FATHER GARSIDE'S DEATH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 179, 1 September 1876, Page 7

FATHER GARSIDE'S DEATH.

h+ A Dublin paper says : " The Catholic community in London has sustained a severe loss by the death of the Rev. Charles Brierley Garside, one of those eloquent preachers and writers who, following the logical course of events and the example of Dr. Newman and Dr. Manning, boldly made, over a quarter of a century ago, the journey ' from Oxford to Home.' He was the son of Dr. Garside, a surgeon, of Manchester, where he was bom in 1818. From the grammar-school of his native city he proceeded at the age of twenty to Brasenose College, Oxford. He distinguished himself at the University both as a classical scholar and as a student of theology, winning the prize for the Latin and English essay, and becoming the Hulme Divinity Exhibitioner in the same year. In 1841 he took his B.A. degree with classical honors, and he proceeded iv the usual course to the degree of M.A. Having entered the ministry of the Established Church, he obtained the curacy of Tetbury, in Gloucestershire, but soon afterwards he removed to the metropolis, which was destined to be the scene of the remainder of his life work. After officiating at Christchurch, Albany street, Regent's Park, he was transferred in 1847 to the famous Margaret-street Chapel, then one of the principal centres of high-church teaching and ritual. Mr. Garside found, however, that his position wa3 logically untenable, and having renounced the • English religion,' he was received into the bosom of the Catholic Church on the 21st June, 1850. He now went through the regular course of study for the priesthood, and was ordained priest at Rome by Cardinal Patrizi in 1854, having shortly before graduated as bachelor of theology in the Collegio Romano. On his return to England he was appointed domestic chaplain to Bertram, the last Catholic Earl of Shrewsbury. He was assisting the priest at St. Mary's, Chelsea, from 1857 to 1861, since which date he was attached to the church in Clarendon-square, Somerstown. His death occurred at Posilipo, in the immediate vicinity of Naples, on the 21st of the present month, the cause being bronchitis, supervening upon a severe attack of typhoid fever. Father Garside was greatly beloved by a circle of friends, the greater number of whom he had been imental in bringing within the fold of the Church. Although ne had a slight impediment in his speech he was a clear and impressive preacher, and his voice was frequently heard not only at Somerstown, but in all the principal Catholic pulpits in London. His contributions to theological literature exhibit masculine thought, profound erudition and remarkable purity of style. Among them are ' The Barter of Faith for Opinion,' • Discourses on some Parables of the New Testament,' ' The Prophet of Carrnel,' and, lastly, ' The Sacrifice of the Eucharist and other Doctrines of the Catholic Church Explained and Vindicated.' "