LATE CHAPLAIN-CAPTAIN M'MENAMIN

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3111, 15 June 1917, Page 5

LATE CHAPLAIN-CAPTAIN M'MENAMIN

AN APPRECIATION. The following appreciation of the late Captain-Chaplain M'Menamin has been writtpn by Chaplain-Major Taylor, who as.a Main Body chaplain was in intimate touch with the Into chaplain:—"The world is the.poorer for the death of this Christian gentleman. For twelve months in the early stages of the present war the writer worked side by side with him. In camp and on board ship ho stood out for his great heart of sympathy; for the troubles of oil and sundry he had ii patient car; so quiet, so unobtrusive, so humble, he was a representative of tho Master Whom he so faithfully served. Hut tho Dardanelles brought out the revelation of his supreme courage. No place was too hot for him if there m work to do, no task too simple if it could cheer or help someone; he carried water, he helped wounded to the beach, he even went with wounded to tho transport: ho was up night after night just doing good. For live solid months lie hung on. Long hours, hard work, poor food had brought him down to le-s than seven stono in weight, and. protesting, he was at length driven away by those who loved him. to seek rest and health. A few short months of rest and ho was back in tho thick of it again, and death has claimed him. Tho writer pictures him engaged in some act. of lovo and mercy when the call came. Ifo will still live in the hearts and lives ot those who knew him. lie was a brave soldier, a true man, a Christian gentleman. I l?ei|uiescat in pace."