The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-20
Obituary.
BISHOP BL0nSIYLD, OF LONDON.

III
The death Of Ba'hop Blomneld u an event which no
cbroncler Of the present times eave unnoaced and
S - S as
Of thoee who have Unfortunately admired the
bis' op on the hand and have criticised him unkndy
may gathered together the guidance OF others who
eay desire 70 Judge him mparattv. He belonged TO
WHO'S. css.csr and aSes esv. .Sc@ above the
level .hch the mere circumstance Of taeir psrenaso
might be supposed 70 have Prescribed 70 then Born
on the goth Of Nav, 1885, nj Bury st. Edmuud's, be
received his earliest education from his father Who CON
Quoted school in that town But ~as at the grammar
school Of bis native place, where he remained from the
age Of eight till he reached bis eighteenth year,
gs the rudms Of that scholarship which after yards
cured for him at Cambridge the distinctions Of roird
VsrgIer, Senior Hedslhst and Fello wsap at Trinity
College, having previously obtained Sir william Browns
medal for the Latin and the Greek ode Al houg the
rsd succession Of these high aoAdemoal honors seemed
ely designate him for the position Of sound aud &C.
onTste classical son0ar which his earliest publications,
indeed, fully maintained, IL was to the ministry OF the
church Of England that he devoted the whole
viqor Of bis ABILITIES, and wide sphere OF growing use
fulness opened TO him Presented successfully
by the prsen. Marquis OF Bsol, who has been spared
survive the emnert proge Of his early fe and by the
second Earl Spencer to the avines OF oaenaineton and
I, the rectory Of Chesterord the doces which
he n nei for long period preside
Who having in sl7 appointed Mr. Biom held his domestic
chaplain and subsequently given him the viog OF st. 30
toph Bshopsgae and the srchdesconry OF Colchester no
within short interval elevated 70 the bAhopric OF
Chester before he bad reached the age of 50
l. WAS in tha, high office, and eti more whom, after
brief period Of years he succeeded his patron
DR. Howley In the Of London that he displayed the
maturity or those talents which during the last quarter
Of ceptuy mace him The most conspicuous MEMBER OF
the Ergilsh prelacy. AZ debater In Parliament when
the interests Of religion or the welfare OF the clergy
called him to share 10 Its discussions he was vigorous and
LUCID As preach he combined the clearest statements
Of ooctrina nth the most forcibe and aecuonste
deductions them Of practical conduct all clothed In
cy Of language which made MN eassy socepAp p.
while the admirable management o. voce M
ursy melodious nabled him, without the least apparent
effort command the attention Of the largest oonerega-
tons There sas an utter and probably studied absence
OF oil a.ton In hts public elocuton whether In the senate
o we sincerity Of hi, cSSrscer and 70 tn, serns
weight the staten which he enforced Az an
locker Of the OF this popuous docess he evnoed
whether il referred TO the minutest or the
giavest quest ons and he was accessible 1t all times
to every one who submitted them TO his notice The
disposal Of his ample preferment was never prostitued to
the objects Of neposn nor to the bias Of political opinion
And be retared the revenues OF most richly we'd
long after recently appointed preatss had acqui
esced In the limitation Of theirs was only that he might
unsparng hand promote the erection Of churches,
clergy II was this large and self denying munidcence
that mainly tended 10 stimulate the same spirit In others,
and rh, h, his age the English
measures, however, which bear upS. .he% pre-
| erse,io mind-,he Systematic perseverance, Of his
efforts 70 secure the building Of churches and the
Sees which originated The appeal Of his well known
Ter 70 Archbishop Howley The improved residences Of
he benehced and the improved spends Of the unbsneuced
clergy the effective examinations Of candidates for
the ministry, and the peater frequency Of com nunons
| and connrmauons, these were all evidences Of .
| more vigorous ecclesiastical administration which he
| nishs be thought 70 have shared With his episcopal
| contemporaries. But u would not probably be
| dihouh 70 prove hat even those were stribu-
| able In no ordinary degree 70 the impuse Of his
] mind, which encouraged and stimulated others In
he path Of their responsible duty: True II =,
indeed, that the controversial spirit diuscd over the
later period Of Bishop Romneds life rendered acre din
cult The course Of who Ike him, wished 70 think we'll
Of oil without trucking 10 the mistaken opinions OF any
But those will be the nrs TO make Allowance for bis
duct In oeaHDg with the difficulties which such stale Of
opinion created, who estimate the delicate position Of
preiae who called upon 70 Afbitrase ~ moment when
| party spirit runs high among the clergy.
would however, be doing little justice 70 the charac
| ter OF 20 eminent a II we were 10 drop the
curtain his memory without unfolding one por
ton OF 10 dehneaie the consistency with which he
adorned all the relations OF domestic life The best
friends OF bis school and college career were hose
| Of his ripest years. With o memory accurate and re-
tenuve, and with an elastic cheerfulness Of disposition
which the severest trials Of rduous engagement aud
often III requed Kindness never RULED, store OF bis
reading and the fund OF bis anecdotes ddused charm
the society OF every circle which he entered The
IN her OF numerous family, or which six and I've
daughters de pi,rng his oes he abored
lpgly 10 train them In the principles OF the faith which
from his heat be lored and OF which his own conduct
afforded them constant example. We have heard upon
an authority which cannot be questioned, tina since bis
retirement into private life there sentiment how-
Ing more frequently from bis lips than those which er.
pressed h convicten OF his padequste fudlment Of
his public duties while the enjoyment Of bis mental 70.
ouites was preserved 10 him nearly 70 The close OF his
exisien e and bis last at Of Consciousness act OF
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