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Extract from the "China Mail” of the 8th October, 1906.
THE LATE CAPT. BARNES-LAWRENCE.
At St. John's Cathedral yesterday the Rev. G. A. Bunbury referred feelingly to the death of Captain Barnes-Lawrence. The preacher said:
"Before commencing my sermon this morning I wish to say a few words upon a subject which will be in the thoughts of many of you—I mean the deep loss which this Colony in general and this Church in particular has sustained by the falling asleep of Captain Barnes-Lawrence, the Harbour Master of this Colony. He returned to this land—for many of the older residents here remember him with affectionate regard after an earlier period of service in China—he returned to this Colony in 1904 and became a member of the Cathedral Church Body in January 1905. In spite of his heavy duties, for he was Harbour Master of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, port in the world, and those duties he carried out in such a way as to win the confidence and respect of those whose government and welfare he was charged—both European and Chinese—he found time for the works of goodness. The Missions to Seamen, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Church Missionary Association among others are poorer for his removal, and for the loss of the wisdom which he brought to their councils. It was my sad duty to have to go to the harbour office on each of the four days succeeding the typhoon. My business was not official; it was in connection with the search for the body of our dear Bishop. I might have felt that at a period of peculiar stress and difficulty in that department no time could have been spared to me. But such was not the case. I, and those nearer to the Bishop than I, will always remember the sympathy and kindness with which we were received and the valuable assistance and advice which we obtained. Such a life as his was strong and it was a story of a hidden power. The secret of his strength, like that of our Bishop, might be expressed in the words 'Your life is hid with Christ in God.' To us it remains, while offering to the bereaved relations our deepest and most sincere sympathy, to learn also the great lessons which such lives teach us.
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Extract from the "China Mail” of the 8th. Oetober,1906.
THE LATE CAPT. BARNES- LAWRENCE.
At St. John's Cathedral yesterday the Rev. G. A. Bunbury referred feelingly to the death of Captain Barnes-Lawrence, The preacher said :
"Before commencing my sermon this morning I wish to say a few words upon a subject which will be in the thoughts of many of you--I mean the deep loss which this Colony in general and this Church in particular has sustained by the falling asleep of Captain Barnes-Lawrence, the Harbour Master of this Colony. He re- turned to this land---for many of the older residents here remember him with affect- tionate regard after an earlier period of service in China-he returned to this Colony in 1904 and became a member of the Cathedral Church Body in January 1905. In spite of his heavy duties, for he was Harbour Master
one of the greatest, if not the greatest, port in the world, and those duties he carried out in. such a way as to win the confidence and respect of those whose government and welfare he was charged--both European and Chinese- he found time for the works of goodness. The Missions to Seamen, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Church Missionary Association among others are poorer for his removal, and for the loss of the wisdom which he brought to their councils. It was. my sad duty to have to go to the harbour office on each of the four days succeeding the typhoon. My business was not officia), it was in connection with the search for the body of our dear Bishop. I might have felt that at a period of peculiar stress and difficulty in that department no time could have been spared to me. But such was not the case. I, and those nearer to the Bishop than 1, will always remember the sympathy and kindness with which we were received and the valuable assistance and advice which we obtained. Such a life as his was strong and it was a story of a hidden power. The secret of his strength, like that of our Bishop, might be expressed in the words Your life is hid with Christ in God." To us it remains, while offering to the bereaved relations our deepest and most sincere sympathy, to learn also the groat lessons which such lives teach us.
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