IN MEMORIAM.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 18, 19 December 1883, Page 3

IN MEMORIAM.

By private telegramjjeceived th forenoon, we are jDla>ert m of the aorrowlftiTln^nigence tiiat'the Eev TatherMoreau, lately jnc]\axffitftfrfi, Ronafe^to!^ P^KgregaSons 1 m Manawata, r breath^ Jis last this morning, at the^Prelwtery attached to St. Mary's Ofiurfe'Kf Wanganm. The Eev Fatlierf fe^itffe 1 remembered, left ManaV*fti%bin ; orMonths0 r Months ago, on account of feilm^physical health incapacitating him from th©^^plabpjioiW'', Autfm *hich devolved upon him here,-and which are now v div]^9fei»S[v*^ BW*®»AeV Carew! J "He then wejßJfe B?/ the Wanganui river to labbur among the Natives, but TOpU«# tp,set«tn 3ton"Wa»g«niii dW accoun^^lnlf^Mibicli,: was (6nlyiutb« precorsQr.pf §|TOpi4Affeft ll %f KU Pi^' n ' 8i oonsSojb^hwnlc^ *?feel>ledi by old agfi ! Bei»ice)tin;tlie' I»u3o,o^h^©li}ff?i, ftnaini«tlie»oWi«!f qf hf sfeM?, „Jsejto^br#gfa^tpathir iMdence of thfo^iW; -iKu*:, wteftnte;;^sv:#ed«ly nursed and affectionately looked alter,- but all m vain. m 3Jfeffpop^oJ4 fttahCsahK^A^lyj and t^u^J^ iftJL^^PW*^ti aaem^d" «a^if- he migh|S^^,Ae|i<*u^ y bU > eng*b^afr other, *jxft& it.yvasionly to©BiJpar^liV that his days; werejiißmJoeretljknd that his Bpji^w v pulji soonibe with Him who gave it. Few m Manasratu, iri^Spec l tive of ccopd W dejaominatioii, l&twilf feel a pang of rej[i»t, wheo; they "learn that good, •pl 4. Father. Moreatf- 18 ' nb more. ol jH«i xeligiott simb thatibf atnie' Christiaiiji.whQ bin^elf'ih 1 the work to which many years ago he* had been ordained. Many will remember hpXipainfuJly .affeetod he". wasaV leaving Mana^&tiWii^tfoliwhicfc&e 'had been connected 7or so-many yea^ s -, When^dr^ssesßndpresentatibiJs were <! given him on hia departure h^cottld'not repress his feelings, and-- the sight of the old>ani #eepin^ , ofi -th l^ ftttai-; 1 thanking his people for -their kindnfess, and bidding them wha&lme proved to be a long farewell, brou^it^ tears of sympathy to the^)eyeferbf 'raahy^-^inased, to the so^tejhfeelingsiof hiiMah nature. Now when they heaivxrf hisf^teVthywhen they realize that he^ will nevei'_again_ speak^to tliem words of affection and appeal to them as J^ieir -paste*, or : lead them m the patb£'6Hhejrireligion,a feeling of sadness wflf stpat ovei^their hejarts^ and their mifids will reyerfrWKiJbe^)Sst;:: when, many ,.a, time^ahd 6{fe "tbMr reX; ceived consolation at ihe hands o| tlieir : clergyman^' Vaotn oni-the they will not see|WH exactly^ know how m^ny y^ars.lhfcßt^l'atheii Moreau kmnre^.Bß^^?]H^ionary. among both rscte in}<o^^§yi Wfy believe he tm^l^ed a^outf digw^g^fe troubled times of l&stve years ago, and though ne escaped death, he more- than-once overheard themanncr of fyl fp& plaPtted ouHL Hie disposition was <?fx ,&A mcSt ,4nflgsubing f uncomplaining s enaracter ; and though of-ttimes weary, hMS^jf^ ?06U6v8? and downcast, he'jnj&yei? ; ippjjif(il^vA.ll awbo 1 knew him admired ,l^ia devotion andhj^ earnestness, "ati 3; ji Dy niß* greas~zeal'm the service of his Moster-he won the regard of all <Jlas^sftnd all BGct?/ ;i Ke has now gone to his restunond we venture to think^lfi^fii MW* ri Kome k toi' night will the news of Hhiff' death be received. «^h sadh&s/itfa 7 *tf many acts of deT#ttott mU bei^la^d which hflH "Hqajt Jj***Jq»fp****m- — ftr was one, r^hah2^iio .^nemjes> ,fftf who oould live^^etim.ity L Msi ope soi haint;' legs m - this< idiaposition/' so 4nt)fffc^ Bive, aud li sc>'' sincere- m hiff ; dcsfte :io do good' i^,alf ) njen^'anij.. td'prbmbtepeace an^nariiibny. wnerevet helived and laboured, whether *biithb«iig^ings, or among the natives, his sole object m

life ' wag to do' all the' good he could We often came. iiTcon tact- 3 with Fathe More^[,s andt often hoard of his doinj good by stealth, and often too with out reward or hope or expectation o rjew^vd M m this; wjovld;. and itt pen mng J tl^is last ; ,tyih[nte to one, w-hoir ye, esteemed, so highly, we . feel as pjthera _♦ will, .dp that a .neat ant itqar;^iend™has passed away. .. . : 1 " .-I. Thus sang the inspired sear ; ' r-j "The' death the righteous dies," < • The death without aiear.j , ■ '," Thej know, '.'who knew hini-best, , , „ , W was his 1$ :*', ";. \'\ ■ His ! labor had no rest - ; ' In sin^s eternal strif eT. ' , <4 Conquests o'er crime and sin, ' ; r- ,-;.,,;.. Souls regc^ed fnum despair ;— *< . -^o T These .^veiis triomphs been, . i><f ' '^ These ape his wreaths to ; wear !,> : " Gl«a whsU Hd^eeVthe Lord ;7 "*] •«> J Brinwrijj'krt-oftetiujj meyi,— '';;.. A " dloud "of ransomed souls ' v To their Redeemer's feet. '