A MEMORABLE SCENE.
A ceremony which recently took place at Westminster Abbey is described in the " Daily News " as unique of its kind, we may say unprecedented, in the history of that or any similar ecclesiastical edifice. Dean Stanley unveiled the tablet which has been erected to the memory of John and Charles Wesley, and which, besides containing excellent medallion likenessesof those illustrious worthies, will transmit to posterity the sculptured figures of many of their successors. If the occasion was a remarkable one, the spirit which characterised the proceedings was equally worthy of cordial recognition. The Dean, in his address in the Chapter House, spoke of the Wesleys as men whom it was a privilege for the Church of England to honour, and he expressed a hope—which he wished it were possible to regard as entirely well founded-irthat no member of the Church would question the claim of the founders of Methodism to a memorial in the memorable Abbey. Such remarks, delivered in the presence of several- hundreds of Wesleyan ministers and laymen, including the President and ex-Presidents of the Conference, cannot fail to meet with a cordial response among all classes of the English people. The ceremony had a pathetic side, which will also awaken a feeling of general sympathy."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 89, 3 August 1876, Page 2
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211A MEMORABLE SCENE. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 89, 3 August 1876, Page 2
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