Thursday, July 16, 2009

Prague Journal—09.07.16 (England)

The following was written on a large brass panel on one of the walls of the "Frazer Chapel" in the Manchester Cathedral. It seemed a wonderful epitaph for a faithful pastor:

To the Beloved Memory of

James Frazer D.D.

Bishop of Manchester

1870–1885

A Man of Singular Gifts

Both of Nature and of the Spirit

Brave, True, Devout, Diligent,

in Labours unwearied

He won all Hearts by Opening to them his Own

and so Administered this great Diocese

As to prove yet once more

That the People know the Voice

of a Good Shepherd

and will Follow where He Leads


This chapel has been erected

By his Devoted Widow

May 1887


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