OUR KUMARA LETTER.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 January 1901, Page 4

OUR KUMARA LETTER.

Jour own correspondent.)

Kcjmaea, January 28th. |Hur readers take a great interest in touching the death of our late Ho Monarch, I append a brief report ■ several Memorial Services hold on Byr last in the different churches to Hremorate that sad event. Kecisoly at 10 a. in. the Catholic Band Ihbled at the Post Office, marching i:e along Main Street, Seddon Street, [Church'Street, to St. Patrick’s Church; v played"the Dead March in Saul most ressivoly under the baton of Mr B. fnond. ,t the Catholic Church, which was

■wdod, the preacher, Eev. Father feoney, made feeling and eloquent refer--sco to the death of Her Most Gracious [ajesty tho Queen. He said speaking I himself and tho whole congregation It they deeply deplored the great loss ■ained by the whole Empire. The lurch, under tho boneficient rule of Been Victoria, had made wonderful profess and enjoyed a measure of liberty ■known in many European countries. Ither, she exercised a restraining in■ce and in this, her loss would be most Brely felt. However, he believed that Bson, the new King Edward VII, who fesessed many of the noble qualities of ■ mother, would help to perpetuate her emory by emulating her example. At Holy Trinity Church, Eev Whiteuse at the morning service gave a brief etch of the life of Her Majesty, pointing tho seeds which bore such splendid fits in her after life.

There was a largo congregation at the iorning service, but the church was [erally packed in tho evening. The fcluntoer Band under Mr A. Stubbs, Irched round town playing the “Dead lurch,” and at theoross roads “Days and ■nents” was rendered, They afterBjls assisted in the church at the service, ■their rendering of the “Dead March’’ ■ recessional was exceptionally impres-

iv E. Whitohouse taking for his text

iChapter 29th verse Proverbs “Many ihters have done virtuously but thou fllost them all” preached a very imIsive and eloquent sermon. He said [art that the Queen at the early age of jpund, as she expressed it herself, emjpated from a somewhat dull childhood * in possession of opportunities of united self indulgence, but her ideal was ler than that of being a mere ornamil Queen. She aspired to bo ruler, lc, and mother of her people. Her Ice she knew would involve daily self Ll and devotion, but it was promptly Pbravely kept. The spirit she exhibKras caught by her ministers and the ie nation and is tho real secret of the ■ellous progress which has been made feg her reign. The church was heavily fed in black.

lo memorial service in the Presbyb Church as in all the others was atLl by n large congregation, The Ik was heavily draped in black. H Hymns appropriate to the oceasKre sung. BJ. S. Thompson preached the moBermcm taking-for his subject Too Queen as illustrated in the good Queen, a good woman, a Ho pointed [t) her in■&b characterised by her many lovHf lions, her truthfulness, her intcgHid wound up a very impressive Bi with an eloquent and touching Btion, During the collection Mias Bton sang “Christians Good Night” Hhe close the whole congregation Kvhile the Dead March was being

r Wesleyan Church was draped in for the memorial service. There and very attentive congregait both morning and evening serißev. J. R. Clark preached on both

s fully-rising to the opportunities 'd by the sad event. The mornhvas from II Kings xiii chap, xxi The preacher showed the relation kst to the present, reviewed the h the past especially of the last K and showed the lessons to be Brp the study of it. <ing the same preacher takB ■from Isaiah xxxii chap, ii e cPtho text was a picture of not a prophecy havMessiah, though all in him. He pointed how the lives of all were moulded in the showed how our HK • her noble chancier .Qence illustrated the the glowing words

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Monday at the irship the Mayor, he proclamation Kdienceaang the k hearty cheers Bpnarch. The to Dilimanswas