Notes from a Soujourn
March 18, 2020
Remembering Beek Lindsay
The Rev. J. G. Beek Lindsay was incumbent of Trinity Anglican Church in the 1840s. He also served the community of Moulinette and the surrounding areas. Beek was well loved by his parishioners and was especially gifted in his vocation of pastoral care. In 1845, an epidemic of typhus was spreading in the city of Cornwall. Worst affected were poor immigrant families who had recently arrived in the area after fleeing famine in Ireland.
Beek was faithful in his duties of pastoral care and courageously extended the ministry of the church to the sick. Through his work, Beek became infected himself and died shortly afterward. He and his family are buried in the churchyard cemetery of Trinity Anglican Church, Cornwall.
Later, a quarantine hospital would be established for the dedicated care of typhus patients in Cornwall. The site is now commemorated with a monument on Cornwall's waterfront.
As we remember Rev. Lindsay, we give thanks for the faithful care that the church community offers to all in need; we are grateful for the selfless deeds of others; and we rejoice in God's call to care and compassion.
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