New-York tribune., 1875-01-25
OBITUARY.
CHARLES KINGSLEY.

;tb IA no less CONSERVATION than sorrow, to all who
labor for the welfare Of the human race for every
euoh worker would have felt that great warrior
had fallen in the very beginning of the battle
NOw-sinoe much bas been accomplished that nc
lived TO soOonI Ilsh and. in the progress of constl
tutiOnal government, the repeal OF bad laws anc
the wido dissemination of liberal and humane
thoughts and ideas, the safety OF his cause
and theirs, seems assured. this will be
heard, with deep sadness and solemnity indeed
but with q sorrow unmiXed with alarm. lie mas
fallen; but not before his victory was won. The
champion of the oppressed poor man sinks into tue
grave but the poor throughout the English-speak-
ing world, are better in condition and happier IN
mind because Charles Kingsley has lived: and the
high purpose of sucal ameliOratiOn which he re-
freshed and stimulated. by So many agencies in the
best heart and intellect of his age,-giving ii a
fresh impetus and a renewed vgor,-surv1ves to lift
them higher ycs. and constantly TO teach and keep
In view the brotherhood of man.
The story of his life is of course. the story OF his
works and their iniuence-and that is written on
the experience Of his generation The most that can
hero be given in brief commemoraton of him, is the
eager narrative of incidents and record OF impress
sions. Bir. Kingsley was burn at Holne, in Devon
ahIre, England. on June II. 1919. His father was
then vicar of Hone. but afterward became rector
Of St. Luke's Chelsea. The family of Kingsley is an
ancient one in Caeshire. There was a Col Kings
ley who served under CrOm we'll and Gen. Kings
ley who led brigade at the battle Of Minden. One
ancestor emigrated tO America and established
branch which still exists in this country. The traits
of force martial valor and pubho spirit which
said to have distinguished the family in former
times ary strkngly obvious in the works of Charles
Kingsley a. they were in his character and in the
conduct of his life. The childhood IF this celebrated
man passed in holne vicarage. and amid sur
rOundincs Of such natural beauty and historic asso
ciatiOns have for DevOnshire the name Of the
garden Of England These environments Of
natural lOveliness and legendary lore had
their strong and bealthfu influence on the
development Of lis Imagination, and bis
robust and manly frame. From the of Il TIL the
age of 20 be was under the tuition and care
of the Rev Derwent C0leTidge. at O,tley, St. John.
Tben he went TO Kings College London, and then.
IN hts 22d year. to Magdalen College, Cambridge
from which institution be was graduated with high
hOnOrs as a classical scholar and mathematician
IN 1874 having chosen the profession OF the Church,
ne was settled over the Parish of Eversley, IN
Hampshire and there were passed many years OF his
useful and brilliant life. In 1874, also he was mar
ried-his wife being the daughter Of PascOe Greu-
fell long member of Parliament for Truro aud
Great Marlowe. His life at Eyersley must have
been very happy-fCr. though he worked hard Tor
the parish and was assduOus IN preaching he tol-
lowed vi th the freshness and ardOr OF boy those
field sports of which be was passOnately fond. and
which kept him in health and hope and cheer. As
a clergyman he was stanchly devoted 10 the Estab-
Jisbed Church vet liberal in theology. As preacher
he was > mple, sincere, strong, effective, and,-by
reason of his mauliness his sympathy with the
Door his knowledge of The wants and feelings of the
bumblest rustic.-v,ry dear TO the people among
whom he lived and labored. He rose Ia the Church
70 be Canon OF Westminster, ard he became one OF
The private cbaplains 10 the Qleen. Another ot1ce
Of honor that he occupied with credit and beneh-
Genoa was that of Professor of Modern History at
Cambridge University.
The writings Of Mr Kingsley are vo!uminous ana
diversified. showing prodigiou5 Industry rs wen as
a vital and versatile mind. his FIRST WORK, Nlllase
sermons appeared in 1874 II is simple, earnest,
and meant for simple readers; It urges the sprit OF
Christianity a. the guide and helper in everyday
life. and as the first and most essential force IN
r;ghtiDq social wrongs. HIS next work was he
Saint,s Tragedy" published in 1913, with preface
nv the Rev F. d. Maurice. This relates 10 the bis
tory of Elizabeth OF Hungary, and depicts the
human heart in revolt against aSceticiSm. Deep
belief m the nobeness possible to human nature
and blended Herewith determined opposition TO
the fetters-Of whatever sOrt-by which 1t Is COD
strained and fletted. breathe through all his
writings; but their earliest emphatic enunciatlon
vas made IN his third work, ALTON Locke" put
forth in 1870 This has been called a "Chartlst
novel" II espOuses the cause Of the poor and II
-loguentlv urges that every human being should be
permitted 70 make the best of himself that he cam
according to the law OF duty and conscience Keen
and ptvng of the miserable state or the poor
Of London worA Dg upon nature full of tenderness
Ion. .fulna al -
.bis book. and gives it an astonishing vitality. Its
oriDal,ry and power seized the public attention, in
Sts day. with a very strcHg grasp, and Charles
Kingsjey became at once . name and power IN
the world of thought and among the practical
workers for Christian civilization. His subsequent
publications were: The Mes &c Of the Church TO
Iaborin4 Mem" 1851; Yeast" 1871; " Tne Apshca-
,ion of Associative Principles and Methods TO AgT-
cniture' 1851: Sermons National Subjects,
1852; "Phaetheon, OF Loose thoughts for Loose
-'Thnker-r lSJ2; "Uypatia, or New Foes with an
Old Face" 1853; "Aleyandria and Her Schools
1854; Westward Ho," 1Sl5; Sermons for the
Times" 1855; "Glaucns, the Warders OF the
Shore" 1856 "Thc Heroes, or Greek Fairy TalcS,"
1886; "Two Years Ago" 1857; Andromeda and
Other Poems" 1853 Sir Walter Raleigh and His
Times" 1859; Good News of God" 1859; Lectures
and Essays Hereward. the last of the English "
Town GEOLOGY; ana AT Last Ono Vi HE hoS'
notable minor works was a sermon on Muscular
Christianity" which be preached in ST. Mary's, the
Church Of the University of Cambridge.
Dying at the age of IS, Mr.. Kingsley passes aw ay
ID tho meridian Of bis powers. lie Lad lived whole
some life; he was a well-knitted, tough, elastic
man he had the capacities within hn of much ad-
ditiona work Yet il cannot be said that he has
left his work unfinished. The word that it was IN
him TO speak for the emancipation Of mankind from