Born: Au­gust 26, 1861, Vang, Val­dres, Nor­way.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 13, 1925, Dick­in­son, North Da­ko­ta.

Buried: Al­bert Lea, Min­ne­so­ta.

Belsheim em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca with his fam­i­ly at the age of five. He at­tend­ed Lu­ther Col­lege, De­cor­ah, Io­wa; North­field Sem­in­a­ry; and Augs­burg Sem­in­a­ry, Min­ne­so­ta. He held pas­tor­ates in Mil­wau­kee, Wis­con­sin; Albert Lea, Min­ne­so­ta; Grand Mea­dow, Min­ne­so­ta; Man­dan, North Da­ko­ta; and was the first pastor of Trin­i­ty Evan­gel­i­cal Lu­ther­an Church, Bis­marck, North Da­ko­ta (1908-1915). He was a mem­ber of the com­mit­tee that pro­duced The Lu­ther­an Hymn­a­ry in 1913, served as ed­it­or for Christ­ian Youth for two years, and trans­lat­ed Nils J. J. Lache’s Ca­te­chism in­to English in 1894.

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Translations

1. God’s Word Is Our Great Her­i­tage