"MOURNING DEACONS."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 10

"MOURNING DEACONS."

;Nows'!;:of' December? 23 istatesl The.chief.topic of:conversation at Cheltenham is ; the'unusual story-'of .Cambray : Baptist beingdeprived>:' of:■ - : £9OO through the'absprice of ;its deacons-from 1 the funeral.of Chelate Mr., but the episode^of; the iiiiiie'.deacon's'who: ''mourned too 'late/" .much.as lit/■appealed tothe popular: fancy;:: lacks almost 'every element.'■■ of , truth.>.-',y-.;•■'ri;, : ' : '.i";:■''•■..'■:'-'■-.' ■■■■-].."' :: .I' ■'■: ■'/'■■ ': ■".•;•■•■.■■■■ ■:.The.'.stofy. was 'first • communicated to- -a local : - evening paper.; by a • friend -of .the' de-' .ceased,, ; whq: was:presumably acquainted with' his.'affairs, ; inasmuch, as the- paragraph 'paid; a;, well-deserved;, tribute \.to '■■ the~ deceased's liberality, to Cambra'y. Churchy and gave the: date-"of. : thQ-:codicil runderwllich.the church .would benefit/: if.its deacons 'attended his fuiieral:-,rO>' v : ■'■:s- : '\- ] y';. [ ■■■:■' "■ : ''r ; ''".'. .■-■ .■:'•<:: '-'-■■ ■•'■ -by .i accident or .design, none V. of convoyed' a' vote' of- condolence' ta"'the''deceased's Telatives,: was-informed: of ;thb.dayor:libut';of,:the:funeral, and 'as: a- matter of fact they were expecting: their'own -minister tq ( be asked to -until thby.iearried fronv an outside 'source that the funeral had 'already been; ; conducted/,at : the relatives'-: re-, quests by. the .yicarof'the parish in ..which Mr.v Sim- .lived. ; ,; i ; ;':j. :;, ;-',•■•■.■:•' - 1 '■■;!"■;:. ;; . i ;The, most:curious part of ihe: affair.i isi'that - the friend.'of .'all parties, who" communicated: the paragraph to the. press was ■ himselfi'iin-aware'thatithe-wiir pf;.1891,: : to: which''tho codicil related,: had.been revoked by'another ;will : .-made i.n / ,lß9B,:'so.;that if every".fleacon had attetfded -the- funeral: there'would etill ;have.-been'.no. legacy for the church/: v-'i'r , -: • ; Mr.; Sims's,bequest, referred .to above,: was .to,;,tho :; effect _thai : . the;, chiirch mentioned e^ve , Vßhbuld.^ceive..)a\4op!iioy i . : .pf.'.'.£JCip'for' , :pyory-'.6he. .of "its'.deacons; Svlio \Bhbul i d>be;pre-: thei ; testate r's. funeral! '<<-■''■:'(■,"#<■'-■>>:■■:■.