Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . from a pulmonary affection, when,completely prostrated, he was compelled to stop on hisway home at the house of Brother Becker, where hetook his bed, and died a few weeks after. A few daysafter. May 20th, he was buried in the private burial plotof this Becker family, which plot was afterward erectedinto a church burial ground. His grave here is markedby a simple stone, of which the following is theepitaph: Zum Gedachtnis des Ev. Pr. Jacob Albrecht wurde geboren den I ten May 1759 starbden 18 ten May 1S07 alt 49 Jahre u. 17 Tage. Unter dies
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . from a pulmonary affection, when,completely prostrated, he was compelled to stop on hisway home at the house of Brother Becker, where hetook his bed, and died a few weeks after. A few daysafter. May 20th, he was buried in the private burial plotof this Becker family, which plot was afterward erectedinto a church burial ground. His grave here is markedby a simple stone, of which the following is theepitaph: Zum Gedachtnis des Ev. Pr. Jacob Albrecht wurde geboren den I ten May 1759 starbden 18 ten May 1S07 alt 49 Jahre u. 17 Tage. Unter diesen Stein ruhen sein Gebein. Der Todt seiner Heiligen ist Werth gehalten fur dem Herrn. Psalm 116, V. 15. I04 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. After Rev. Kleinfelter married Mr. Beckers daughterand came into possession of much of his property, helaid out the village of Kleinfeltersville, donated groundfor an Evangelical church and graveyard, and waslargely instrumental in having the East PennsylvaniaConference build a memorial church at this place in. ALBRIGHT MEMORIAL CHURCH. honor of the energetic bishop, who died and lay buriedhere. Accordingly, in 1850, kept by the EvangelicalAssociation as a year of jubilee, this church was conference appointed Revs. J. P. Leib, J. M. Saylorand F. Sanner to supervise the work. It is a verymodest structure of red sandstone, of rather small A DOUBLE FOUNTAIN-HEAD. 105 dimensions, after the simple style adopted by thisdenomination in that day of extreme simplicity. It issurmounted by a small cupola, in which swings a littlebell. On its front a marble slab tells the followingstory: AIvBRECHTS KIRCHE Errichtet Zum Andenkeu des verewigten JACOB ALBRECHT Stifter der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft in Nord America Im 5oten Jahre der Gemeinschaft ANNO neu aufgebaut im Jahr i860 Few people worship here at present and fewer still arethe visits to the adjoining graveyard, though therewould be for a Gray another Elegy here. After devoti
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