Dr Barnardo's Will.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 9, 23 January 1906, Page 2

Dr Barnardo's Will.

LI The will of Dr. Barnardo was proved on Nov. 16, the value of the estate being £13,485 gross, with net personality £ 10,732. Nine-tenths of the estate are left to his wife, Mrs Sara Louise (Syrie) Barnardo, daughter of Mr William Elmslie, of Lloyd’s and Richmond, with instructions as to the education of their son, and the remaining tenth is left “to the home far waif and orphan children established by me, which I have directed during my life, and have loved to the last.” Dr Barnardo’s love for the work to which he devoted his life and his unfaltering faith in the future find expression in his will, which was written a few months only before the death of the foster-father, and at a time when he knew he was suffering from a disease which must prove fatal. Thus he wrote ;— f‘ Death and the grave are but temporary bonds ; Christ has triumphed over them. I hope to die as I have lived, in the humble but assured faith of Jesus Christ, whom I have so imperfectly served, and whom I acknowledge to be my Saviour, my Master, and my King.” With regard to the disposal of his remains, the will states: — “ I desire that my body shall be cremated, and that the arrangements shall be carried out in the most inexpensive form, and’ my ashes are to be interred in the grave which I have already prepared in frcnt of Cairns House at the Girls’ Villiage Home, Barkingside, Ilford, in the county of Essex. My ashes are to be carried to their last resting place by such of my good friends from the Edinburgh Castle ( and the Stepney-causeway as may volunteer for such service, and so many of the girls and boys from my homes are to follow as can be readily and inexpensively}arranged. “In the event of my death occurring abroad I de.-ire to be cremated there if such arrangement, can be made, and that my ashes shall be buried in the place where I may die and with the least possible expense to my estate.”