THE OXFORD NOTE BOOK
BY PENNIB. The death of the Rev. P. R, Monro, last week, cast a gloom tVroughout the whole colony. Pew men have; won their way to the respect and admiration of the people as he, and- few would be so keenly missed. Tho
concourse, of sympathisers numbering not hundreds but thousands, that met at the Linwood Cemetery to show their respect for their departed friend, testified to this. From Auckland to the Bluff he was wellknown, and honoured, for his own sake, and for his intrinsic goodness and kindliness of heart. Few men are so liberalminded, or so generous as he. In ail lie undertook he was "an enthusiast, and all that he undertook was for the betterment of the people. Every good work has had his sympathy ; and even his enemies respected him for his purity of purpose. The principle of his life was to serve his generation ; to help his fellow creatures. He tried to prove by his life that to "Bear one another's is to "fulfil the law of Christ." Those who knew him best loved him most. He will be sorely missed m the Prohibition Campaign, of which he was one of the . pillars, and he will be miss.d m the work of social reform. The worn will not stand still. Other leaders shall arise ; but can we hope for one such as he, so noble, so genial, so generous, so true ?
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Oxford Observer, Volume VIII, Issue VIII, 20 March 1897, Page 2
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