ARCHBISHOP JULIUS

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 September 1938, Page 4

ARCHBISHOP JULIUS

TRIBUTES AT FUNERAL. [per press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, September 3. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.” This was the Scriptural quotation which appeared on the cover of the Order of Service at the Christchurch Cathedral this afternoon, and it aptly epitomised the life of Archbishop Julius, who was buried to-day. The service which preceded the funeral, was< a simple but deeply moving occasion. An hour before it was due to begin, people were filing into the cathedral, which was packed before two o’clock. At the stroke of the hour, the choir filed in from the right, and the clergy and members of the Cathedral Chapter from the left. There was a big representation of the clergy, and in the' body of the cathedral, were representatives of local bodies, including the Mayor (Mr R. M. MacFarlane), churches of other) denominations. educational bodies, a 4 nd in fact every phase of the city’s life, both public and private. The eight pall-bearers, four of whom were the Archbishop’s! grandsons, and the other four, husbands of his grand-daughters, lifted the casket to their shoulders and passed through the surpliced ranks. There was a deep silence in the cathedral, and it was evident that those who had come : to bid farewell to a dearly loved churchman and citizen, felt a sense of personal loss. From the Sisters of the Community of the Sacred Name, j which the Archbishop himself estab- I lished in Christchurch, to the girls of I

his cherished school of St. Mai- j garet’s, from the clergy who knew | him so well, to those of other churches who venerated and liked him. all felt the solemnity of the occasion, and it was one of the most, impressive services that the cathedral has ever known. In the square, traffic had stopped as the casket was lifted to the hearse. There were no cars filled with flow-

ers. The Archbishop did not want them, and they were not necessary to express the city’s affection and sorrow. En route to the Linwood Cemetery, the people were clustered at street corners to pay a silent tribute. As the cortege passed on to the sodden slopes at the cemetery,,some hundreds of people had assembled for the final service, which was conducted by Bishop West-Watson. There, after the simple burial service, “earth to earth, and ashes to ashes,” members of the Archbishop's family dropped their personal wreaths in (he grave. As the crowd slowly dispersed, the sun broke through the clouds for the first time in a grey day. 'l’lie pall-bearers at the cathedral and at the cemeteiy were Messrs John I Elworthy, Edward Elworthy, Derrick | Gould, Arthur Elworthy, J. Wilson, R. | S. D. Harman, 11. Thomson and Rev. I W. E. D. Davies. 3 'l’he chief mourners were Very Rev. | Dean J. A. Julius and Mrs Julius, Mr I and Mrs Arthur Elworthy, Mr and 0 Mrs Percy Elworthy and Ven Arch- . deacon Arthur Hanson and Mrs Hao- 1 son. and Miss Julius. |