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PEACE BEYOND 243 



two youngest daughters, Geraldine and Augusta, 

 when perfectly peacefully his " spirit passed to God 

 who gave it." There are many names for death, 

 and one is Life. 



There was a " Memorial Service " in St. Luke's 

 Church, Chelsea, conducted by the Dean of West- 

 minster and the rector of the parish. Lovely 

 flowers were sent from far and near, and the church 

 was filled with relations and friends, including many 

 old servants who had come long distances to show 

 their respect to a beloved master ; whilst Science 

 and Art were fully represented by public bodies and 

 institutions, and many distinguished men, including 

 his friend, the veteran Sir Joseph Hooker. 



He had served his country in his life, and so he 

 did also in his death, for being thoroughly con- 

 vinced that "cremation" is a duty we owe to our 

 fellow-men as conducive to the public health, he 

 left clearly-written directions that his body should 

 be cremated at Woking, and his ashes afterwards 

 laid, with the Church of England service, at the 

 village of Stone in Buckinghamshire (where in 1858 

 his marriage had taken place), in his own words, 

 ■" beside the church where our life together began." 



Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 



