very many years.) From this time onwards he became 

 more helpless, and on March <?, 1917, passed peacefully 

 away. 



His was a good life to look back upon full of the 

 most varied interests, in natural history, in music, in 

 gardening, in antiquities, in politics, as well as in his 

 work as a clergyman. Until the last year or two of his 

 life, he never seemed to grow old in mind, but remained, 

 as ever, enthusiastic, warm-hearted, outspoken, full of 

 fun and life, delighting in sharing his fun with others, 

 and always ready to help or give pleasure to any one 

 in any matter. He was staunchly loyal to what he 

 regarded as the fundamental principles of Churchman- 

 ship and Conservatism, but though he sometimes spoke 

 strongly about those who held other opinions, there was 

 no malice in his words. He often took strong views, 

 and did not give them up easily, but anything that might 

 seem dogmatic in his manner was not more than super- 

 ficial, and he ordinarily displayed a fine old-world kind- 

 liness and courtesy. It was little wonder that he was 

 beloved by young and old. The spirit in which he lived 

 can best be summed up in the words of a cutting pasted 

 inside the cover of a Prayer-Book which lay on his 

 writing-desk : c Look at your mercies with both eyes, 

 at your troubles with only one ; study contentment ; 

 keep always at some useful work ; let your heart's 

 window be always open towards Heaven/ I may also 



