134 THE R ^ Y > DALE, AND ALLEN COMMEMORATION FUND. 
From Black Notley, the party drove to Braintree, two miles 
distant. After having taken luncheon at the Horn Hotel, all 
adjourned to the Parish Church (St. Michael), at 2.30 p.m., 
to take part in a service for the unveiling of the Samuel Dale 
Memorial Tablet, for which an excellent position on the south 
wall of the Jesus Chapel had been chosen. At the service, the 
members of the party formed but a small portion of a large 
congregation, composed mainly of Braintree residents. The 
service was short and simple, but impressive. The vicar, the 
Rev. T. Eddleston, officiated ; but, at the selected moment, he 
called upon my colleague, the Rev. J. W. Kenworthy, formerly 
vicar, to perform the actual unveiling ceremony and to deliver 
a brief address. 
At the outset, Mr. Ken worthy said how happy he was at 
being able to meet again so many friends in that venerable fabric, 
and especially on such an occasion as this. The hearts of his 
friends and the Essex Field Club must be full of gratitude to those 
who had responded to the appeal to put up this monument to, and 
record of, a great and worthy man, who spent the greater portion 
of his life usefully and religiously in that district. He prayed 
that their work there that day would redound to the honour 
of Science and to the honour and glory of God. He went on 
to say that that particular portion of the church—the South 
Chapel, or Jesus Chapel, as it was called formerly—might be 
regarded as the “ Mecca of Braintree.” It was of great historical 
interest, and contained many features and memorials which he 
could not touch upon on that occasion, except to say that for 
many generations the chapel was partitioned off and used as a 
school, evidences of which were still seen on the walls and pillars. 
There, too, John Ray received his early education before going 
to the University. Among the mural tablets was one to 
Daniel Copsey, who was also educated there and became a 
famous Egyptologist and Coptic scholar. It was a fitting place 
in which to do honour to the memory of Samuel Dale. 
Mr. Kenworthy then unveiled the Memorial Tablet, after¬ 
wards reciting a prayer composed by Ray himself 7 :— 
Assist ns, O Lord, in all good undertakings, in the services we are 
this day to perform. Help us to mind and intend the business we are 
about, to wait upon Thee without distraction, and not to suffer our 
7 See Select Remains, pp, 94-95 (1760). 
