XXX. 
WARD MEMORIAL FUND. 
In Part V. of the Transactions it was mentioned that the Council 
of the Cumberland Association for the Advancement of Literature 
and Science had decided to give the friends and admirers of the 
late Rev. J. CLirron Warp an opportunity of subscribing towards 
a general fund, whereof ‘part was to be devoted to the erection of 
a Memorial Tablet, and the remainder to be vested in trustees as 
a contribution towards the sum required for the education of his 
daughters. 
The Warp MemoriAL Funp has now reached the amount of 
4312 16s.‘6d.; and the Rev. Canon Battersby, Mr. Peile, and 
Dr. Knight have accepted office as Trustees. 
The MemoriAL TABLET is now completed, and bears the 
following inscription :— 
SACRED TO THE MEMORY 
OF 
JAMES CLIFTON WARD, F.G.S., 
Who ministered in this Church 
from December mpcccLxxvul. to March mMDCCCLXXIX. 
When he became Perpetual Curate of Rydal. 
He died April 15th, mpcccLtxxx. 
An earnest Student of Science, 
And for ten years engaged in the Geological Survey of this District, 
He sought and obtained the higher office 
of the Ministry of the Word and Sacraments, which 
he discharged faithfully, though, alas ! 
for so short a time. 
This Tablet is erected by Members of the Literary and Scientific 
Associations of this County, in token of Respect and Gratitude. 
‘*NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.” 
Rom. i. 16, 
