Martin Luther Hawkins
Birth: 18 April 1795
Harford County, Maryland
Death: 22 June 1864
Salem Crossroads, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Tribute to Martin Luther Hawkins
DIED - June 22d, 1864, at his residence in Westmoreland County, Pa., Mr. MARTIN L. HAWKINS, aged 69 years and 2 months.
The deceased was born in Maryland, April 18th, 1795. At the age of twenty-three he became a member of the Pine Creek Presbyterian church, then under the pastoral care of Rev. Joseph Stockton. Soon after his marriage he removed to Mercer County, and subsequently to Beaver County, Pa., where he was chosen and ordained a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of Slippery Rock. In 1840 he came to Sharpsburg, and in the following year was installed a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of that place., in which capacity be served with much acceptance for upwards of twenty years. About a year ago he purchased. a farm near Salem Cross Roads, Westmoreland County, where he resided until his death. His disease was paralysis, under which he lingered for several weeks.
Mr. Hawkins was an earnest Christian, a devoted follower of Christ, a faithful servant of his Master, and one of whom it might be truly said, he " adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things." As a citizen, be warn upright in his character; as a Christian, highly consistent; and as an officer in the church, he enjoyed the full confidence of his brethren and the people he represented. He was "like a city set upon a hill, that cannot be hid." He was "like a candle set upon a candlestick." But it pleased God to take him home to himself; and while we weep at the tomb of one so much loved and respected, we say, "Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight." He is gone, as we trust, from the Church militant on earth, to the Church triumphant in heaven. His family, the Church, and the world, are left to mourn a lose which cannot be easily repaired. His end was peace.
"How blest the righteous when be dies!" J.M.S.
Presbyterian Banner Wednesday, August 10, 1864 Page:3
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Birth: 18 April 1795
Harford County, Maryland
Death: 22 June 1864
Salem Crossroads, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Tribute to Martin Luther Hawkins
DIED - June 22d, 1864, at his residence in Westmoreland County, Pa., Mr. MARTIN L. HAWKINS, aged 69 years and 2 months.
The deceased was born in Maryland, April 18th, 1795. At the age of twenty-three he became a member of the Pine Creek Presbyterian church, then under the pastoral care of Rev. Joseph Stockton. Soon after his marriage he removed to Mercer County, and subsequently to Beaver County, Pa., where he was chosen and ordained a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of Slippery Rock. In 1840 he came to Sharpsburg, and in the following year was installed a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of that place., in which capacity be served with much acceptance for upwards of twenty years. About a year ago he purchased. a farm near Salem Cross Roads, Westmoreland County, where he resided until his death. His disease was paralysis, under which he lingered for several weeks.
Mr. Hawkins was an earnest Christian, a devoted follower of Christ, a faithful servant of his Master, and one of whom it might be truly said, he " adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things." As a citizen, be warn upright in his character; as a Christian, highly consistent; and as an officer in the church, he enjoyed the full confidence of his brethren and the people he represented. He was "like a city set upon a hill, that cannot be hid." He was "like a candle set upon a candlestick." But it pleased God to take him home to himself; and while we weep at the tomb of one so much loved and respected, we say, "Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight." He is gone, as we trust, from the Church militant on earth, to the Church triumphant in heaven. His family, the Church, and the world, are left to mourn a lose which cannot be easily repaired. His end was peace.
"How blest the righteous when be dies!" J.M.S.
Presbyterian Banner Wednesday, August 10, 1864 Page:3
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Martin_Hawkins_%283%29
Martin Luther Hawkins
Birth: 18 April 1795
Harford County, Maryland
Death: 22 June 1864
Salem Crossroads, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Tribute to Martin Luther Hawkins
DIED - June 22d, 1864, at his residence in Westmoreland County, Pa., Mr. MARTIN L. HAWKINS, aged 69 years and 2 months.
The deceased was born in Maryland, April 18th, 1795. At the age of twenty-three he became a member of the Pine Creek Presbyterian church, then under the pastoral care of Rev. Joseph Stockton. Soon after his marriage he removed to Mercer County, and subsequently to Beaver County, Pa., where he was chosen and ordained a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of Slippery Rock. In 1840 he came to Sharpsburg, and in the following year was installed a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of that place., in which capacity be served with much acceptance for upwards of twenty years. About a year ago he purchased. a farm near Salem Cross Roads, Westmoreland County, where he resided until his death. His disease was paralysis, under which he lingered for several weeks.
Mr. Hawkins was an earnest Christian, a devoted follower of Christ, a faithful servant of his Master, and one of whom it might be truly said, he " adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things." As a citizen, be warn upright in his character; as a Christian, highly consistent; and as an officer in the church, he enjoyed the full confidence of his brethren and the people he represented. He was "like a city set upon a hill, that cannot be hid." He was "like a candle set upon a candlestick." But it pleased God to take him home to himself; and while we weep at the tomb of one so much loved and respected, we say, "Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight." He is gone, as we trust, from the Church militant on earth, to the Church triumphant in heaven. His family, the Church, and the world, are left to mourn a lose which cannot be easily repaired. His end was peace.
"How blest the righteous when be dies!" J.M.S.
Presbyterian Banner Wednesday, August 10, 1864 Page:3
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Martin_Hawkins_%283%29
Birth: 18 April 1795
Harford County, Maryland
Death: 22 June 1864
Salem Crossroads, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Tribute to Martin Luther Hawkins
DIED - June 22d, 1864, at his residence in Westmoreland County, Pa., Mr. MARTIN L. HAWKINS, aged 69 years and 2 months.
The deceased was born in Maryland, April 18th, 1795. At the age of twenty-three he became a member of the Pine Creek Presbyterian church, then under the pastoral care of Rev. Joseph Stockton. Soon after his marriage he removed to Mercer County, and subsequently to Beaver County, Pa., where he was chosen and ordained a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of Slippery Rock. In 1840 he came to Sharpsburg, and in the following year was installed a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church of that place., in which capacity be served with much acceptance for upwards of twenty years. About a year ago he purchased. a farm near Salem Cross Roads, Westmoreland County, where he resided until his death. His disease was paralysis, under which he lingered for several weeks.
Mr. Hawkins was an earnest Christian, a devoted follower of Christ, a faithful servant of his Master, and one of whom it might be truly said, he " adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things." As a citizen, be warn upright in his character; as a Christian, highly consistent; and as an officer in the church, he enjoyed the full confidence of his brethren and the people he represented. He was "like a city set upon a hill, that cannot be hid." He was "like a candle set upon a candlestick." But it pleased God to take him home to himself; and while we weep at the tomb of one so much loved and respected, we say, "Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight." He is gone, as we trust, from the Church militant on earth, to the Church triumphant in heaven. His family, the Church, and the world, are left to mourn a lose which cannot be easily repaired. His end was peace.
"How blest the righteous when be dies!" J.M.S.
Presbyterian Banner Wednesday, August 10, 1864 Page:3
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Martin_Hawkins_%283%29
