THE LATE DEAN JACOBS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12422, 11 February 1901, Page 2

THE LATE DEAN JACOBS.

• AN IMPEESBIYE F UNERAL: The funeral of the ;late» I>e;m Jacobs took jiplaea '>, on Ss:t.tm-iiay , 'afternoon, and 'was very largely attended: Shortly [after two ', o'clock the : caiket eonitaining the botly,. covered .-with the (handsome l .Cathedral :pall, was borne from ith© .Deanery, to an op::i he:irse, which was (Covered i with"Vhite .'ilowcrs. The bearers jwere the Rev F.-Britlan,.-Messrs C. Lewis, SM.H.R., G." Harper, J. B. Fisher, T. D. jOondell, ,S. D. Ea;k:r, W. H. jGundry .and F. il. BritlM. The cortege then mnvad ' oil : for the . Cathsidra.{, members of the Christs' College Old JBoy/ Association i'crming two lines on either side, of the hearse ; then came the [masters and pupils' of Christ's College and Members of the Diocesan Synod. The imournirigycarriages contaiue J the six daughters and/the two sous o; the late Deu-ii. I As' the procession moved toward?; the [Cathedral the big bell tolled. : A large congregation had assembled at [the Cathedral, ami here the body was met

[at; the northern door by the Rev Canon ;.';, 'Harper, the Veu Archdeacon Lingard, and ', (nearly all the clergy in the Diocese, who, with the members of •' [the Cathedral Chapter, were robed. As 'the coffin was borne to it.; place in front , rof the chance], the organist played Chopin's 1" Funeral March." ''A portion of the- imjpressive funeral service was 'gone through jin. the Cathedral by Canon Harper, the • :l Ven Archdeacon lingard reading the les- .■; ■ [son. The hymn::, '• Lead land "The King of Lovo my Sheliherdis" (were sung by the full choir. The W,r was [again,home to the hearse, tiro organ"peal:',jingiorth "The Dead March" hi " Saul," land ...the cortege, headed by the .clergy tin 'robes, '■.•proceeded to the Church . Joi Enghmd. [Cemetery, Barbadoes Street, [where the remainder of the service was i'conducted by the Yen Archdeacon Lingard ;and Canon. Knowles. ' I At the grave the combined choirs of the jCathedral and St Luke's sang the hvmn, '"For Even with .the Lord." . * ; After the funeral the Cathedral bells rang !'* muffled peal. •; 'The'following is a list lo f those who sent jfloral tributes .—Christ's College Old Boys' [Association, Christ church " Press " • Company, .Mrs Baikae, Nurse Carey, [Mrs JKiver and family, Mis Wilioox, Mrs Prins amd : daughters, Mrs Ben{nett, Nurse Hay, Mr and Mrs W. D. An- , jdrews, Sir John Ball. Mrs and Miss [Tnwood, Mr Schoifieid ■ and family, ', Mr andl Mra .Winter, Misses Sara and Alice jßowron, Mr and Mrs Bourns. Mrs Theo- .. ibaM, Mr and Mrs Lehrh and 'family, Mrs .[Richards, Mr and Mrs Berkelsv, Misses E. [and A. Thomas, Mr EoberD Inwood. the '.Vicarage (Opawa). Mr and Mrs Henry'Alii- [ i'son, Mr and Mrs H. L. Bowker, .and family, [•"'. [.Mr: and Mrs Arthur Appleby, Mr and Mrs \G: -IL.Merton, Mrs and Miss Grcenstreet, . [Mr J. M. Heywoud and family, Mrs King, ■Mr and Mia William Izard aiid the Misses 1 Izard, 'Mr. and Mrs W. 11. Hargreaves, Mrs i Colborne-Yeel, Mr and Mrs W. H. Gum-dry, i: .Mrs Croasdaiie Bowen, Mrs Mathias, Mr "and Mrs W." P. Wood. Mrs Alfred Amyes and the Misses .Hancock. Miss Wilimer, ; Miss Over, en, Mr and Miw I'. J. Frver, Mm 'Reeves, Mr Alfred and Miss M. Kir ton, Mr and Mrs Searvell Mr and Mrs C. Hood iWilliams, Mr ami Mrs J: C. Davis, Rev :■ ■" m. C. M. and Mrs Watson, St Luke's Par- ;!: ' : :sonage, Mr and- Mrs Hockley and family, : - ': and Mrs 1 C. A. Calvert. '/Amongst those present were—Sir John »Hall, the Revs W. Baumber, D.r Morley, Mathias ami.H. T. Piirohas, Major 'I---:' Rjcyfds,. ■ Dr ■ Evans,'.. Messrs : J. M. I: 1 ; ;jßeyw'6dd, ' : W. Chrystall,' F. H. R-Vfßrittap, J- J- Thompson, C. T. ■■¥, Berkeley, J. -L. Searvell, IP'#^iw^W>'-H. : R.-Webb;:W. Town-send, T. C. Nonis, li'lilielnf';--A^V-.''B:! Bishop, E; 'Denhany !j| WBi-!'sOoadeii' ! , ; 'A..' E. '-Kower,,' 0.. Harl«

ing, T. Gordon, A.. W. Ollivier, V. Mathias, W. H. Gundry, H. P. Murray-. Aynsley, G. H. Merton, W. D. Andrews, A. G. March, C. Hastings" Bridge, R Westenra, F. H. Wilson, A. H. Westenra, G. Harper, H. D. Andrews, H. W. Bishop, C. Lewis, M.H.R., J. B; Fisher, S. D. Barker; G. Reeves, C. F. Bourne, J. G. Grierson, J. Anderson,. A. T. Brown, H. S. Brown. T.' W. Maude, E. D. Wilcox, P. J. Fryer. A. C. Knight, F. Strouts, A.. Cox, W. F. Beatson, W. H. G. M'lntvre.. T. D. Harnian, J. U Wilkin, F. Brash, B. Parkinson, A. F. N. -Bkkl&ton., P. Boulton, C. P. Hulbe-rt,' W. H. Harcreaves, A. J. Merton, E. W. Seager, T. J. Maline, G. P. Cox, J. Thornton-, C. Austin,. J. Ballantyne, C. Bell, A. C. Barnes, H. B. Lane, G. sYillmer and the Hon E. C. J. Stevens. : V MEMORIAL SERVICES. At the Cathedral, yesterday -morning, Canon Knowles preached', -taking his text from Phillipianis 1, 23. y; He pointed out that death did not' meaii! in the apostle a. eess-aticn of his service of .Christ. . It meant a newer, fuller, -sweater service. In St. Paul's view death was not loss, but gain-,-the 'exchange of a life of -sorrow and temptation for one of peace and happiness; not poace in the sense of oblivion, but conscious peace and happiness.. Christ came hito ft the world,that man might have life and* hat. more abundantly. They might approach death as they approached sleep, not dreading it- and not longing for it. butaccepting it as God's good way. There were few'present who had not suffered the loi-s of ■ some well-beloved one; yet they knew that their loss was their lost ones' gain. Gcd had, within the last few days, called to his Paradise one who had ;takeji a most prominent part in the religious life of Canterbury. Dean Jacobs was appointed Dean soon after the Cathedral was erected, and previous to that he hadi been a well-known figure in church, life. His genial, courteous manners, placid temperament and consideration for others, were-the true characteristics of a Christian gentleman. The preacher could; personally testify to innumerable acts of charity and-'kind-ness, and many 'of"tie; congregatidn would recollect similar instances:"''For years, past Dean Jacobs had patiently borne the trials and pains of his gradual decay. Now, by the mercy of Gcd, he had been released from all trouble and.had gone to his great reward. ,

The evening service was to have been taken by Bishop Juliusj' but as his Lordship had been unable to obtain- leave of absence from the General Synod, now sitting at Napier, Canon Harper took his place. The hymns -were of a special character, and the anthem 'was, " Blest are the Departed." 11l the course of his sermon Canon Harper said that one had passed away whom most of those present knew well; on© who had been identified with the church in the Can-tc-rbury settlement from the very beginning. Dean Jacobs had come out in on© of the first four.ships, and'since.then had occupied many places of importance in: the church. The kite Dean Vas""the first headmaster of Christ's Cciiege, and the poacher, who was a boy at the school at'that time, could well recollect the kindliniess of the Dean's disposition, his careful teaching and his example culture and refinement./Leaving' th© headmastership of Christ's'College, he became incumbent of St Michael's, and in later years he was better known as the Dean; of the. Cathedral. He came to the colony as one who had 1 distinguished 'himself iii one of England's oldest universities, that 'of Oxford, having gained a first-class 'at a time when the standard was exceptionally high. He therefore brought to the. colony a,. learned and scholarly mind, and it was a considerable advantage to a young\coimtry to- have in one who was to shape to some extent, the destinies'of that 'country,' a man possessed of distinguished scholarly attainments, and who' was master. of. a, literary style Of a very pure order. All had their limitations, but the Dean had been able to fulfill a useful work in building up the church in the tuocese. ■•■••■•

A memorial .service to the late ■ Dean Jacobs was held afc'St Mary's, Addington, last evening. 3hV church was draped with black, special -hymns "-weffc sung, and >t-the conoluaiioß of the service Chmrin's "Dead

March" was played. The vicar preached from Genesis 25, 8. ■- -.