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broke through tin
followed, and seve
with an unusual ci
was placed in the
part of the service
of the bystanders
them to tears. Th
been concluded wh
violence, a heavy
soon cleared of it,
The body of thi
leaden coffin, and
black cloth. Th
" Jonathan Brook,
pool, born Septenal
The arrangemet
Haigh and Grego'
It is due to Isla
the procession on
been better than 1
superior officers ai
lations were admi
ther were employ"
wardens, Messrs.
the vestry, in m,
public, ought not
To mark the
Archdeacon Brooi
rous public offices,
meetings of near)
interment of the
were adopted, exl
row for his loss,
attend his finer'
bodies who thus e
Vestry, the West I
of the Hundred of
England, the mem'
committee of the
The parish chut
Archdeacon Brooks ministered .„„ of
Sunday, crowded to a ecess on the oec3sliverru rP
mon, which had been announced to be (I,,,,,ceetids
Rev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. otr, cezl
t,
the congregation were in mourning, and he jello.o
T Om fl°
seemed to pervade the warred edifice. „se sles4
table, and other portions of the interior "re'tpe Y3l
The morning service was read by tl2,epf., 00,1'
and the communion service by the
Chester, assisted by the Rev. Williamv seoo'"
Cemetery. tlle
The BISHOP of CHESTEZ preso'"tb. to tP`'
Hebrews. xi. 4. "He is dead, yet spe3'
~11 10 °
In the course of his sermon e
~ after e osts.-
ceremonies on Thursday, his lordship said'
te
not soon to be forgotten. Such a trethcie
reflects honour alike on the good, kir:de-
to his grave with this demonstration "'
good hir.d people of Liverpool, who have
shown their sense of his long services,
for his sterling character. These thin
he himself will not be forgotten by
him in the' intimacy of private life; nt
who have been associated with him in
range of his duties ; not by the members
to whom he has- sent forth the pure word
doctrine and example ; not by the poor'
received received comfort' from his kind voice, eau'
ral hand; not rsen by the passing crowds,
with his manly form and genial count.
day by day, the streets, bound on some
mission of Christkubtrre. Few men have 1.;0
so extensively or se- efficiently as he o'ol
sures and institutions of public useful'.
tance. But in all these exertions they
subordination to his owe as a minister of
the paramount obligation, the pervading
point from which all ether efforts of d'-
was there a minister more conscientiouslY,len,
devotedly attached to the-Church of Eeg
to its liturgy. He never-sought to strau
or Formularies with subt*.e.interpretation.s,
with plain, substantial, and. scriptural
its forms of public worship:. I have often
its Liturgy in terms not merely of at,
admiration, but of the deepest reverence:
'ever heard him read in' public tb;
Church, with impressive solemnity and
tress, must all have felt that' his heart iv
He taught salvation only through faith in
bat it was through faith working by Do'
reality of faith was to be tested not morel:
profession, not merely by self-absorbed
feeling, but by the solid fruits of--piety
in his daily life and conversation, Hs c'
gave- benignity and moderation to his 001',,,is
carried, away into no extremes, free- alike I.'`'
of controversy, and the strife end: narrt
charitable intolerance. His sincere att.'T
Church- did not prevent him from 'receell
the right of conscience and the liberty
men who differ from our communion, 0`
hopefully, of all who, though' differing ou,
aeree na. the great principle of justifivation,
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Aetin,e ,l
of charity to those without our pu.e,-heacte"ei
of •coneiliation to all within. Sincere WI
no middlecourse, he sought by exarapfean
the, bitterness of party spirit, and strove'
unity in the church, without compromising
This principle of piety and charity gave all
actions. He was a liberal supporter anct
most efi the great religious societies
church,_ both in the country at lerS'e
and if he had been spared, it leas:::
oneachad thin dayfrom this very pisl,2ll-1
ciety far the Propagation of the Cos,
Blessed is that servant whom his
finds thus minded. But if from the•
diocesanisocieties we turn to the
this town, in which of them do we
parted brother's. name ? In the Blue
tional Schools, the Indust' ial Schools
the School for the Blind, in all the inetiqyce,
our church for the education of the cilse
was constantly rendering aid not only
patronage, but by vigilant snpervisioil 5600,
And what a, catalogue of other inetitepty,
t
subjoin? Our Dispensaries and Ir.firflogerd ft:* its
Institntion,und the establishment fort°
distressed needlewomen, and ent
him. But the bare enumeration
charities, _would, carry me to too I
though not strictly in the same
tution, yet as an institution pi
benefits to the industrious classes
of life, L ought particularly to nn
of Liverpool, of which, forty y
with a few friends of kindred si
Notwithstanding the diversified na
was enabled, with God's blessing,'
perform them. ably, to the last. This-
careful, economy of time, by ps
arrangement, by the calm self-possess,
mind s. and.by doing one thing at
to do it-well,. that it might not
There wasa solidity in his moral
and in the form of the outer man.
sake of ostentation, but for a desire
no praise for himself, but delighted ".
I never heard him say an unkind word
heard any one say an unkind word!
God;. he was a man of peace.
that he counted it one of the gret
that he had been so long assocmat,
weii,r
thmsa,tl."
himins
e ehrtethasheptear in speak in
itontrh,teienrymethas °f
years
caret
cu
h:
affeotion of his brother rector, and
together--I believe upwards of
never been 'a word of difference
grant that all His mitthters ma
spirit of Chi istian brotherhood.
I mentioned, I think, that ourdepai
iii .this town for upwards of fifty. years,
very day, this vely month, six and
removed from St. George's Church,
here. And all that time he has fat
fidelity to God, faith in our Lord .14
,his congregation, to all the people
kind. He rests from his labours.
be heard no more pleading the cam
'calm in the midst of angry oonten
the afflicted, the poor ; encouragini
the aged. His voice will be heard
circle of his friends, where his social
greater brightness and greater charm
of moral purity and religious feeling,
no more from this pulpit, where In
words of truth and soberness, of
love, and eternal life. His voice w
sorrowing members of. his family,
gentle tones of love. But even no,
words and his example, he seems
that happier world where, by follows
trod, they may, through God's mere;
be also. In the meantime, though

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ie previous stillness of the see3„e, r,.1 a )
eral successive peals impressed l'''' ' ut,
character. On reaching the toalb. ot e
~,,
Le vault, and the Bishop went th;; :c1 eiv'
:•,e appointed to be read at the gr:i alte its
rs appeared to be deeply affect, ' • aws,
the last words of the ser'l' t „
when the thunderstorxn cone 311 ~,,NotT
r shower of rain fell, and the ce 1,3.
,'q a„ i
1 11 qn is living occupants. vilig
a
l
le deceased is enclosed first j 3,4
lon the outside an oak cofi3 "e tita
ie inscription on the plate is 0 Itta. ,
ks, Archdeacon and Senior Itenecii. jilts 11, ;
nber 1, 1775, died Septealber'''' ce:'''re,
ants for the funeral were entrut vioril,
Dry, undertakers, Bold-street. riknly at'l°ll
ajor Greig, the head constable, 0 eittaellled
i horseback, to say that nothing 11.41; bad
his police regulations. It Is Siftr los kit
and men of the force to state Lbsii To,' and (
airably carried out. About '4',J,.,,,ilojtts.
Fed in this duty. The exertieoricxet off pa,
Woodruff and Shaw, and tue„,er,.'blie „;'e be;
naking the necessary arrange"' "cid ILlealti
b to be overlooked. . itittv the ,
IV IA vera ,
degree of respect in which .iktte L ot 1
oks was held by his colleaffo tisoi7e)v
e 3, lay and clerical, whieb beedit\,,ol•4s4.ll,
V all of them were cuoveld ti,,447,4(
e venerable gentleman,..at °_,-01 . Iltlii„11
Pressive of respect for Ms w'itd, a Srb, ...%
', and also embodying 11_,° aetis ri'ut.l
ral in their public 01)3'41' 'l'll4ll Tti
exhibited their veneration tl,foittliy 1,, H
bDerby Board of Guarditins, ,o, L tisi7t, 4t
of West Derby, the derv' °JoiLtm,4bit
tubers of the Athenaeum CO.- Z.lr.er,„ll/11
) Liverpool Dispensaries• ote t"'"•in'''' his
Ereh
of St. Peter's, where the 04,b4 fo R.
do had ministered f 0 1 . falter '4M 1
°r .., of ql,eoiit'::inwhiet