8TONEGRAVM. 



figure is one of the same family, thought not menti- 

 oned aS a knight Templar. 



On the right of the steps lie the remains of two 

 clergymen of the name of Denton, rectors of Stone- 

 grave. The Rev. John Denton, who married one 

 of the Thorntons, of east Newton, had been pre- 

 sented to the living of Oswaldkirk, but was ejected 

 in 1662, by the act of uniformity. Dean Comber, at 

 last prevailed upon him to receive episcopal ordi- 

 nation, and by his interest obtained for him the liv- 

 ing of Stonegrave, and a prebend in the church of 

 York, which he held until the year 1708, when a 

 period was put to his truly pious and exemplary 

 life, in the 83d year of his age. The inscription 

 beneath, records the death and virtues of his son. 

 the Rev. Robert Denton, who died in 1747 ; and 

 " who by an exemplary patience, and singular cheer- 

 fulness, withstood the attacks of bad health during 

 much the greater past of his life, with a perfect re- 

 signation to the divine will. Reader ! if it be al- 

 lowed that his many virtues were chiefly those of 

 an obscure life, it must be added that his few fail- 

 ings were such alone as malice would describe." 



How apt, under similar circumstances, are we to 

 despond ! How apt is a feeling of discontent and 

 dissatisfaction to arise in the mind ! when apparently 

 doomed to an obscure life, and buried in the deep 

 seclusion of an unnoticed privacy, we consider our- 

 selves lost to the world ; possessing talents which 

 we imagine calculated for a wider field, and a more 

 extended sphere of action ; but which are allowed 

 to remain uncalled forth, unappreciated, neglect- 



