, 1881-07-24
A SKETCH WITH PERSONAL. EEMENEEAN'


A SKETCH WITH PERSONAL EEN1ENEEA Noes.
For 1hr Chic:.r, 1:s!,f'r<.
The tidings uf the death oi Dean Stanley
lave been received with widespread regret.
His name las gone out through all the civil
lied world and wherever ii has gone 1t has
been lonored and revercd. Few men i'll the
religious world ant! l,nt in the tccle>lastlc-
al circles Of England. have had a inure PROM
i1.el.t and influential place. For three-score
years and six Ii. has worn
The white flower oi 4 lamelcss life,
aud now, suddenly and all TOO soon, he has
l,usst,,i away from the tl!g.litieS a.a graceful
services. from the lullors and grlctS OF !lit'>
10 where ''btyf...d these Voices there Is
pcace'' L few personal relnenl'r;lnct:S lait
gratefully IT'S Il Students tribute by Dean
stalsley's open grave may bt 1ltither lnalt-
l,ropriatc nor unti1nty.
Tile record Of tile Deans life is brief and
free from startling events. The sts'ry is Snon
1nld lie WAS horn III -AltItrly, in the love
1y County Of Cheshire, on the Eth uf De
celnbcr, 1Sl5. This was IN cventfui year i'll
Europe. especially in England 1t vas the
year Of grace the Year Of Waterloo, when
Europe was delivered from the t!lra,loln Of
ill ambitious tyranl and the long. s;s.l war
came to It'll end. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
would he sure to 1,rar amongst the first
stories ri his childhood of the bravery Of The
''Iron Duke and the valiant deeds "f his
heroic >n!tiiers. The Deans father. DE- I'd,
ward Stanley. WIS Rector Of Ai,terly: and
very happy must have bern the early years
.f the future ccc!csiastic, spent i'll the
peaceful Kcctoiy and amid the pleasant
Farmland, of Cheshire. Rugby SciiM'l,
famous It's the best n'i'idle-cas5 school i'll EH-
.Ia,ld,-known now all the world over.
llnslles' TON Browns Scho"l Days, =
was then under tic G,1it!t:sce and :..'vt:rll-
1ta. S Of tha the sr s:o'"'sd # a;t,rw III ao1aS f
lev i'0' BEGAN m illat % courss Of Study that
illuminated III such deep and far-rc:'chlns
scholarship. lie had just passed bis alSt
Importance II the nation and !" the quiet
Rectory of AIher!y. Eis1ecn hundred and
1Ilrty-scve1l MAS the starting no!nit
t't 4 new era. in English history. Will
lam ~. died at Windsor Castle on the
18th Of June. and w:ut sllccer.ied by hiss
youthful niece. who. ascending the throne VI
England, inauguraied what will t}c Known
il future years rs '1tfle Victorian Age.
then fon'lly calcd---bron,sh' = great change
10 the Stanley family. The l;te1ory WAS eX-
changed for an Episcopal palace: alNl the
Rector Of -aldt,r1y became Lord Bishop OF
Norwich, which l'igl. otlice. he adorned for
. twelve years. and then died in ls!:', deeply
laEnei'te.l by the Church III which he WAS 50
faithful a servant. and by th.. community in
the midst oi which lie had exercised his Sa-
s;ged Vacation. In this s''le year: lSS,
graduating at University College, oxford.
winning. year after ye:lr more than golden
l0nors: Ills rlreer was nl',st brilliant. lie
Very soon distinguished himself rs the best
classic of lis year. III Is:s' liz woH the Latin
-<rize. In 1Si0 he manifested that great skill
IN the Use OF the English language that in
after Years male his wnrks standard cSasl-
pies OF purity Of stNlt: :llil grace ri tlictiOn.
Tins year ile Wt.., TIL, prizes snr he best Eli
elisll aud Tor tile t!ls.uit'1lc:,l essays. lie
was this yc:lT elected Fcik'W III University
tuliecH. For twelve }t.,l$ lie Was tutor ut
oxford, and ;l,!A1 ht WAS appointed Select
Preacher. l!olns:~ crowded lIoH' uuoli his
bath. III the year lA,I the Erar ii the first
great exhibition i'll l.t'lt!nn-~le was aupnln1-
ed III Il Cannnry in Canterbury Cathedral.
III 1856 he WAS aplrsl1i:est lscalu> Professor
81 Eccit>iaSfIclt lti~'"fy 1T ''Si"rh. which
higl, place lie he'll! and nanrth till the Year
lA4, when he WAS called to tie Nuntry OF
Westminster -ihiry.
That venerable. stately Ii'e-tIle nations
chief Scpulelrt' 1nr tt'r mighty te3n-llaH
lung been the sllriNt :.;;rlrtE-- pilgrims from
all lands to look npon the rcs1l.ly-l''ace "f
Kings and warriors IT old rrn0Wn. and
statesmen and poets uf 4 later ace. Here
killg> and Queens Wt{,. crowned. Here, Mii-
Itr the huge. tlllEeitlv cDrnil:!nI CHAIR, lies
:ln unsllal,cly stone. believed still by the cred
ulou; TO be the identical stone nn which the
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