OBITUARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4801, 16 August 1894, Page 2

OBITUARY.

The ko, Lorenzo Moore,

The following from, tlio Nelsoi Qoknist, referringtothe latofathero MrF. G. Moore of Masterton, will b read with interest by many in thi district:—"One'who will be sorel; missed by many was roamed by th hand ■of death during tho closinj hours of- Sunday last. The Ee\ Lorenzo Hoove was one of those un daunted souls, who, firm to hisfaitli had, figuratively speaking, nailci his colors to the mast, and was pre pared to do or die. That ha wa courageous, almost to a fault, noon who knew him could deny. Hi opinions had been formodafterman; troubles, and they were set nover t be shifted. It might be imaginei from this that the deceased was i man of narrow views, but in a sens this could hardly be said of him, fo thougli Mr Moore would admit of n question that his faith was well found ed ho wasfar from unkindly tothos who dilered in opinion, On th contrary he was full of pity for thos whom he deemed to be misguided and of our own knowledge wo ar able to say that never was anappea made oh behalf of thoso in distres but the deceased gentleman was th first to proffer aid—heevencherishei an affection for thoso whonf In deemed to be misguided, Ho was i man whosethoroughnesswasrefresh ing, and whose practical charity fully atonedfoi'liisapparent illibora iity in denying that those who. dif fered from him had the shadow o right. Tho deceased was born 01 the Ist September, 1808, and there fore had by nearly six yeaisexcoodoi the four score yoars which only tin strong may hope to rench. Atrth age of 18 he entered the East Indii Company's service as a cornet in th sth Madras Light Infantry, and foil years later received a Lieutenant' commission. Afew years later ho wa appointed Quartermaster and Inter preter to the regiment, and in 184 received tho brevet rank of Captain with full rank a year later, Afte 20 years' service he retired in 184 C he having served as a regimenta officer tho wholo of that period, iuii after that time he was, according t [the service regulations, raised ii 1854 to the rank of Major, Upoi his actual retirement, howover,,h proceeded to England, having deter mined to enter the ministry. H graduated at St. Catherine's, Cam bridge, and took the degree of JU Iu 1851 ho was ordained by tli Bishop of Peterborough, and ap pointed curate of the Paris! Church of Peterborough. Th following year ho received priest' orders, In tho latter part o 1852, finding the work of a largi parish too much for his strengtl he removed to Tunbridge Wells where he officiated as curato till 1855, when he accepted tho incuuiberioyof the Rochester PttrishChnreh, Derbyshire. Two years later he accepted tho perpetual curacy of Drypool, Hull, in the Diocese of York, and he remained thero for over a couple of years, when he left England witli the intention of settling in Auckland, New Zealand. On his arriving in Melboumo early in 1860, lio learnt of the Native disturbances in the North Island, New Zealand, and was induced to remain in Australia for a time. Ho took chargo of St, Paul's Church, Gcelong, during the temporary absence of Archdeacon Stretch during his visit to England on sick loave, and in 1861 ho was appointed to tho temporary church at Brighton by the Bishop' of, Melbourne, but in Novembor, 1862, he sailed for Christchureh, New Zealand,aud became incumbent at Papa> nui, whoro he labored for several ('ears, Failing health, however 3ompelled him to seek a change, and ifter a prolonged trip to Australia lie returned to this Colony and took ip his residence at! Port Chalmers But after a time he removed t( Dunedin, and although ! be occasion illy took a service at Knox Church ie practically ceased regular work Subsequently ho camo to Nelson vhere his ministrations were till re xmtly quite frequent,.and whore hii itrongvoicewasraißed,wheiieverpos ible,in support of his faith. Ho wai logloomy religionist, bufcaman full o aith, hope, and Charity,' His lit" fas simple, and those privileged t< iijoy a close acquaintance with hir fere best ablo to appreciate his char cter, which was, despite some ap larent iiarrowncss,uoblo and kindly 'ho deceased gentlomau only sur ived the partner ofhismundan ileasurcs and trials by a few months ,ndit must have been a oonsolatioi

to him that his daughter, Lady Gorst, was able to bo with. him for some time recently, Ho was a man to whom death can offer no stings, but whose loss is great to many, for even in his weakness he wasablo to givo strength to others,"