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THE DEATH OF REV. DR COCHRAN.

TRIBUTKS FROM THE PUKSS. &C,

From the Mominrj Chronicle.

A man, venerable alike from his character and his years, has just
passed from the scene in which he led an active, useful and honored life.

He has made now his exit, as lonj^ ago he made his entrance. At
4 o' clock on Sunday morning, the Rev. Dr. Cochran died at his residence
corner of Jacob Street and Poplar Grove. He passed away peacefully
and painl'jssly, while he slept. The public will miss the once familiar
form in our streets and at our public meetings, and they can never again
hear the deep and measured tones of that voice which was so often heard
in advocacy of the right and the true and the good. The Reverend
lames Cuppaidge Cochran, 1). D., who so largely figured in the busy
lite of Nova Scotia for fifty years or more, was born within the walls of
King's College, Windsor, on the 17th day of September, 1798, being the
' ^cond .'^onofthe Revd. VV^illiam Cochran, I). 1). — a graduate of Trinity
' College. Dublin, born at Onuigh, County Tyrone, Ireland, and then hold-
ing the responsible office of tlie first Vice President of the only Univers-
ity in the Province — and Rebecca, daughter of Colonel Cuppaidge,
of H. ]\I. ()7tli Regt. , of County Tipperary, Ireland.

The s\d>ject of this brief memoir t\'as originally destined for the Royal
Xavy, alid brought by his father from Windsor to Halifax when about
nine years of age for the purpose of joining \\\\\\. service, but he was
adjudged as being too young then for such arduous duties as were in-
volved in that profession. But he sooi- turned his thoughts to the
snci'ed ministry of the clinn-h. A>* a coiiseijuence ^i this decision he
matriculated at KiuL^'s College in 1821. succe>-sf"ully passed the vari-
ous examinations, and t(jok his degree ol P>.A. in l.S'ia, and that of
M.A. in 18:5.').

Though his degree of liaclielor of Aits was not conferred on him
until 1825, he had passed the examination which entitled him to it in
1824, and immediately proceeded to Quebec for the purpose of being
ordained to the Deaconate and Priesthood by Bishop Mountian — the
Bishop of Nova Scotia, Dr. Stanser, being absent froin this diocese
and then resident in England. For a short time after his ordination
Mr. Cochran undertook the duties of a travellnig missionary, officiat-
ing at Falmouth, Rawdon, Liverpool, and many other parts of the
Province in which there were few opportunities for the people to en-
joy the ordinances of the Christian church. At the close of the years
of his ordination he was appointed Rector of the Parish of Lunenb-
urg, an office which he filled for no less a period than twenty-eight
years. It would be impossible within the compass of such a notice
as this to enumerate all his labours in this place — for he was a man
of stroMnr mind j'tkI vij^orons Inime .'ind wiiru) hciirt. The parish

then consisted of Upper and Middle LaHave, New Dublin, Bridge-
water, New Germany and Mahone Bay, in all which districts (now
served by five or six clergymen) he ministered single handed tor many
years. We of the present day scarce know the toil to be endured in
the discharge of such duties. The carriage roads were few, and the
best were bad. Most of the journeys were made, of necessity, on liorst;
back, the only baggage accompanying the traveller that which could
be carried in the old-fashioned saddlebags. On one occasion the inde-
fatigable missionary nearly lost his life, having been thrown over his
horse's head down the steep bank of the river, where he remained
unconscious part of the uight, not recovering from the effects of this
fall for more than a year.

During the time that he was rector of J^unenburg he built live
cliuiches and a number of schoolhouses, establishing one of the first
Sunday-schools of the Church of England, if not the first, outside
the city of Halifax, in the Province, and, undoubtedly, was tiie
pioneer of Sunday evening services in that chuich. He always iield
three full services on the Lord's day, necessitating a drive of about
sixteen miles to one or other of his out-stations.

Nor was he content with his parochial works; but, full of zeal for
the welfare of the church, of which he wns one of the ablest nijiiistcis
he determined to bring the press into requisition, and in IS.'?.") lie
started the publication of tiie Colovuil Chnrchmav — the first relijjior.s
newspaper of any denomination 'printed and published in the \vi<le
country now known as the Dominion of Canada. Of this paper he
had the sole editorial and general mana«.'ement, and successfully ro:-
ducted it for fiye years in the face of great difflculti'es. Tlu; nn nii-
mctit of his valuable labouis in this direction may be stMMi in tl c
l:onnd vohinies of this peiiodical, carefully preserved in the LegisljniN r
Librarv.

In the year 1852 Mr. Cochran removed, with his family, to Halifax
and at fiist ministered in Terence Bay — where he built a clinrch
— Spryfield, Harrietsfield, and other outlying districts, and while thus
engaged he was also editor of the 0mrch Times, a pjtper published by
Mr. William Gossip, and was also a frequent contributor to the col-
umns of the secular press — some of the most pungent and racy articles
which then appeared being the productions of his ready pen. In the
year 1853 he undertook to discharge the duties of the curacy ol St.
George's Church for the Rev. George W. Hill, who went to P^nghuid
on a mission in behalf of King's College. These duties were so taith.fnlly
and so efficiently performed that he endeared himself to all the parisli-
oiiers, and drew around him the kindly feelings and waim respect of
all others with whom he "was brought in contact. In the following
year the great work of raising an endowment for the College was

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projected, and Mr. Cochran was selected as the most suitable and most
eflicieut clergyman to conduct that work throughout the Province. He
accepted the post, and right bravely did he buckle on his armour for
the work, and right bravely did he ftght the battle for A.lma Mater. His
labjiir.s were crowned with success.

fn this same, year, 1854, when the Lord Bishop leased Salem Chapel
for the purpose of conducting therein the nervices of the Church of
England, Mr. Cochran was appointed by his Lord^^hip the minister
in charge, and continued to fill tliat important office till 18C6, when
he took charge, of Trinity Church — a tree church built by subscriptions
— in which he remained until the year 1875, when he resigned his
onerous duties, having performed the work incident to it with marvellous
regularity and system— unceasingly and unweariedly visiting the
congregation — devoting himself especially to the sick and poor.

In the year 1872 Mr Cochran, who had been Secretary of the
Board of Governors of King's College for a quarter ot a century,
received a public recognition of his valuable services on behalf ol
that institution, being invested at the Encaenia, in the presence of a
brilliant assembly, with the degree of D. D. honoris causa. But the
learned Doctor's labors were not confined to his own parish, church
or people. He was a man of many sides — a great lover of the afflic-
ted, the poor, the maimed, the halt, the blind, the deaf, the dumb.
For years and yeirs he was identified with almost every benevolent
and religious institution in the city. He was an active member ol
the societies coniibcted with the Church of England, and at the same
time lent his vaUuible assistance to every organization which had for
its aim the well being or improved conditio.! of his fellow men. The
I'l^titution for the Deaf and Dumb really owes its origin and present
flMiinshing condition to Dr. Cochran. In spice of the greatest, and
a|)parently insurmountable obstacles, he started and maintained a little
school in an obscure building in an obscure street: in defiance of
.sneers and rebuffs, he worked steadily, energetically, prayerfully on,
until he had the satisfaction ot seeing the present noble building in
possession of a large and influential body of trustee^, and the Gover-
nment of the country taking it under their fostering care.

Of the Dispensary he was a chief promoter, and never ceased to
work for that noble refuge for the poor and ill.

For many years he was chaplain to the poor's Asylum without
salary, as also to the City Prison. la later years, however, his services
were recognized by the authorities and their appreciation of their value
in irked by appointing him chaplain, for which he receive I a yearly
stipend. For ne;rly twenty years Dr. Cochran wa< chaplain of the
House of Assembly, and during the last session only once missed the
performance of his duties through illness. We cannot now specify all

the work in which he was engaged during his long and laborioU'^ life
but this notice would be incomplete indeed if it were not stated that
during nearly the whole of his life he was >t staunch supporter of the
great cause ot temperance. Little do the men of the present day
know how much they are indebted to thin ironwilled man for the
progress of the total abstinence question. It is easy now to advocate
the custom of abstainiu' from all exhilarating drinks; it was no li^ht
matter then. All honour to his memary as champion of the good work.
While engaged in work like this he was far from forgetful of the
profit and delight of literary labour, and a few years ago charmed
and instructed the public with two excellent lectures entitled, "Recol-
lections of Half a Century," But his work h over: for the evening
has come and the sun has set. The massive frame and the busy brain
are at rest and " his works do follow him."

Dr. Cochran leaves behind him a venerable widow and several
chiMren. He was married on the loth December, 1326, to Ann
Matilda Power, of Liverpool, N. S. They had six sons and six
daughters — of the former two survive, the eldest, the Rev. William
Rupert Cochran, Rector of I^angton, Lincolnshire, England, and the
fourth, Mr. Fitxgerald Cochran, Barrister, of this city. Of the
daughters, live are married and one unmirriel. He aUo leaver
seventeen grand-children.

In closing the record of the life of this aged and long prominent
man, we may say that he took part in almost every public movement
in which a clergyman could legitimat'dy join, and that he has left
behind him no more sincere lover of his native land and not one
who has more lealouslv sought to serve at once his country and his
God.

From the Acadian Recorder,

Yesterday morning's papers contained lengthy obituary n.»ti(^es of
the late Rev. James C. Cochran, who pjissel -iway on Sunday at 4
a,m. From the record of his long and useful life, we learn that
he was born in King's College, Windnor, on the 17 th Sciptember
1798, his father being then Vice- President of that, the only University
In the Province.

At nine years of age, he was brought to Halifax to join tlie Navy;
but these views were changed, and he became a clerk with the then
^rm ox Belcher & Wright.

In 1821, he entered at King's College, and in 1825 graduated
with the usual dejrrees. He was then ordained as a cler<;vmaii of
the Episcopal Church; and for a fe^v months oificiated as a travelling
missionary in the then sparsely settled districts of the Province.

Shortly after, he was appointed Rector of Lunenburg, and filh'd

tlint office (or 2ft vt'iirs, I'c tluMi nniovcd to ITjiIifiix, In ]f^^>2, f\\A
oiriciftti'd ill >^onu' of the oiitlviii;: «]i(^lri('l.«, liCf^idcs (ditiiifr n clunh
or«r!iii piiMislu'd silioiit llmt fiiiif. tiiid <il?o coiiti iliutiii;: to ih'f^ciilMr
press. Kroin l<"<iVi Jo |Mii'. he wits fxiytoi-of Snlciii f'linr«'}J|\j"itil
187'), wlun lie rotircd (rojii llu' rcjiulnr active duties of tlie immj^try

TIk; late Dr. ('ocliuui >vss like a sturdy tree In a forx'sf — or "the
i-lijidov. dl' a ^iciit jcck in a w c? ry Isuul. ' lie wns n man o/ten tlionsand.
1- v<i y itliniuiis jiiid nioijil eiiiei|iiise lisul in fiini a I'lmnipioii. The
Deaf and Duinh were a .-<|ie('ial <'har«re, and he niiiy he said to have
lostered the Iiislifntioti until it «rrew stioii«r and iiUe to take care of
itM'H So with many sinnlar works. Ills life way one of l.*rhor, for the
spiiitiial, mental, and jdiysical jiood of othei-^ Full of years and
willi a n.'(tM-(l s|)i)ll(Ns y('t dotted on every |ni!zc with jrood works, ho
lias passed away to the rest that reinaineth ti/1* the people of God.

Prom ihc ]\I(>n\iv(j Hera Id.

TIk! death of IJev. Canon Cochran \vfiich occurred at an early

houi- yesterday nio'i'nin«r, removed from/jimon/ist ns one of the oldest,

most widely knoAvn, and uiiivei'sallv l/'loved (>t our I*rovincial eler<rv.

His advanced a^e inM<t<' his nainy'^ f>eiha]is more familiar to our

lathers than to us, hut his active i/fiihinthrctphy — continued Uj) till hi^

)a^t illness, endeared him, in an iMiiinent degree, to old and youiif^

alik<\ His lite, wliic!i \va> a \p\\'j^ an I ai> active one, forms, in a

lar«ie dejj;rer% the; hist,,ry of myir than one of our charitablt institu-

f'cjiis, and carrie*^ iis )>ack ov/r period^ in our history of which lew

m(3U now livmn' liave auv e.vperieu(;e.

Father Cocliran — as lie \y;is familiarly called — ^vas born in Wimlsor
on the 17th of Se|t(('nihijr, 17'J8, and was tlic second ^ow <jf R(!V.
Wilhani Cochrjui, I). I).,/of Trinity ('olle,Lre Dublin) the first V'ice-
Presid<?nt of IvioiL''s ('(Jlei.»;( . and acriii!.j I 'resident of that institution
lor many years. lily mother was a (hwiirhter of Col. Cuj)paid«^c of
the r>7ff( rei/imeiit. /lis eldest brother — I Ion. Andrew Cochran wmh
lor many ycare oye of the leading public men of the Frov.ice of
Quebec. James i^as fii-st intended by hi^ father (gv the Navy, and
when quite n yoon^ lad was brought to Halifax with the purpose of
being placed lis a midshipman on board one of the war vessels theu on
this station./ Mis own dislike to the sea, joined to his mother's entrea-
ties, led tc/liis being placed as a clerk in the mercantile house o(
F^elcher vS« Wright, of this city, instead. Afer remaining in the employ
of this fiyin for some time, he entered into business in Ilalifax on his
own am)unt, in partnership with the late John Spy Morris — the late
Dr. JXmes Ilume being for .some time (rierk in their employ. In 1821
olved to abandon trade and enter the church, to which he had
long felt an inclination to devote himself. He accordingly, in that

yowY, I'lilcrcd Kin«r's ColU'^rt', j:rmhiatii)«r Icmr yi'aiH latiT with tlu*
dcgrt'i' (»t' li A. In IM,'!.") hv jcct'ivt'd flic (U«:i((' of M. A. jii<1
ill 1.S72 Mint of I). I), from the simie CoIIc^m' — Iioiiors wliicli ns
will 1)0 t?con he iiohly cmi'ikmI j\ij(I worthily wore, hi 1H24 hv uns
or(hiiiR!(l l»y Dr. Moiintaiti the Hislioj» of (^lulitc — iIk- liii-hop of
Novti Scotia hcing in Knnlaml at the time It nay he noted as
one of the «i;reat chan»,'('s that have taken place diiiiii*; the \n\t<t
tilty years, that at that time, it took Dr. Cochran a month to visit
(.^iiel)ec and return, — a joiirney that ran now he mnde in n lew
days. AfU'r assisting: his father for a p«hort sime in Falmonth. he
was settled dnrin>r the hitter part of \H'24 at J-nuenhnr«!, whtre
he continued lo minister to a widely extended paris-h inclndinfi i.ot
only Luuenhur;:: hut La Have, Xew Duhlin, Hrid<rewater, New
Germany, and Mahone Ihiy — t(»r twenty-ei;:ht years. In lH.'ii"( lie
commenced the puhlication at I.,unenhur^ of the VoUntial Clinrchnmn,
the lirst rtdigious newspaper established in what is nov. the Dominion
of Canada, and contimu^d to e<lit it lor live year.s after which he hecame
the editor oi the tlnirvh Times, puhlislad in llalilax. In 182() he
initialed the practice ot holdinj^ evenin*!; Hervi<r»'s which was afterwards
adopted by all the other chiirclies ot the denomination. He founded
Siiialay S(;liools and Temperanee .Societies — amonj; I he first in the
Provin<-<!. and by •iieat z<'al and dili;ience, laid the fonndation of wluit
are now lour or five flourishinjr pari.'^lies

In I'S.Vi he removed with his family to Halifiix. and vas at fh>t ior
a few years in charjie of Turn's Bay and S))iyfield, and other eutlyini;
districts. In the first named place he secured the erection of a in at
church, which still remains with manv other evidences of his sncctsslnl
and arduous ministry. In 1853 at the request of the Cioveiiiois of
Kings College, he undertook the task of raisiiiff S40,<!()() towards tin- « n-
dowment fund of that Colle;:e — travellinu' through the three Lowor
Provinces for the purpose — a duty in which he was eminently succcsslnl.

\n 1854 he was ap))ointed to the pastoral di.irge of Salem ( hiiicli.
which he held until 1H(')G, when he was aj)}K)iiited to 'I'rinily Chuuh,
of which he remained pastor until quite recently.

But, great as were Dr. Cochran's pastoral duties, they hy no means
engrossed all his attention. From the tiist lie always manifested a
strong interest in his Alma Mater, and was for twenty-three years Sec-
retary of the Board of Governors of King's College. In the support of
Temperance, he was among the first promotei-s and continued to he
among the most active woikers of that Reform. He was one oi the
founders of the Deaf and Dumb institution of this city; and was its Sec-
tary from its establishment in 1857 till his de tth. He was also one of
the principal promoters of the Halifax Disp<'nsary — an institution
second to none in the city in its usefidness. For ten scars he was

Chaplain of the Poor's Asylum, atid was also Chaplalu of the City
Prison for a cou-jiderable length of time. In 18GI, on the death of Dr.
Twining, he was elected Chaplain of the House of Assembly, which
position he continued to hold until his death. In all of these multifar-
ious duties he won the respect and confidence of all who came in
contact witli him, and exhibited the same Stirling qualities of hand and
heart which characterized him as a divine.

Dr. Cochran married on the 1 5th December, 182G — Anna Matilda
Power, of Liverpool, N. S. (who survives him) by whom he had six
sons and six daughters. Of the former only two survive — the eldest,
the Revd. William Rupert (>ochrau, Elector of Langton, Lincolnshire,
England — and the fourth, Fitzgerald Cochran, Esq., Barrister of thi8
city. Of the daughters five are married and one unmarried. He also
leaves seventeen grandchildren.

To his numerous surviving friends and relatives, we tender our sin-
cerest sympathy, feeling that the public has, alike with them, suffered a
severe bereavement in the death of one so zealous and active in good
words and works.

From Church Guardian,

The death of Hev. Dr. Cochran, which occurred last Sunday week
has withdrawn from us the oldest and one of the most widely known,
and universally beloved of our Nova Scotia clergy.

Dr. Cochran was bora in Windsor on the 17th of September, 1798,
and was the second son of Rev. William Cochran. D. D.(of Trinity
College, Dublin) for many years president of King's College, Windsor.
In the year 1821, he entered King's College, and four years later took
the degree of B. A. In 1835 he received the degree of M. A., and in
1872 that of D. D. from the same College. In 1824 he was ordained
by Dr. Mountain; the Bishop of Quebec — the Bishop of Nova Scotia
being in England at the time.

After assisting his father for a short time in Falmouth, he wa**
settled during the latter part of 1824 at Lunenburg, where he coutiimed
to minister to a widely extended parish, including not only Lunenburg
but La Have, New Dublin. Bridgewater, New Germany, and Mahone
Bay — for twenty-seven years. In 1835 ha commenced the publication
at Lunenburg of the Colonial Ghurchrian, the lirst religious newspaper
established in what is now the Dominion of Canada, and continued to
edit it for five jears, after which he as8i.sted Mr. Wm. Gossip in the
publication of the Church Times. In 1826 he initiated the practice of
holding evening services which very soon became the practice in all
the parishes. He founded Sunday Schools and Temperance Societies —
among the first in the Province, and by great zeal and diligence, laid
t!ie foundations of what are now four or five flourishing parishes.

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In 1852 he removed with \m family to Ilalifnx, juhI was at first for
B few years \u char'je of Turn's Uay ami Spryfu'ld, and other oullyiii;;
districtft. In tlie first nanutl ])\mv he fHruittl the tTirlion <»f a neat
chureh, which still reniaiiif^ with man) othrr evideiwrs of his success
fnl and arduous ministry. In IH."»3 at tiie rcfjucst of the (iovcniori*
of Kinj»8 Collejre, he undertcwk the task of raisinjj: :i51(»,(M»(^ towards
the endowment fu."d ot that Cioliejje — trHVcUinj; thpu'ili the three
Lower Pmvinoes for the |)urp(»si* — a duty in wliich he was eniiiientiy
successful, fn 1854 he was a|)|)ointeti to the jxisiontl char;ie of Sjdnii
Church, which he held until 1H(><>, when he was apprauted to Trinity
Church, of which he n'maiuetl fmstor until quite n^'ently.

But {»reat as wei-e Dr. Otchrau's pastoral duties they hy ii<» means
engrossed all his attention. Fitwn tlK^ first lie always uiunite.sted a stioiifj
interest in his Afma Afnter, and was for twenty-thive years Secretary of
the Board ot Governors of KiufT^s Collejre. In the supjxjrt of'lVm|H*i-
ance. he was among the tii'^ pitMuoters, and i'ontiiaicil to Ik* among tlie
most active-workers of that Kv i-jmi. He was one ol the toiuidcrs of the
Deaf and Dumh institution oMhis city, and was its Sec!«(iiry Iroiu its
establishment in 1858 til! ais death, lie w<is also one of the principal
pi'omotei's of Uie Halifax Disp«'ns:uy — an iustittuion stnrond to jmmic in
the city in its usefulness. For U'»i yeai-s he vvas Chaphiin of the IVxn's^
Asylum, and was also Chaptnin of the City Prison lor a considerahle
length of time. In 1801, on tlu' death of Dr. Twining, lie was chM-ted
Chaplain of the House of Assembly, which position lie continued (it hold
until hi« death. In all of these multifarious duties, he won the respect
and confidence of all who laune in contact with him. an<l exhibited the
same stirlinjj qualities of hand an<l heart which characUiizeil him as a
divine. We are iudebte<l to the Heixuld loi ve y mucli ot the af»ov<! ihi-
tice.

Tributi; to the Rkv. Dr. Cochkan's Mi;mouv at Kin^^'s

CoLLKGK Encenia. — The President, Rev. Dr. Dart (in coumerMing
those of the Alumni wlio had passtid aw«y sinct; the h st Fjjcnenial
said that there was one, who, for a quarter of a century and niojv, iiad
been closely idenitified with the intei-ests of King's College, and win* had
doae much duriu;^ his long life to promote the pixjspcrity (d" his Alum
Mater.

He referred to that venerable and faitblul r^ervant of G<)i>. H<v. Dr.
Cochran, whose remains had been interred in Windna- Chnit'h yanl the
day previous, lie sympathixed with the natural grief of ui.«s i\ lutivcs and
friends for their gi^ijit loss, but for him thei-e could Ixj no sorix>w. After
a lan^ life of useliilness he had gone to the wa^i that remaineth for the
people of Gou

The Lord Bi«hop said that he generally had the misfortune to l»e the
last speaker, and had consequently to curtail his remarks. After what

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had already been said by preceding speakers in allusioa to the Alumni
who had been called away by death during the last year, he would not
make any lengthy remarks, but he would fail in his duty if he omitted to
notice the great los8 the College had sustained by the recent death of the
Rev. Dr. Cochran. Born within the walls of the College, and intima-
tely associated with its interests from his early youth, Dr. Cochran had,
throughout his long life, labored earnestly for the advancement and wel
fare of King's College. When the Government Grant was taken away
some years ago, and the income of the College diminished, the friends of
the Institution were compelled to devise some means to raisie an endow-
ment fund, and by universal consent Dr. Cochran was selected as the fit-
test man to accomplish that object, and marvellously well did he do his
work. Devoting hira«?eU with all his energy to the object he had io
view, he succeeded, in the face of many difficulties, in raising the sum
required, ($40,000), and King's College to-day to a large extent, owes
its present pro.-*perous position to the success ot that undertaking. Hit*
Lordship advised the young men who were leaving College to try and
follow in Dr. C(x;hran's footsteps, and to profit by the examples his life
afforde<l, of what could bo accomplished dy patient, persevering, prayer-
ful work. He concluded by referring to the two great works ot Dr.
Cochran's life (outside ot his ordinary Missionary duties, viz th ; found-
ation of the noble Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and his Jabors iti
connection with the Halifax Visiting Dispensary, which to a very large
extent, owes its present position of usefulness to his unwearied exertions
in its behalf,

From Presbifterian Witness.

On the morning of last Sunday there passed away from amongst us,
one of the oldest and most venerable of our citizens, Rev. J. C. Coch-
ran, D .D He was in the H2nd year of hie age, and had been fifty-six
years a minister of the Church of England. lie was the son of Dr.
Cochran, one of the fii^st presidents ot King's College, Windsor, and
was origiually inten(le<l for the Royal Navy, being brought from Wind-
sor to llalitiix on horseback through a path in the woodi. He soo i
after left the navy and entered mercantile life. He well remembered
the time of the duel between the Chesapeake and the Shannon^ and
often described the scenes he witnessed on the arrival of those vessels in
Halifax harbor. He was ordained by Bishop Mountain, of Quebec. In
I'^.'H he started the Golonial Churchman^ the first religious newspaper
published in British North America, which lasted five years, and was
the author of several pamphlets and books. He was one of the pioneer
temperance men of the continent, and was a charter member of the
Grand Division, S(Kis of Temperance. He was one of the founders of
the Halifax Deaf and Dumb Institution, and for a quarter of a cent-
ury acted as its Secretary. He was also one of the founders of the

Halifax Dispensary, and has been its President from the begmning.
Por the last twenty ve«rs he has been chaplain of the House of Assembly.
Some years ago h« did much to raise an endowment fund of $40,000
for Kings College, Windsor, in which building he was born.

From the New Era

This aged Clergyman of the Episcopal Church, passed away on Sun-
day last, at 4 a. m., at the ripe old age of 82, after an active and useful
lile: born in Windsor on the 17 th Sep 1798; he was ordained in 1825,'
officiated as a travelling missionary for a few months; filled the position
of Rector in Lunenburg for 28 years /removed to Halifax in 18')4, and
until 75 was in charg*^ of Salem, and afterwards of Trinity Church.
Full of years, active and zealous in every good work. He rests from
his labors.

Frow Lunenburg Progress.

—The English Church in this town was draped in mourning on Sunday
last in memory of the late Rev. J. C. Cochran, who died at Halifax on
the 20th. iust Touching references to his loug and faithful services in this
parish where he was Rf'ctor trom 1825 1852, were made in both morn-
ing and evening sermons.

FuNKRAL OP Rkv. Dr. Cochran. — We copy a notice of tlie

tuueral from the Chronide as follows:

As previously announced, the remains of this lamented and venerable
divine were taken by Wednesday morning's train to Windf^or, for
interment in the family burying groimd at that place.

One of the most touching incidents connected with the demise of Dr.
Cochran was the vis^it of the Deaf smd Dnnib pupils (niimbevinj.' 5<»)io
take a last farewell of one who took sucli an interest in their wrlfiire,
and whom they loved as a father. The scene was very affectinor. .„i(I
there was no doubt of the genuineness of their sorrow. The bovs oftht-
sdiool marched in pue* j».iGii lit m Dr. CocI.im's late ieH"doMif> tl «
Railway Depot on the morning of the funeral. On the arrival of t' e
train at Windsor, the Rev. Canon Maynard, Revd. Dr- Dart. Presi-
dent of King's College, the Lord Bishop and other clergymen, and
many of the principal residents of the town were in attendance and
formed a procession to the Parish Church.

The psalms prescribed py the liturgy ot the Church were read by the
Rector, Rev. Canon Rfaynard. the lessons by Rev. G. .W Hill, Rec-
or of St. Paul's, and the service at the grave by His Lordship P.isliop
Binney. The body of Dr. Cochran was deposited beside the graves of
his father, his mother and his sisters, in the quiet village chnrehyard^
near where the classic Avon, winds its sinuous course, amidst the scent;
of his early boyhood in the place he loved so well. There were four

pall bearers who kindly volunteered their services, and carried the body
into the churchy viz. : Rev. J. Partridge, Rev. George Butler, Mr. F.
W- Vroom, student of King's College, and Mr. G. K. Martell, student
of King's College. There were a number of other clergymen present as
mourner s, including Rev. John Abbott, Rector of St. Luke's, Rev. Dr.
Jarvis of Shediac, N. B., and Rev. J. A. Kaulback, Vicar of Truro,
&c. Thus ended the closing scenes of the life of this eminent clergy-
man, of whom it may truly be said he rests from his labors, and his
works do follow him.