the ministerial labors of Rev. Thomas Castleton. She soon manifested a missionary spirit by gathering together in those unpopular times a large class of colored girls which she carefully trained. Soon after her marriage, in 1848, she moved to Elmira, Chemung County, New York, and with her husband joined Elmira: Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church. Her gifts and graces were soon recognized and she was put in charge of the primary department of the Sunday School, which she soon doubled in attendance.
Her husband subsequently entering the itinerancy, she shared with him in all the labors and responsibilities of the ministry. On three different charges she was superintendent of the Sunday School, and sometimes acted as chorister. Her husband's health failing, they settled in Rochester. For 17 years she was a most exemplary member of Rochester: Corn Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. During a part of this period she met a class at her home, and by her tact and wisdom in counsel, her sympathy and victorious faith, she raised the spirituality of her members to a high plane. She was an earnest daily Bible student, gifted in prayer, and clear and positive in Christian testimony. Her last words were "I am trusting in Jesus." At the midnight hour she said to her son: "Sing!" "What shall I sing, mother?" "Sing Beulah Land," she replied. This indicated the high-water mark of her Christian experience. Some ten clergymen, including former pastors and numerous friends, followed her remains to the tomb at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1889, Page 131
On the afternoon of Friday, July 5, 1889, were held the funeral services from her late home, on Adams Street, Rochester, New York, of Mrs. Sarah Jane Thompson, wife of the Rev. Joshua Thompson. After an illness of over a year she quietly fell asleep. She was born in Canandaigua, New York, 1820. At 20 she was soundly converted under the ministerial labors of Rev. Thomas Castleton. She soon manifested a missionary spirit by gathering together in those unpopular times a large class of colored girls which she carefully trained. Soon after her marriage, in 1848, she moved to Elmira, Chemung County, New York, and with her husband joined Elmira: Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church. Her gifts and graces were soon recognized and she was put in charge of the primary department of the Sunday School, which she soon doubled in attendance.
Her husband subsequently entering the itinerancy, she shared with him in all the labors and responsibilities of the ministry. On three different charges she was superintendent of the Sunday School, and sometimes acted as chorister. Her husband's health failing, they settled in Rochester. For 17 years she was a most exemplary member of Rochester: Corn Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. During a part of this period she met a class at her home, and by her tact and wisdom in counsel, her sympathy and victorious faith, she raised the spirituality of her members to a high plane. She was an earnest daily Bible student, gifted in prayer, and clear and positive in Christian testimony. Her last words were "I am trusting in Jesus." At the midnight hour she said to her son: "Sing!" "What shall I sing, mother?" "Sing Beulah Land," she replied. This indicated the high-water mark of her Christian experience. Some ten clergymen, including former pastors and numerous friends, followed her remains to the tomb at Mount Hope Cemetery.
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