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yiars so useful and beneficent, and from which 

 so much was still anticipated. He was only 54 years 

 of age. 



Sir David Gamble's death closed a long and 

 most honourable life; and the grief which was so 

 universally felt when the sad news was known, 

 expressed itself with every mark of reverence and 

 affection on the occasion of his funeral. 



In the eloquent words of Dr. Chevasse (Bishop 

 of Liverpool), as true as they were eloquent, 

 " His whole heart was bound up with St. Helens, 

 and whoever injured St. Helens injured him, who- 

 ever tried to help St. Helens seemed to confer a 

 personal benefit or favour upon him. 



He seemed to feel he should try and help 

 St. Helens as St. Helens had helped him. He gave 

 generously, but he gave wisely. God gave him 

 great means, but he declined to keep those means 

 to himself. He was a steward of the living God. 

 Every good public cause, religious, or civic, or 

 philanthropic, in St. Helens found in him a wise, 

 open-hearted and generous friend. 



He was rich in sterling common sense, and, as 

 the greatest only are, " in his simplicity sublime." 



He lived with wonderful simplicity himself, 

 with little luxury or extravagance. He was God's 



