Mrs. John D Smith (Emma Finch) Obit
Mrs. John D. Smith (nee Emma Finch) was born December 13th, 1852, and departed this life March 8th, 1926. She was not a member of the visible church, but gave unmistakable evidence to those who are qualified to judge of her acceptance in the Beloved. In the last years of her life she was terribly afflicted, but she bore it with such fortitude and patience as to cause those who visited her to wonder at the manner in which she seemed reconciled to her lot. She loved to read and converse upon heavenly things, was strong in the faith and gave God all the honor and praise for her salvation. The writer was called to conduct the services, and felt to realize while speaking the purpose of our all-wise God in afflicting her as he had was to show his people how one could suffer for the sake of Christ and to the end that his people should bear with one another in all gentleness and tenderness in love. Interment was in the cemetery at Warwick, NY. May the Lord comfort those who mourn and direct them into the way of this truth, is our desire.