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22 A CLOUD OF WITNESSES.

The Manchester Courier, in an obituary of the same date, said:—

" In recording the excellence of this venerable man and truly apostolic minister, it may be allowed to mark, as prominent features of a character in which all was lovely, his child-like simplicity, his singleness of heart, the elevation of his devotion, the cheerfulness of his piety, the beauty of his holiness, . . . the ease of his seriousness, the innocence of his mirth, the purity of his exuberant joy.

" He was admirable in all the faculties and powers of an enlightened mind; but the charm by which he won and ruled the hearts of all, was that grace in man which is the nearest image on earth of a holy and merciful God, — the boundless benevolence of a truly catholic spirit.

" This admirable person enjoyed, in a singular degree, through life, the respect and affection of all by whom he was known; but, in an especial manner, the veneration of his own flock, over which (and it was his first and only care of souls) he was, by God's providence, the shepherd for the very unusual term of nearly sixty-two years."

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