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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3780, 4 January 1908, Page 3

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BiWiKm^i^c^Mhixtada^ mmr 1 • iirt — SPafaajaihered at the ehu rch| to show HKKBb'thfe menwry of pe aged 5 entered the orgduEtblayed a Mgtiliii 1 Lmarch., - - 406, |||||^^ miiibysung by the iMm&and prayer offemt&Jid scripMmr& f ' r&ad K-■■ The Rev.‘James FatterIllSf' 1 pf Wellington, g«ve a short the-pebple,-dealing more with the' early work of Blithe .deceased iu this district, and his hearers, to a similar d'ejp’vptiop to duty and high Christian ‘zeal. He then offered prayer, and v ’hymn 398, “It.is not death to S - die,’-’ was sung, the becedicit : i tion pronounced; The whole i congregation remained standing while the organ pealed forth the solemn strains of the 1 “Dead psarch in Saul. ’ ’ The procession ifcas je-formed; and wended its way ' * ttk the cemetery. The closing part of the ceremony was conducted by Mr Patterson, while the jarge con- > gregation of friends sang Hymn " , ' .I „ • *■.. “ When the day of toil is done, £ ' When the race of is run 'A : Father grant thy wearied one :A. vilest for evermore.” /* ■ ' The a coffin having been lowered a to its last resting place, the', many friends of their late minister gazed a moment into the grave that '»'■ held within its cold embrace the l . mortal remains of the veteran ,rT minister, realizing that “ The eye also, which saw him shall see him lyVno" more; neither, shall his place 'tatyi more behold him.” } ■ tliiss Jenks very kindly and - -.Willingly acted as organist during A the funeral services of; the late ' %ev. J, Duncan, in the unavoidable of the chufchrvfrganfO'lst;