, 1877-03-31

t"c nFen nl1t n MS GatHcn, on tic moor. hf /
inc bi'!c nj lorcly frout-strchm; /" and tte,
while llo paced up antl down the rnorn, hIh wi
wonll wrtto from his tiietat'on. It was TIL
Alton Locke" with others ot hs bot'ks, va
...At 1ast,''. and "Tle Water.1,ssics we, We.
s t,'rown Of directly upon the Inspiration Of Ii
Thc la..en.med book vas written 10 anu,
a. hrcakfast a. the rectory, ono spring u,ornin,
this year ttSG2 tho father was setnintJe,l of Il,
ola @ nte'n'lse; Rose, Maurice, and Mary ha1, :,
nn,s g1a toeiT e., 0ook, and baby must have @ III
Into h1t sturdy, locking the tlopr. IN baif a.
@ lonr he returned with tic story Of little Tom
n.t,,.. IT. vas % thc irst cilaptcr oi The Water
~ n1p;es' written oI ssft1tnnt correction. Tho res
msaahs Nna9xfnt, was composed with tic saint
9nlcknesa mud case us The first capter,-if, in
heea, es1,ad Msas was 10 purely an inspiration eou
.ecnca M ecea 70 eSnp9s1s o for The xpto thing
nehrt, llehtcninE b9th Of d burden, without cx
Manttffg either, md tho copy went up to tho
tea PRIMERS witli scarcely 9. 0aw. lie was quito
unpreparcd l1r tic sefisation It would make"
~ ls59 s1r. Kingslcy Was made one us' of lcs
Majcstye Chaplains In Ordinary, and a little
latef + was appointed to the Itcgiis profcssnrthip
t1hNt 81 Mosrn DC Iistory at canbr1dgc-a position
standing his constant appearance before tic
public as speaker and writer, Mr. Kingsley was
never able to get fil OF n painful nnl .,nconqucr-
ae!e sESncss lic had serious 'nnctll,nent IN
ha specchs but this, IN sermon nrfccturc, was
scarcely pcrecbtl!ic. Nevertheless, II was 40
sore an ai1lcttou to him "tf.at tlo seldom en-
tefei @ room, Or spoke fn private or public,
terror, when he said he could havo wished tho
Garth would open md swallow hin up tl,cro anil
then:" At tho height Ut his carear. whilo de-
llverlng a scrics of LECTURES in Etllnburg, l,e
wrote 10 his wife, at tho close at tho first, i" I
was drcaifualy nervous, and actually cried with
fear ur, III my own room beforehand" )"
Another prominent characteristic was Ills
fonducss for drawing. When in4loors i,c was
never tn.y without pcn orpcnIi In liis ltngcre,
Wit! which hc was pcrpctuatly Illustrating nc
subjects Of his thought or conversation. ]lIs
scri'lon.hook vas covered Will, sketches, anil
fase' gare., sn sceuss eopei II from f le, ss or
produced by his Imagination. Tie artistic talent
ol luis father had descended 70 Him, and in tlls
manner foan'l the relief of expression. Tho
bclIfshct were eagerly sought by ll!s ajt,frcrs Us
n1cincntocs. Of interest In themselves ~ well as
for. their authorship
bridge, in 1so r Kineslcy acvcp,cd A The CAM can.
onry t,f Chester, which WAS three years latcr re.
etgncl fur a similar position at Wcstmtnstcr.
Tue ineeesant toll Of bis lffc ras now telling
forccnat, "Ah! ho Is M Instance OF
man who hns worn his brain AWAY, and j.c Is
gone @ @, ~ !, am t, surely gotng:" Mdro and more
Ao ikAt . MSHk UJ ne e1tu Tn hlA
ovcr!'' ~ "A'" ~ 70 ~'
In 1874 Mr.. Kingsley camo 10 America 10 Walt
ny r9o1 9sst son settled n Colorado and oan
In August, fts IaO0rs wcro resumed Will, thn
,ts'tal cagcrncs., inducing tho now hnbIttiai OK.
hanAtion. In December, nftrr term OF scry1ro
g. hr,v,i ,M,sistnlnstcr he vent lack to Evcrscy viii
aear as al1 fcctory. But dangerous illness
attacked lits wife. and, on tho announcement
ehal there was no hope Of her recovery, ho r.
he'' hosa' ,v,s My n"n dcatt1.warrant Is signed with
lie Ind ever wi*hed TINT hla llfc might end nt
lc l same ting with that Of tho beloved ono anon
Wnoh1 & US aFdcnt affections were ccntercl. RTo
1als wliG." wrote one who knew him Intimately,
and huHhc ttiankfulncss,-l,e owed tic wlolo
ietlor of HIS life, gil that he had worth living ior
IT. xas true. And hs ege!y word, and lonk. and
esafe harr e, o. eiyalr9us devotion, for than
ooahulcss gratitude had become part Of hIa
nature, was meyer out OF the undercurrcnt of
,ls a,lleaEhts." " IT, On account OF tic delicate
neatm e.t o. @ Airs: kLnesloy. ho fiud expected to
lness sitter lser death appalled, hin. II bad
,ccn mattcr Of frequent conversation between
,tat tioi1't ana now the dreaded event was In iUji
tcm; LOW. nno account OF tho sweet, solemn days
ng: 0'S@> '' ''' 'e'' ''ue''
j. Dwelling on the bo1tlcF.Iand together for weeks
zee 9sss nnen eyeF chapter Of tho
svora po:r9 Va, 1ss ~ "a ~
10; ~ lode IT, lmmortalty;" Mlions
i:H'ass Arodia. o5e 70 Ia1sS s an
ass.Res from shak4pea<o. onca more he hin,eolf
tho Holy Communism TO h,s '1iH Wiz.
Scn; Sc:;,f ena T., sefTysats; and once again before
ith thom from Tho fands ii Mr. Iisr,i"op.
uI H. tsgagh big own Iron YIN and nier sublnissfon
lin In The sick room, and oyen to snenE therc ~
y lonely yeas. which hc feared wero beforc lin;
hsef ~ wasss a IL ss .,d he would allow
aeo three Latin words, ia which tic lite Of bis
70; &c nass pfes;ent rs; I'D future, ~ gathered up-
ahen e .s iii IT, Sss ~. sss .stseS s tsSss
Z 70" 70 It wa.. liz W. II himseli. and db became
cold beesm. on & fss sea BIZ
ccember 10 took to hIs bed, md pneumonia. with
10 'easGe eeats.r ya. ,s: saMa o. on spay
to q, Dong kept up ~ biz room, AND on iii nssor
no Into h'a wiio's room for few momxnts. M n@a' '
x191g nsa, her nsnS ~ H.: .aa Tls i iicasen
~ nusrr met again. ""~
lie fingered until the Esd Of January, 1875.
q tnen aled without struggle. To tito iasi
,,o aeatt sfa was somf9rtca IT. With tho belef that Il
a.d ~ wlfa would enter upon the f,1.ura
together. For day or two bcfore his death
wae unueF tho Impression that she had al
ldy gene, and ho mlrlnurcd to a friend, in ,,
ankiHl tones, It Ia all right, ,-al ~ il saoud Il
;" :. On tho last morning, ho was heard to rc.
It tho words OF tho Burial Service, al over III.
lvo OF heF whom he had 90 cherished: and he
'sr spoke again. On the cross erected over
grave aFa engraved the three Latiu words N,
zen contained, a. ho said. tho story OF Ills ~
:. = 'Amastmuf-Amamus-Am
!. 20 i, assertion OF Arthur Helps. that sn Is A,
~ IN proportion to hIs capacity for loving, IA
nc out 10 the case Of Charles Kingsley. The
snse affection ho bore his wlfe-"pure, pa.
IL passionate, for slx-and.ttlrty years:
Y J, whleh never stopped from liz own lofty Nc
Il .lho sc aaty word, an impatient gesture, Of sh
~ v,as ts J., act ~ sckncsa or In health, u sun e
u"t ~ only 10 . less degree, to ull who wefe un
H. i n,n.t na; TO hia children, whom ho treated Lii
servants, , ls parIsi!oners, and cYcn tie AMI. -,
WIZ an'i domestic, that shared tIe bounty tey
e impossible to convey ia restricted vpaeo obi
ldcquato Idea Of tho sffcn1t .ant Swrc. nss. mn,
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