IN MEMORIAM

New Zealand Tablet, 3 September 1908, Page 13

IN MEMORIAM

Bishop Moran. A good priest gone— a man of blameless life, ' A faithful shepherd, loved by all his flock, A soldier brave, "who fought 'gainst sin and strife, - A sentry' who kept watch upon that Rock Which towers above the fitful sea of doubt, And on its highest peak still keeps ablaze The fire of. faith, that shot its bright rays out To light the nations in the 1 olden days. - - That mitred head, which now lies low and cold, "Was ever raised to Him who reigns supreme";' - Though gentle, yet his voice and pen were bold In battling againsTvice. No idle dream Was ' immortality"to that clear mind ; The world to him, without the Master's rule, - Would soon become a pit wherein mankind Would sink and wallow deep in passion's pool ; "The -animal would triumph o'er the soul, And all our noblest aspirations die ; Then -greed, not God, would be man's highest goal, And charity's pure stream would soon run dry, So thougnt-the pastor who- has gone to sleep, And what he thought he proved by word and deed' : He earned the -harvest he has gone to reap, He won respect' from men of every creed. (To be continued.)