SIR TITUS SALT. 169 



A life-size portrait of Sir Titus Salt, the presentation of the 

 teachers, hangs over the eastern gallery, within the building. 

 The organ-harmonium within was presented by Mr. George 

 Salt. The cost of the entire structure was ;^io,ooo, and the 

 opening ceremony took place on the 30th May 1876. 



His health steadily declined from the beginning of 1876. 

 His walking exercise for the most part was confined to the 

 library or garden terrace. He was still able, however, to pay 

 several visits throughout the year amongst his friends. When 

 unable to go to church or prayer meeting, his thoughts and 

 prayers were with those who could. Being asked by his 

 spiritual adviser on one occasion if his faith and hopes in 

 Christ were clear and firm, he replied : ' No, not so much as 

 I should like them to be ; but all my trust is in Him. He is 

 the only foundation on which I rest. Nothing else ! Nothing 

 else ! ' A visit paid to Scarborough in the autumn stimulated 

 his waning strength a little at first, but he returned to Crow 

 Nest a dying man. His life, as his biographer remarks, had 

 been calm and orderly, and there remained little in his busi- 

 ness or family interests which required setting in order. On 

 Sunday, 17th December 1876, he was so ill that his absent 

 children were telegraphed for. The end came on Friday 

 afternoon, 29th December 1876. There was little physical 

 suffering, and his spirit passed calmly away. Heartfelt letters 

 of condolence flowed in from all quarters, and his remains 

 were borne to their last resting-place in the family mausoleum 

 amidst a concourse of 40,000 spectators. 



His former pastor, the Rev. J. Thomson of Lightclifife, in 

 taking notice of the event on the following Sunday, preached 

 a funeral sermon from Matt, xxv. 21. The following is an 

 extract from the discourse : — 



