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 OF 
 
 ROBERT FITZGERALD UNIACKE, 
 
 RECTOE OP ST. GEORGE'S, HALIFAX 
 
 From his much attached friend and former Curate, 
 
 GEORGE W. HILL, 
 
 Heetor of St, Paul's. 
 
 SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1870. 
 
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 RECTOR OP ST. GEORGE'S, HALIFAX" 
 
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 Fi'om his much attached friend and former Curate, 
 
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 Itccior oj' St. Paitr.s. 
 
 |ilPiuiuHl in ,^1; o^eor()e'f, (i'hiii;ch, 
 SUNDAY, .IINE 5, 18T0. 
 
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 *' (So teach us to ntunbcy oif.r <laijs, that wc may 
 applfj our hearts unto wisdom.'' 
 
; 
 
 "A prayer ol Moses iho man of God''— so rends 
 the title of the Psalm. Let ns. my IJretlinm, assume 
 this statement (o Ik- authentic, and therefore that 
 those, who placed the brief preliice whero it is, hnd 
 good reason lor attrihntin- the authorshi[) of this 
 funeral dirge to one who lived long anterior to that 
 royal poet who is styled '' the sweet singer of Israel." 
 When read with the knowledge of its having been 
 composed by the old lawgiver,~and probably just 
 towards the close of the forty years" wandering in 
 the wilderness,— it is invested with additional power 
 and with a pathos deeply touching. All the thoughts 
 are manifestly the product of a retrospect of the long 
 and eventful past. He Avas a man of venerable age 
 when he entered upon the duties of that arduous office 
 which had been assigned to him by God,— of leading- 
 out from the land of Egypt the oppressed children o^f 
 Israel. Eighty summers had passed over him wdien 
 lie suddenly appeared in the palace of the Pharoahs", 
 and with the voice of authority demanded the liberty 
 of his enslaved countrymen. Full forty years he had 
 l.)een an exile and an outlaw : that old story of his 
 killing the Egyptian and burying him in the sand,— 
 which had been the cause of his tlight and long ab- 
 sence,— was in allpro])a))ility M'ell nigh forgotte^ii, or 
 perchance, but few knew anything of it save as a dim 
 
 tradition come down from the preceding generation 
 
 all or most of whom must have passed away. With- 
 out warning he appeared as an ambassador in the 
 Royal Court; his mission was of the first importance, 
 
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and liis power was irresistil)lo — lio was tlio messenger 
 of the Almighty — as tlie sure result to him wlio hare 
 such credentials, his purpose was speedily atttained. 
 One moruinji \w stood at tii<' head of more than hall 
 a million ot men in tlie vigor of life; men inured to 
 toil and want, l)ut ignorant, scnsunl, and wayward. 
 The Red Sea within a lew hours enuulled their old 
 master and that great army with wliicli he followed 
 in hot haste the fugitives. The Rubicon was passed. 
 Moses was the chief of a nation — the strangest nation 
 the world ever saw — a nation of untutored scu'fs — men 
 whose better feelings and higher sensibilities had 
 been crushed out of them ])y oppression, — whoso 
 lowest instincts and grossest passions had been foster- 
 ed ))y that sensual life which alone was open to them; 
 a nation without a country;, " no, not so nuich as to 
 "set their foot on." There, out in that ''waste, howl- 
 ing wilderness," were gathen^l the great horde, and 
 lie responsible for the support, the protection, the 
 manaii'ement and the guidarce of them all. But. 
 '" strong in the Lord and in the power of his might " 
 he Avas nerved to the arduous task, and for forty jears 
 he wiselv and bravely went in and out among that 
 great people. We all know the events and incidents 
 of that unparalleled journey; the munnnrings and 
 rebellions, the complaints and (juarrelings. Kight 
 times did the dissatisOed tril)es rise in mutiny against 
 the la,w-giver, and eight times were they visited with 
 punisliment for their ingratitude and distrust 
 Among these events there Avas one of a, signal nature 
 which marked their cancer from the l)eginning. Tt 
 repeated itself every day. Because of their unwill- 
 ingness to go up aiid take jjossession of the [)i'omised 
 land, the sentence of death, to be executed within a 
 given ])eriod. was pass(^d In' Cod on the rehellious 
 
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 host. Not one who had ivachiMl maturity, save tho 
 tribe of Levi, which came to Moses' assistance in tho 
 matter of the goMencalf, and those two 'nithfiil spies, 
 Josliua and Calel), ever saw the fertile hills and val- 
 leys of Palestine. When tho tribes reached at last 
 the ])()rder of that country, what wondrous ehnnges 
 had occurred I What a picture of the past for the 
 aged soldier, statesman and servant of God to look 
 hack upon ! What a series of dissolving views must 
 have passed in rapid succession before his mind! 
 li(»sides those first forty years of his life spent in the 
 abode of royalty, and the second like period of tiuK^ 
 spent in the solitude of an oljscure pasture land, then* 
 was this last era in his curiously contrasted colu^se 
 spent in the vast plain which rolled far away on 
 every side of Mount Sinai. Two score years he luul 
 been mnrching hither and thither over this trackless, 
 wind-swept desert — legislator, counsellor, judge and 
 (Miptain — commander in chief of a great arni}^, ab- 
 solute lawgiver, from whom there was no ajjpeal save 
 to the Kini>' Invisi])le. When, nearini; the end of his 
 period of control and of his own existence, he took a 
 review of the past, what n crowd of saddening, sol- 
 emnising thoughts nuist have rushed in upon his 
 memory ! Even of those with whom he had been 
 associated during the latter section of his lengthened 
 career how few Avere left. His cotemjioraries were 
 gone. Ilis ncjarest friends had left their bones in 
 some spot of the dreary barren — and long ere he and 
 the tribes had reached the border line, the shifting 
 sands had borne away all trace of their last resting 
 places. Aaron, his ])rotIier, and Miriau, his sister, 
 had struck their tents for ever. All tlie middle-aged 
 and old men had departed, and even many (piite 
 young when ihoy set oui f<»r the pr(!niised land. 
 
sickoned nnd died. Place and people — all had 
 ehunt^(ul — there was nought ahiding, all was transitory 
 — all sav(> Him who changoth not — the Eternal God. 
 Lookini;' haek on these vieissitudes, the venerahle 
 man, with a mind snrch.iroed with luonrnful relleeticns 
 gave vent to his feelings on the nuitahility of e.arthly 
 things hy turning heart and though! 1o llini who alone 
 renifiinod uneh.'inged, — '' Lord, thou liast heen our 
 dwelling plaee in all generations.'' He and the 
 Israelites whom he had led had no certain dwelling 
 place for years. The camp was removed incessantly, 
 and at a momenfs notice from the moving cloud hy 
 day, oi" })illar of Hre hy night. The wilderness was 
 not a dwelling place, it was a mere lodging place for a 
 time, an inn on the highway, a teni[)orary haltingr 
 ground for pilgrims. A faithful Hehrew looked up 
 from the sands holow to the God ahove — His faithful- 
 ness, as He Himself, had never changed; He was "the 
 same yesterda}^, to-dny and forever.'" So speaking for 
 himself and for all wl'o like himself were true 
 believers, the man of (iod uttered in a hurst of conti- 
 dence the sublime apostro[the. ** Lord, Thou hast 
 ])een our dwelling place in all iienerations." Clod Him- 
 self was ''His portion and his exceeding great 
 rew^ard.'' Where Cod dwelt he would dwell, yea! 
 God should ever be, and then wa.s, his heait's home. 
 Weary and worn and travelstained — no earthly land in 
 prospect, — since he knew that he could not enter 
 Canaan — his rest was with his .l^'ather — He had no spot 
 here that he could call his home, hut the Lord had heen 
 more than a, substitute for cities and homes. 
 '''*"'! The text reads, '• in all generations;" the margin 
 reads, "in generation and generation." ft is thought 
 by some, and reasonabl}' so, that the writer by this 
 expression is specifically reftM'ring to the fa(^t of di 
 
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 that particular generation which came (>u( ol E,Liy[d, 
 having i>as.sod away and having been sueeoeded by 
 another. This vast host of rcs[ionsiblo beings having 
 thus been removed during this brief spaec ol' time, 
 leads him to think of (iod's innnutability, that though 
 the six hundred thousand had died, He still li\t'd who 
 had been living from Eternity. Thus he goes on to 
 say: " Before the mountains were brought forth, or 
 even thou hadst formed the earth, even from everlast- 
 ing to everlasting thou art God." How dilferent were 
 the creatures of llis hand ! their years were in Ilis 
 keeping to lengthen or curtail them. *• Thou turnest 
 man to destruction ; and sayest, return, ye children of 
 men." When dust i-eturned to its dust it was at llis 
 bidding, and thus he adds, that even though man should 
 live, as in the beginning, for a thousand years, the 
 t»erio(l was, in God's sight, h\.v as yesterday when it is 
 past; or brief as the fleeting watch o( three hours in 
 the night which glides away while men sleeti. Having 
 once touched on this feature of human existence, the 
 Psalmist dwells upon it, i)roducing in (piick succession 
 one nietai)lior after another. Men, he says, are swept 
 oil' the earth as by a Hood which bears with resistless 
 force all before it ; their life is as a sleep, or as the 
 grass of the field nourishing in the morning, cut down 
 and withering in the evening ; or as a tale that is told. 
 8uch are the figures by which the author of the sacred 
 song represents the shortness of life on earth Look- 
 ing sadly on the past, and feeling like one left alone by 
 all his comrades, — gathering n[> the details of the long 
 story into a narrow compass — the brevity of man's life 
 —he tur'is from earth to heaven, from mortals who die 
 to the immortal v^ho cannot die, and oilers up the 
 earnest prayer, " So teach us to number our da} s that 
 we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." This then 
 
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 ]>reiliion, is the ])ra.cliciil lussuii. So iciicli us from 
 tlicsu iiiid like events to see the siiiuU number of our 
 (Uiys, that we may he led thereby to seek that wisdom 
 which alone ean make us wise unto salvation. It is 
 one thing to know as a i'aet, that life is shori, — (|uite 
 another thing to make a right use of that knowledge. 
 The end of lefirning the rapidity with which this exist- 
 ence rolls awav is not to sentimentalise and romance, 
 not to draw in graphic colour poetic pictures, not to 
 indulge in dreamy reveries of the [)ast; it is that we 
 may '• apply our hearts unto wisdom,"' that like the 
 lawgiver of Israel our one aim may be to obtiun the 
 wisdom which cometh down from above, and which, 
 because emanating from God, can never I'ail to guide 
 through the tortuous, tangled web of this lower life 
 and safely lead through that dark valley over which 
 Death throws his gloomy, sombre shadow. 
 
 Such a prayer is not ollcred in vain. Since Moses' 
 day many a one has presented at the mercy seat the 
 same i)etition, and received, as he, a gracious answer, 
 — traversinu' the world in the '* light of life" until 
 *• travelling days v.ere done." "A prayer of Moses, 
 the man of God.'* Was it not the prayer of another 
 lather in Israel to whose guidance we have for forty 
 years been wont to look up ? — of another " man ot 
 God ?" of another leader of the sacramental host of 
 the elect V Full of years and of lionors, — of honors 
 Hot of this world, lor he neither sought nor wished for 
 rank or title, even within his own chosen sphere — but 
 of honors in Christ's living Church, ot souls converted 
 and believers edilied, your friend and mine, the dear 
 old lather oi" liis Jlock has gone down to his grave. 
 In a good old age he in his turn has been gathered to 
 his fathers '^ like as a shock of corn cometh in in his 
 season.'* Like Moses he could not take his people 
 
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 the promiseil hind; ior like Moses he must die and 
 leave that to our Joshua, even Jesus Himself. None 
 but Christ can save, and this none knew better than 
 your beloved Reetor, and none more clearly ;ind un- 
 equivocally and incessantly proclaimed the eternal 
 truth— -that there is none other name given under 
 Heaven among men wherel)y Ave <jan he saved than the 
 name of Jesus Christ. Most consistent was his career 
 I'rom the beginning to the end as to the doctrines which 
 he held and taught. The great cardinal truths of 
 Christianity were ever unvaringly proclaimed and 
 warmly defended by him. To original sin, justilica- 
 tion by faith, sanctilicalion by the spirit, the positive 
 certainty of faith producing holiness, the absolute ne- 
 cest-'ity of the justified sinner living in the constant 
 use of the means of grace, — in prayer, in the study of 
 the divine \vord, in attendance upon all God's ordin- 
 ances, — his house, the table of the Lord ; to these and 
 their kindred doctrines he adhered with a llrmuess 
 which no time nor cireumstaMce nor inlluence could 
 weaken, he held them with a grasp strong as a giant's, 
 ho retained them as with an iron vice. 
 
 Very early iu life he was deeply impressed by some 
 sermons which were preached in St. Paul's Cliureli by 
 a Minister''' who, though not connected with the Pa- 
 rish, fre([ueutly olheiatcd there. The Gospel Mes- 
 sage, as delivered by this servant of God, so ailected 
 him that he retired to his own room for relleetion 
 and prayer. There, separated from the outer world, 
 having entered into his closet and shut to his door 
 and prayed to his Father which seetli in secret, his 
 Father reAvarded him openly. There the Lord opened 
 his heart, and he believed. This was in the very 
 beginning of his manhood, in the strong spring-tide 
 
 * Kev. Isftac Tt'Uiplc, Tutor to Lord DHlhousic, 
 

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 of life, when he was surrounded l:)y powerlul tempta- 
 tions from without, and when he had aheady eoni- 
 menced his studies for the legal profession. So strong 
 and abiding was the inliuence of these new jjorn Icel- 
 ings over his own soul, that he determined to aban- 
 don the study of the law and devote himself to the 
 ministry of the Church of Christ. The time for his 
 ordination arrived, and proceeding to England 
 whither he went, because of the absence of Bishop 
 Stanser from this Diocese, he was ordained in London 
 and immediately appointed to a curacy in one of the 
 Southern Counties where he sought to serve his 
 chosen Lord and Master, among a rural population — 
 preaching the Gospel of our blessed Saviour in the 
 little village of Fishbourne, not far from Chichester. 
 Time and again has he told me the tale of his early 
 ministerial course in that picturesque and retired 
 scene. With fondest feelings he would revert to his 
 old friends and his former associations; — often rela- 
 ting the stand which by God's grace he Avas enabled 
 in his youth to take with regard to the British and 
 Foreign Bible Society, of which, as you are aware, 
 he was, in this Province, the honored President for 
 some years past. There had been a warm contro- 
 versy in those days concerning this God-blessed Insti- 
 tution, and sucii was the extraordinary, unaccounta- 
 ble view maintained by men holding high positions 
 in the ecclesiastical establishment, that they looked 
 with marked disapprobation on this noble organiza- 
 tion for disseminating the Sacred Scriptures. Into 
 the strange reasons which inliuenced these people we 
 need not enter ; happily, the view then taken in Eng- 
 land has long since been discarded l)y their succes- 
 sors. But so strong was the objection then enter- 
 tained that his Iriends warned the )oung Curate that 
 
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 if he joined the Society the act would bring him into 
 disfavor with those in power, and would be likely to 
 damage iiis future prospects. Then it was that the 
 well-defined, unmistakeable principles which he had 
 adopted came into action, the identical principles 
 which in later life were so fully developed. He took 
 his stand upon the Bible, God's written word. That, 
 he believed, was the most precious gift which could 
 be presented to his fellow-men, and to circulate that 
 word he felt to be at once an honor and a duty. 
 Whoever reverenced and loved that precious volume 
 which told perishing men of the way of life through 
 Jesus Christ, were his Ijrethren, and with all these he 
 resolved, at all liazards, to unite, in order that he 
 might help to send forth its life-giving truths to the 
 far-oJf regions of the earth. Little recked he the 
 consequence when God called him to the work — 
 
 " Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, 
 By doctrines fasliion'd to the varying hour; 
 Far otlier views his heart had learned to prize, 
 More bent to raise the wretched tlian to rise." 
 
 Thus, Brethren, with colors unfurled, he began 
 his career, and t!uis he continued to the end. 
 
 In the course of two or three years circumstances 
 opened the door for him to return and preach the 
 Gospel in the land which gave him birth, and which 
 lie 80 ardently loved. He was in the first full strength 
 of young life, wlien in 1825 he entered upon the du- 
 tief!, the cares and the pleasures ol a Ministerial life, 
 as the Rector of this important Parish. At once he 
 began with vigor to organize Sunday and Day 
 Schools, inaugurating, in a systematic manner, means 
 of Education, both religious and secular, for the chil- 
 dren of the poor and the thoughtless, — to institute 
 various devotional services, which might tend to pro- 
 mote tlic spiritual welfare of those committed to his 
 
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 charge. Well do 1 remember, when yet a mere lad, 
 hearing a conversation between two old gentlemen, 
 who, witli myself, were storm-staid at Windsor one 
 darlv, wintry day, — and listening with groat interest 
 to what they were saying — " tliat the change whicli 
 had l)een c fleeted in the North End of the town, 
 throiigli Mr. Uniacke's instrumentality, had been 
 very wcnidorful.'' Especially, did they speak ol' 
 ihe good whicli had l)een done among the children. 
 At tliat time, T liad nevei, to my knowledge, 
 seen the Rector, having spent much o? my yonth 
 in the country ; ])ut the conversation of these two 
 worth}' men laid the foundation of my respect for 
 liim, and has ever remained fresh in my memory. 
 
 It is not pro])able that more than two or three per- 
 sons are now living who can accurately remember the 
 condition of this sacred edifice when he assumed 
 charge. It was not as it is now ; but in a rough and 
 unfinished state. lie entered v^ith zeal into its comple- 
 tion, repair and enlargement. A friendly people 
 strengthened his hands ; the work progressed ; church 
 and school room were soon fitted for the accommodation 
 of worshippers and pupils. God prospered him. Full 
 of zeal and endued Avith physical strengthy he went 
 through the length and breadth ofliis allotted field, — by 
 day and night attending to the s])iritual wants of his 
 people. Suddenly that frightful disease^ the Asiatic 
 Cholera, broke out in the town with malignant fury and 
 resistless power. Tnimodialely, he girded himself to 
 meet the foe. As when that terrible scourge, the small- 
 pox, visited the city a short time previously, his own 
 house and stable had been converted into an hospital 
 for the reception of its numerous victims, so now the 
 one became the resort for medicinal relief of those at- 
 tacked by this dreadful sickness, and the other 
 
 the 
 
 by 
 the 
 the 
 of 
 
mere lad, 
 gentlemen, 
 indsor one 
 at interest 
 mge whiolj 
 the town, 
 liad been 
 ^peak of 
 ^ eliildren. 
 niowledffe, 
 my yon til 
 ihese two 
 ■esjoeot for 
 emory. 
 three per- 
 emher the 
 > assumed 
 rough and 
 its comple- 
 ly people 
 1; church 
 nnodation 
 liin. Full 
 . he went 
 field, — by 
 lUs of his 
 e Asiatic 
 fury and 
 imself to 
 Ihesmall- 
 his own 
 hospital 
 now the 
 hose at" 
 le other 
 
 13 
 
 the common receptacle for every article of cloth- 
 ing and bedding needful to the comfort of the poor and 
 friendless as they lay ill and suffering. At once he 
 rose ef|ual to the emergency of being a physician and 
 nurse, as well as a minister in holy things — to learn, as 
 by instinct, liow to minister to the liody as well as to 
 tlie soul. Fearless and tireless he went up and down 
 tlio streets, entering tliis house and that ; by the light 
 of his lantern penetrating into garret, cellar and court- 
 yard — administering under the physician's directions 
 tlic needful medicine, and then pointing the sufferer to 
 the " Lamb of God that takolh away the sins of the 
 world : " 
 
 " Beside tlie liod Avliore parting life was laid, 
 And sorrow, <i;nilt and ])aiiiK by turns disniayod, 
 'i'lie reverend i:liampion stood. At his control 
 J)es])air and anguish fled th(! strugf;;linj:; soul, 
 Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise 
 And his last faltering accents whispered praise." 
 
 In tlio course of a few years he was visited witli 
 an attack of Bronchitis, which was so alarming, as to 
 <^ompcl him to cease for a time from active duty. He 
 then paid a visit to England and returned, after a short 
 sojourn in that country, somewhat improved. It would 
 not on this occasion l)e possible to enter into all the 
 particulars of Iris ministerial life after his resumption 
 of parochial duties. Permit me, my old old friends and 
 Parisliioners, to refer to that period of time in which 
 T l)ecame intimately acquainted witli him and you, and 
 to a most important part of my life indissolubly 
 bound up with In's and 3'ours. At the close of the year 
 1847 T was invited by him to become the Curate of 
 this Parish. The appointment was gladly accepted, 
 and in tlio last month of the year T was in this sacred 
 building set apart for the work of an Evangelist. Tie 
 welcomed mo witli a Father's greeting, and for well 
 nigh seven years ho treat«^d me with a Father's love. 
 
14 
 
 I 
 
 In looking over that long space of time, one unbroke 
 
 scene of frienclship appears. Only once can I remeiitreiitc 
 
 bor his nassing censure on some act of mine connectearosc, 
 
 with the management of the Sunday School, and thfftrni, i 
 
 was so trifling and insignificant that he entirely forgrevang 
 
 it, and only a few weeks ago — almost the last time B 
 
 saw him — he referred to these pleasant seven years rpositic 
 
 love and harmon}^, saying, that he could not recall spirit 
 
 single unpleasant word or act between us. Ilapphilari 
 
 wore the days we spent together ; intimate in sociii hunio 
 
 and ministerial life and unitedly holding the lamp d — 1 1^ 
 
 truth for those around us. and w 
 
 The late Rector of this Parish was a man of his owi ol hu 
 
 type. lie held a position peculiarly his own — boil upon 
 
 among his brethren of the ministry and his fellow citi tlignii 
 
 zens. He was himself and no one else . Strong in h 
 
 convictions, he was immovable as a rock. Thoroughl} that 1 
 
 evangelical in his views, he ever openly avowed them, W ho^ 
 
 Nothing could tempt him to swerve from the lint ^^ ^ 
 
 marked out, as he believed, by the w^ord of God ant ®"^^^' 
 
 confirmed by the Articles, the Liturgy and the Homilie' ^^^^^^' 
 
 of our church to which, as you must well remember ^"^ 
 
 he constantly referred ; indeed, more frequently than ^"^^^i 
 
 any clergyman with whose public ministrations I am t°^' '^ 
 
 acquainted. On the grand verities of the Revelatioi ^^ ^ 
 
 of God to man he was as immovable as he was cleai" 
 
 Whether the tide flowed or ebbed, whether the storm 
 
 raged or the sun shone, there stood the rock'. Neithei ^^ ^ 
 
 tempest nor calm weather made a dilTerence. Fear and ^"| 
 
 favour were alike to him ; he had built his faith and 8^^' 
 
 doctrine on Him who was the true Rock, even the Rock ^^^ 
 
 of ages. If, occasionally, he seemed by his inborn ^^, ' 
 
 kindness of feeling to others to compromise his own 
 
 views, one only had to hear him afterward express 
 
 his opinions either io those whom he had generously ^ * 
 
 cli 
 
 and 
 laug 
 
one unbroke 
 
 can I remeiitreutetl, or to the public when the next opportunity 
 
 ine connectearose, when they were sure to learn that he Ava« as 
 
 lool, and thffirni, if not tirnier, than ever in his hold ol' distinctive 
 
 ntirely forgrevangclical principles. 
 
 e last time By nature he was gifted with a most cheerful dis- 
 
 ven years (position — buoyant as a youth even to the last, his 
 not recall spirits often rose to the highest point of legitimate 
 
 ns. Ilapp hilarity, and such was his innate talent for purest 
 ate in .soei.'i humor that there is scarcely a person in the connnunity 
 
 the lamp d — I had almost said, the coimtrj/ — who does not now, 
 and will not hereafter, rcmendjer more sayings than one 
 fin of his owi of his which shall cause an involuntary smile to play 
 s own — boil upon the face. Often have I seen him majestically 
 is fellow citi dignified, and proudly indignant, at the recital or the 
 Strong in hi connnission of moral wrong ; but it was rare indeed 
 
 Thoroughh that his feelings obtained the mastery of his judgment, 
 vowed them, Who can forget the dear, kindly old man, eom- 
 'om the litii ing into our houses as if they were his own, and yet 
 
 I of God am ever remembering that he was a guest ? One of the 
 the Homilie> family he felt himself to be, but never intruded into 
 
 II remember the position of the host, nor assumed to learn any- 
 (luently than thing which came not within the limits of the Pas- 
 rations I am tor's office. Hoav cheerily he spoke to our children, 
 3 Revelatio] ^^ ^^^ took them on his knee and drew nc.r the lire ; 
 le was clear ^^^ how, though he made them smile and loudly 
 >r the storm l^i-ugh, and grow good-humored with some merry tale, 
 '^'- Neithei ^^' ^itli the graphic recital of some scene of his early 
 3. Fear and ehildhood, he invariably took advantage of having 
 lis faith and gained their friendship by telling them some solemn 
 
 truth, at which their young faces changed from gay 
 to grave, and evidenced the deep impression which 
 his observations made. Who of us will forget that 
 stately, king-like form, \vhose presence of itself com- 
 manded silence and respect, when he entered the 
 chamber of sickness or death V He could be cheer- 
 
 m the Rock 
 ■ his inborn 
 se his own 
 ird express 
 generously 
 
16 
 
 iiil, lighi-huiiried and joyous Ji.s ji child ; but whoii 
 the hour of trial and bLTcavoiucnt came, no manner 
 more profoundly solemn, no countenance more stern- 
 ly grave, no tongue more fully gil'ted to utter the words, 
 and apply the promises of Christ. Ere old age and de- 
 clining health came upon him, who of you, my Bre- 
 thren, did not feel that it w^as a friend and lather 
 who crossed your threshold when he ^vent to visit 
 you^ and though you sometimes found lault with 
 him, it was fault-iinding which cheered his genial 
 heart, — the fault of his not coming oltener to your 
 homes. 
 
 And how God blessed him in his work. Well nigh 
 half a century he labored in the iield. What are the 
 results? Some are known^ others arc unknown. But, 
 (h'st, there are the souls converted to God under his 
 ministry — how many we shall not learn until the day 
 when all secrets are disclosed ; but we dare not doubt 
 that the number is large, for he Avas, emphatically, a 
 preacher of the pure Gospel of the grace of God. lie 
 knew nothing, but Jesus Christ and Ilim ciuciiicd 
 as the foundation of the sinner's hope. Then, how 
 many of the body of Christ he edilied, how many of 
 the saints he perfected, how many believers ho built 
 up in their most holy faith, let many still living bear 
 witness, as many who have gone hence long since tes- 
 tified. Look at the Parish as to its material condition. 
 Here is this old Church that he loved so well bearing 
 to-day the mark of l)eing under the care of one who 
 felt it a duty and pleasure to see all in God's house 
 " done decently and in order." At the Village near 
 by is that quiet, plain and simple sanctuary, with its 
 aceompanying school house, standing in the midst of 
 the peaceful church-yard where two days ago we laid 
 him down to rest until the glorious Resurrection. At 
 
 ■^^^u 
 
 w r qy... - ww r 
 
J 
 
 nit wlit'ii 
 10 nijiriiicr 
 lore .stcru- 
 tliewortls, 
 go and tle- 
 
 my Bre- 
 ad liitliei- 
 t to visit 
 iiult with 
 is gouijil 
 1' to your 
 
 ^Vcll nigh 
 it iirc the 
 wii. Bill, 
 under his 
 1 the diiy 
 not douht 
 iitiualJy, a 
 5iod. He 
 cruciiied 
 Chen, how 
 many of 
 he buiJt 
 -'ing hear 
 sinee tcs- 
 iondition. 
 1 hearing 
 one who 
 :l's house 
 age neai' 
 Avith its 
 nndst of 
 we laid 
 on. At 
 
 17 
 
 Lakehmd:-. near Mount L'niacive, another Church 
 appears which ho felt himself called upon to lend his. 
 aid in building, because of his connection with the 
 neighborhood through his ownership of valuable pro- 
 perty. He gave, spiritual tilings for carnal. At 
 Richmond his last great work ol" faith and labor of 
 love stands as a monument to that zeal and liberality 
 which characterized him from youth to old age. liis 
 head, his heart, his means, were given to the work 
 which God assigned him. May many souls find each 
 of these to be none other than a house of God and a 
 gate to Heaven. To you, my Brethren, who arc 
 assembled each Lord's Day within the walls of this 
 sacred place, it will be long before the outline of his 
 noble form and solemn countenance will in the least 
 fade from memory. 
 
 At Cluii'cli, with iiicck ;mJ uuaircctccl grace, 
 
 His looktj adorned tlic venerable place ; 
 
 Truth from his lips prevailed with double Bway, 
 
 And tboi^, who eamc to scoll", remained to pray. 
 
 The service past * * . * * 
 
 Even eliildreu foUuw'd, with endearing wi''', 
 
 And plueked his gown, to nharc tlic good man's jjUiilc, 
 
 Uifi ready smile a |)areiil's Avarmth cvprest; 
 
 Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distrest ; 
 
 To them his lieart, his love, his griefs were given ; 
 
 But all his serious thoughts liad I'cst in Heaven, 
 
 As some tall clilV that lifts its awful form, 
 
 Swells from the vale, and luidway leaves the storm, 
 
 '.rhough round its breast the rolling clouds arc spread, 
 
 Eternal sunshine settles on its head." 
 
 Was it not thuM with uur lo\'ed and honored 
 friend '! Whatever his cares, his griefs, his pleasures, 
 all his innermost, luling, governing thoughts were 
 concerning Christ and His Church. Any one who 
 really knew liim saw this clearly ; and those who' 
 knew him best saw it most. iSo matter how far off 
 his thoughts might seem to be, a sudden turn was 
 given by him to the subject under discussion, which 
 
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 18 
 
 proved what wa.s the prevailing scnt'iiiciit, — the 
 imderlying principUv — whiuli ever actuated liim. 
 Thi! revealed verities oi' Christianity, the fircat eter- 
 nities ol* Heaven and Hell were the controllinj^ 
 thoughts of his mind. 
 
 During his last illness, believe me, my friends, he 
 was thoroughly absorbed with anxious thoughts con- 
 cerning you. His Parish and its welfare were the 
 topics of his conversation. See him when 1 would, 
 miserable, weak and oppressed as he was, he talked 
 with deep earnestness on your interests, and discussed 
 with eagerness and intense anxiety your prospects 
 when in the good Providence of God he should be 
 called away. Ho appeared to utterly lose sight of 
 self, and to be pre-occupied with care lor you. How 
 pleased, how more than simply pleased, you must 
 now be, at having sent to him a few days ago that 
 ailectionate address of sympathy with which to cheer 
 and comfort his closing course. It was wisely as it 
 was lovingly done ; not waiting to say what you 
 thought and felt after death had closed his ears and 
 shut his eyes, and stopped the pulses of his warm 
 heart, so that he could kno^v nothing of those strong 
 emotions which impelled you to give them form. 
 You must be gladdened to know that he was greatly 
 gratified, and that though he did not, as he said, need 
 your expression of feeling as a proof of your love, he 
 hailed the warm loving words with sincerest delight. 
 
 At this time he was visibly sinking ; luss of appe- 
 tiks and long-continued painful fits t)f excessive 
 coughing were day by day exhausting his remaining 
 strength, insomuch that he was unable to see and 
 '»X)nverse with any of his friends outside of the circle 
 immediately around him. As he grew weaker and 
 drew nearer the conlines of the world to come, he 
 
 mnnifl 
 in .Tesj 
 frecpn 
 unwoii 
 past h 
 " Lore] 
 
 whili^ 
 
 " havii 
 
 Ohristl 
 
 nothin 
 
 mome 
 
 to a re 
 
 that 
 
 from a 
 
 he l:»ro 
 
 much I 
 
 would 
 
 added 
 
 that I 
 
 look r 
 
 Lord, 
 
 past \ 
 
 3ome 
 
 words 
 
 that ( 
 
 her 
 
 «Ani 
 
 '/erse 
 
 :ouni 
 
 lisp 
 he( 
 
 3^od 
 
 inni 
 
iifiit,— thu 
 iited liini. 
 great oter- 
 ioiitrolliri'j 
 
 li'ieiids, lie 
 lights coii- 
 
 wcre the 
 1 1 would, 
 lie talked 
 I discussed 
 
 jn'ospects 
 should be 
 J sight ol" 
 )ii. How 
 y^ou must 
 
 ago that 
 I to choer 
 sely as it 
 hut you 
 ears and 
 
 is warui 
 se strong 
 in Ibrnj. 
 
 greativ 
 dd, need 
 
 ove, he 
 
 delight. 
 
 '1* iippe- 
 
 eessive 
 
 naining 
 
 L'o and 
 
 e circle 
 
 er and 
 
 Tie, he 
 
 10 
 
 mniiifestod the same doep hiuuility nnd simple faith 
 in Jesus which characteri/ed him through life. The 
 frequent ronlessiou of Ids own sinfulness and utter 
 unworMiiness found vent in the prayer which in days 
 past he was wont to present nt the throne of Glrncc — 
 '* Lord, have mercy upon me a miseral)le sinner." But 
 while thus feeling and acknowledging his sins, and 
 "having no confidence in the llesli '' ho rejoiced in 
 Christ Jesus — ;just in pro[)ortion as ho saw his own 
 nothingness so he saw Christs all-sufficiency — at a 
 moment of comparative freedom from pain he turned 
 to a relative standing near and recited with emphasis 
 that blessed text as the one foundation ol his hope 
 — *' The blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanseth us 
 from all sin." When almost too weak to utter words 
 he broke the silence of the night watches with as 
 much of the well known verse as his failing powers 
 would permit him to repeat, " The lamb of God" and 
 added in tones of comfort and trust the last words 
 that he spoke on earth, ^' To whom else should 1 
 look now T That reassuring address of our blessed 
 Lord, "It is T, be not afraid," had for some weeks 
 past been much upon his mind ; and on his alluding 
 30me time previously to the passage, these comforting 
 kvords were repeated to him : '•' And the Lord he it is 
 that doth go l)e(ore thee ; He will be with thee ; Ho 
 wX\. not fail thee, neither ibrsake thee, fear not, nei^ 
 her be dismayed," when immediately he added, 
 * And behind me," dou])tless thinking of some such 
 /erse as that in the Psalm, '• As the mountains are 
 round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about 
 lis people from henceforth, even for me." Thus to 
 he end he retained the glorious truth, " The Eternal 
 jfod is the refuge, and underneath are the everlasting 
 
20 
 
 Long, denr Brethren, might wo this morning dwell 
 on pleasing' reminiscences of that venerable man 
 Nvho.se form was familiar to us as tlio scenery around 
 us, and whose voice as the ripple of the waters which 
 lave our shores. We might recall those leatures 
 of his character which so much contributed to that 
 geniality which he carried wherever he went; his 
 love for nature ; his gentleness towards all the brute 
 creation, and his carefulness that they should be 
 kindly treated; his admiration of all the works of 
 God in the forest and the field. You Ivuow liow h<^ 
 loved the trees, and planted thorn everywhere, watch- 
 ing their growth witli tlie utmost interest, and think- 
 ing of the grateful shade they would offer to the little 
 children that he loved so well long years after he had 
 gone. May eacli of tlie thousands that he planted on 
 earth be an emblom of a tree of the Lord's right hand 
 planting througli him in the Paradise above ! 
 
 The work is over. He is at home. Tlie silvei' 
 chord is loosed, the golden ])owl is broken, and the 
 mourners go about the streets Ijoeause he has gone to 
 his long home. Dear Bretheni, let him preach to you 
 now as he never preached before, — let his fresh grave 
 speak out the solemn warnings which he so often ut- 
 tered here, " Prepare to meet thy God." " Set thine 
 house in order, for thou shalt die and not live." Unbe- 
 lievers ! tho' ye loved liim for liis own sake, ye did not 
 while he lived heed his invitation to come to Christ 
 and so love him for his master's sake ; recall his mes- 
 sage now — give your hearts and lives to that Jesus of 
 whom he preached, that ye may follow him whither he 
 has gone. Believers, forget not his counsel and his in- 
 struction. They were drawn from the pure word of 
 God — the well spring of the living water. Seek, as he 
 would have you seek, the Holy spirit's in-dweiling in 
 
 I 
 
 / 
 
 su^. 
 
ing (Iwoll 
 iblo man 
 •y around 
 ers whioli 
 features 
 'd to that 
 ^rent ; his 
 the brute 
 liould he* 
 works oi' 
 ^ how h(^ 
 re, watch- 
 Lud think- 
 » the little 
 :er he hnd 
 danted on 
 'idithand 
 5 ! 
 
 Clio silver 
 , and the 
 s gone to 
 ich to yon 
 esli grave 
 
 often nt- 
 ' Set thine 
 ?." Unbe- 
 /•e did not 
 to Christ 
 11 his mes- 
 it Jesus of 
 vhither he 
 \nd his in- 
 
 word of 
 5eek, as he 
 veiling in 
 
 21 
 
 a1 his -m-o havo its .n.,.pl<"c voalr/.a .n,. B cs*^ 
 ,,,,a their ^vovl;s ilo foUoiv ihfw^' 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Tlio lato lioctor ol" Ht. («oor!:>'o''s I'nrisli, llie Rovorond 
 Holiorl Fitzii'orald Uniaokt', was tlio lonrtli son of the TTon. 
 Riolianl .Tnlni Uniaoko, for many years Ilia Majesty's 
 Attorney Cleneral in the rrovineo ol" Nova Scotia, and was 
 horn and ])ai)tized in tlie Parish of St. Panl, TraHI'ax, in tlie 
 year 1707. His education was received nnder Br. Wrig-lit, 
 Ifond Master of the Grannnar Scliool in this town, the Rev. 
 Wilham 0. Kin<>:, Pi'incipal ol" tlie Colle^'iate School, Wind- 
 sor, and nncler J)rs. Porter and Cochran, respectively, Pre- 
 sident and Vice-l^resident of tln^ irniversity of King's Col- 
 loo'c, AVindsor, which institution he entered in the year 1814. 
 Alter passing tIiroiic;h his Collegiate course, and taking liis 
 degree, lie began the study of the law in his father's office, 
 but influenced by strong convictions that he was called to 
 the sacred ministry, he abandoned the idea of entering the 
 legal profession, and turned his attention to theology. The 
 Bishop of this Diocese being absent from the Province, Mr. 
 ITniacke proceeded to England, for the ])urposc of receiving 
 Ordination. This he spce(hly efl'ected. On June 2nd, 1822, 
 he was admitted to Deacon's orders, by the Bishop of Lon- 
 don, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, and on March 
 2?>v(], 1823, he was ordained Presbyter by the Bishop of 
 Chester. An appointment to a Curacy was accepted l^y 
 him, and he remained in England for several years, officia- 
 ting in the Churches of Fishbourne and Mid Lavent, little 
 villages distant about a mile from Chichester, in the County 
 of Sussex. He was not destined, however, to labor as a 
 Minister of the Gospel in the old country. Circumstances 
 led to his return to his native land ; and in 182.') he assumed 
 the duties of Pastor of St. Oeorgc's, which "was soon erec- 
 ted into a Parish by an order of the (Governor in Council. 
 In 18;'0 ho was married to ^liss Elizabeth (J. Eranckhn, 
 (laughter ol' James noutinean Francklin, Esq., and grand- 
 daughter of ^Michael Francklin, who was born in Poole, 
 Devonshire, England. 
 
 Though Mr. Uniacke (Uitored at a very eajly age upon 
 the responsible ami onerous ollice of Rector of St. George's 
 Parish, he ])rove(| himself equal to the position. The 
 Churcli was in an unlinishod state ; lie soon put it in order, 
 and considerably enlarged it. A school-room was built, iind 
 
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 I 
 
 he obtciiiictl a liberal gi'iiijl ol inoucv liiiiii the liugiblaluro 
 to pay the salaries ul'a jnastcr ami misLruss, thus providing, 
 tliroughhis cxcrlii)uaii(l infUieiuxNaii ahiiosUreo (lucationlbr 
 the children of the North liUd ol' the 'r<)\vii. The boys wcic 
 taught in tliencw school houso. the girls in the olddferman 
 Church. The llectorv was built at his sua'u'eslioii. and its 
 erection made jjossible by a liberal oiler I'roiu hini.H-IC in re- 
 ference to the means. The Village Chureli, as it is usually 
 called, -was the next object ul' his attention, and in iH-il it 
 was, through his unwearied cJlbrts, begun and soon com- 
 pleted, and opened lor [)ublic. worshii). In its immediate 
 neighborhood stands the schuol house, e(iually indebted to 
 him, a buildingin which he spent some ol'the happiest hours 
 of his life during that period ol time in Avhicli it \\as [)resi- 
 ded over by the late lamented Thomas Wilson, whom he 
 appointed as master, ajul ior whom he obtained from the 
 Colonial Church and ISchool ^ocit^ty a yearly allowance. 
 At Lakelands, near his o^\■n well-known ])roperty, the hos- 
 pitable Mount Uniacke, ho was one of the foremost in the 
 building of that sacred cdilice which stands on the old 
 higlnvay between AVindsor and Jlalifax: and those who 
 knew him well can testify how nnceasing were his attenii)ts 
 to secure for it the services of a clerii'vman, and how, when 
 
 t • 1 • • • 
 
 ho gained his jjoint, both his house and his purse Avere open 
 for the Minister's comfort and support. Neai- the Railway 
 lJei)ot, at Ivichmond, stands St. Mark's Church, built within 
 the last two or three years, for the acconmiodation of the 
 increasing population in that district. This really beauti- 
 ful, carefully built, well (U'dcred (!Ihuvch. di'ew out his live- 
 liest interest. He spared neither lime nor pains to make it 
 worthy of its jmrposc, and linally Avuund up all his thought and 
 labor for it, by drawing out a clio([ue for some lunulreds of 
 pounds, and paying every debt contracted. During this last 
 ■winter, when so ill that he could with ditliculty talk or walk, 
 he set about the eulargeniout and repair of his first school 
 room, Avatching Avitli delight its progress, and looking forward 
 Avith great pleasure to its completion. Only two days 1)efore 
 his spirit left its tabernacle he inipiired eagerly of the architect 
 " if .".11 Avcre done,"' and Avas anxious to settle the account. 
 ISuch Avere some of his public paroeliial acts. The record can 
 speak for itself. Of his connection with the Benevolent and 
 Religious {Societies, of his own J)istrict Visiting Society, an<l 
 Society for Missions to the heathen, uf his large-hearted sym- 
 pathy Avith every good Avork hiaugurated in thi- city, of hi- 
 friendly co-operation with his brethren in the Ministry, of what- 
 ever name, who held last to the great cardinal doctrhies of 
 Christianity, as summed un m the Apostle's Creed ; of his deep 
 
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 interest in the rrotcstant Orphans' Hume, and hiu zealoua help 
 ill maintaining and direeting the Home ibr the Aged ; of all 
 these we need not speak at length. His name k blended with 
 them all by the Avork -whieh he did. Mv. Uniaeke preached 
 his last sermon in St. (^eorge's Chureh, on Sunday, May 1st, 
 from one of those texts upon Avliieh he so delighted to dwell, 
 '• 1 am the AVay, the Truth, and the Life."' So overcome Avas 
 he by the effort that it was with ditKculty ho went from the 
 Vestry to the Rectory. His disease, which was aggravated 
 Bronchitis, increased ; he lingered on until June the 1st, when 
 about midday he put oif the mortal tabernacle, — was " absent 
 from the body and present with the Lord." 
 
 Ere I close this brief iNIemoir of one whom 1 so sincerely 
 loved, — it will not be out of place to put on record one of the last 
 notes which he ever wrote, and which was addressed to a friend 
 in a time oi domestic atlliction. True sympathy, love and 
 thoughtfulness are breathed throughout it. Nor Avas he con- 
 lentwith this expression ol kindly feehng, but, sullering and 
 debilitated as he Avas, exerted himself to come out and pay a 
 long visit to the house of mourning, the last visit Avhich he ever 
 paid, an cttbrt to carry consolation to those Avho Avcrc in sorroAv. 
 The note Avill tell its oAvn talc : 
 
 }V('dncsda^, April '20t/i. 
 
 Dl^Ali Mil. IIILL, — 
 
 1 regret I cannot be with you on the trying occasion of 
 this morning, and perform the last sad oiiice ; bui 1 Avas very 
 unwell yesterday and last night, and cannot venture out this 
 •lamp morning. TJicre is one on High avIio Avill be with you and 
 Mrs. Hill, and speak comfort to the Aveary-troubled spirit, 
 'Peace, be still, it is I." AVhat a thought, ''eternal l/lorf/,'" 
 absent from the bod}'- Avith Christ, released from all the accu- 
 mulated trials of this sad Avorld, taken from the "'• evil to come." 
 '•• Our light ailliction but for a moment,"' i^c, ls,c. '' ODcath, 
 where is thy sting," &,c., «fcc., iSic. 
 
 The sorrows of your hearts arc enlarged ; may tlu; light of a 
 Saviour's everlasting love come in and disperse this passing 
 cloud. I']re long, how soon, you and 1 and all of us Avill mingle 
 our dust in that hallowed spot, awaiting a joyful rcsui'rection. 
 
 1 must, if possible, help you on next Sabbath, perhaps at 
 night if strong enough. Kind regards to Mrs. Hill, and love 
 to the children, Avho Avill miss the little Lamb from the Fold, 
 noAV Avith Jesus in glory- 
 
 TheKev. (J. W Hill. 
 
 Aifectionately yours, 
 
 R. F. L^^IACKE. 
 
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 A week or two previous to his death his parishioners thought- 
 fully presented him with the following address, rightly think- 
 ing that it would comfort and cheer him to bo reassured of how 
 truly he lived in their hearts : 
 
 To the Rev. Robert Fitzgerald Uniacke, Rector of St. George's : 
 Reverend and Dear Sir, — 
 
 We, the Ciiurch Wardens, Vestry, Pew Holders and 
 Parishioners of the Parish of Saint George, Halifax, desire to 
 express our united and very deep sympathy with you in your 
 present illness, which in the Providence of God confines you to 
 your sick chamber. 
 
 Many of us have been born and baptized during the period 
 of your long Rectorship (upwards of -15 years) ; others have 
 been married, and have brought up families, while many, near 
 and dear to our hearts, who have listened to your faithful 
 preaching of the Gospel of Christ, Avho were brought to the 
 saving knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, to whom you 
 have broken the bread of life, and been comforted by you in 
 the hour of sorrow and sickness, ha^e passed from time into a 
 glorious eternity. These are things. Reverend and dear Sir, 
 "which strongly endear you to us all, with the deep and tender 
 emotions of children to a father, and draw forth our warmest 
 feelings towards you in this the hour of your sickness and trial. 
 
 We hope it is unnecessary for us to give you this written 
 tribute ot our respect, esteem, and sympathy ; but we arc most 
 anxious that you should now be comforted with the same com- 
 fort that you have so affectionately and faithfully given to so 
 irany of your congregation ; and that you may have the assu- 
 rance that we will not cease to pray, — that he, in whose hands 
 are our times, may (if it be His will^ and for your happiness 
 and His glory) raise you up again to continue yimr labors 
 amongst us, and that the strong consolations and support of the 
 " Comforter" may never be absent from you. 
 
 We would also offer our respectful and affectionate regards 
 to your beloved, devoted and amiable lady, who lives in thehearts 
 cf the Congre^^ation. 
 
 We are, Reverend and dear Sir, 
 
 Respectfully and faithfully yours, 
 Signed by Wardens, Vestry, and Parishioners. 
 
 Halifax, 14th May, 1870. 
 
 On June 3rd the venerable man was borne to his last resting 
 place, followed by almost the whole of the community. Ho 
 sleeps beneath the Village Church, "■ awaiting a joyful 
 resurrection." 
 
 G. W. H.