THE DEATH OF THE PRIMATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12003, 27 June 1902, Page 4

THE DEATH OF THE PRIMATE.

The peaceful passing away of the* revered Bishop and Primate was soi in keeping with the calm and tender, albeit so fearless, character of him, that consciousness of its supreme meaning could not but allay the! grief with which all who knew and loved him heard yesterday that ho was no more. We can add nothing to the insufficient tribute to his life and work by which we endeavoured to express the feeling of the com-< munity on receiving news of his resignation, such a few short days ago* Even then the hand of Death was upon him, and well would it be foU the world if all of us had so little reason to be afraid. But we cannot forbear assuring his widow and children that the deepest sympathies of all who esteemed and honoured the dead are with them in! their affliction and that his patient example and devoted work have not been unappreciated or in vain. His memory will be enshrined among those truly great and worthy ones to whom this young colony owes so irredeemable a debt, who have given' their health and strength, their culture and their intellect, their very lives, so that what is best of the old land may be implanted in the new. Nor can we forbear to say that tha sympathies of the community go out all the more to them in their bereavement because there are none ignorant that the work of good Bishop Cowie can never be dissociated from the noble and unassuming part taken in it by his wife. Devoutly may we all wish that the mantle he received from the great Selwyn, and which he has now laid aside only to put on the " incorruptible," may never be less fittingly and leaf worthily worn.