1862.] IN MEMORIAM. Tt 



it is as a Christian gentleman that we cherish his memory. The 

 former features are amiable and praiseworthy, they ornament and 

 em.bellish life, they contribute to the enjo3^ment of the possessor, 

 and like other means augment his opportunities of extending 

 his influence and of doing good. Mr. Borrer was a philan- 

 thropist in the best and widest sense of this sometimes prosti- 

 tuted term. 



His benevolence was not confined to the inmates of his own 

 neighbourhood, but was nearly as wide as the world or as exten- 

 sive as destitution and misery. 



During the life of his very intimate friend Mr. Edward Foster^ 

 Avho acted as the dispenser of his bounties to metropolitan 

 charities, his subscription list was intrusted to this gentleman j 

 and from this and other memoranda it appears that the Orphan 

 Institution, the Destitute, the Idiot, and similar societies, were 

 aided by his purse and influence. 



The sterling goodness of our deceased friend's character is not 

 to be inferred alone from what has been above stated about his 

 trustworthiness as an observer and his faithfulness as a narrator 

 of what he observed, nor from liis disinterested journeys in pur- 

 suit of truth, nor from his liberality as a man of wealth who ever 

 evinced greater delight in helping others than in enlarging his 

 own fame. These are all most amiable traits of a character which 

 every friend of humanity takes pleasure in admiring and describ- 

 ing. His efibrts in the cause of God and of eternal realities are 

 imperishable, being recorded in Heaven's chancery ; his personal 

 labours to prepare the youthful members of his humble neigh- 

 bours for a iiigher station than wealth, influence, and science can 

 confer, is that feature of his character which will be valued as 

 the impress of divinity, as the fruit of the spiritual life which is 

 enjoyed and manifested by every true believer in the doctrines of 

 Christianity — by all who are themselves convinced that they are 

 candidates for the kingdom of God, and who consider the present 

 condition of humanity merely as the state of preparation for a 

 more permanent and glorious existence. 



We are solely indebted to a friend for much of what has been 

 already advanced, and, it may be said, for all the following state- 

 ments. 



The writer of this brief sketch of a good man's scientific, be- 

 nevolent, and liberal actions, knew Mr. Borrer only as a botanist 



