74 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 

 Under the next stone — 



Here lye 



the clear remains of Jane 



eldest daughter of 



William and Jane Hawkins 



whose capacity and disposition 



exceeding even her parents' hopes, 



she became an uncommon loss 



on the I2th day of April, 1728. 



God's will be done ! 



Why should we grieve for what we must approve ? 



The joys of heaven surpass our fondest love. 



Characteristics 



Mr. Hawkins says of Ken : " The holiness and 

 spirituality of his character impressed all who knew 

 him. As bishop he was anxious for the good of 

 the people of his diocese, and he published for their 

 instruction his ' Practice of Divine Love,' in which he 

 afterwards altered some passages in a distinctively 

 Protestant direction. When, as his custom was, he 

 gave alms to the poor whom he met, he would 

 ask them if they could say the Creed and the 

 Lord's Prayer. He took much pains to promote 



