ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

Otago Witness, Issue 3525, 4 October 1921, Page 5

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

HARR OP WINDOW AND SPEDDING MEMORIAL. On Sunday, 25th September, at 11 a.m., Bishop Richards unveiled the Harrop window and Spedding memorial at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Alai ins were sung by the Rev. W. C. Thomas, and the lessons were read by the Rev. C. 11. Statham. After hymn 240, the choir and clergy passed down to the handsome memorial tablet erected by the Spedding family, which the Bishop unveiled. Mr W. P. Morrell, on behalf of the chapter, who was accompanied by Mr Clive Evans and Mr A. Goodley, said: “Reverend Father in God we, the chapter of this cathedral church desire that you will unveil a tablet placed in this church in memory of Arthur Vivian Spedding, for the erection of which the necessary faculty has been obtained.” Then followed appropriate prayers, and finally the bishop said, after withdrawing the flag: “To the glory of God. and in memory of Arthur Vivian Speckling, we unveil this tablet, in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.” The choir then proceeded back to the chancel, when the Bishop began the service for tile dedication of a window, the final -prayer being: “O Almighty and Eternal God, Whose Divine Majesty filleth heaven and east-h, Who nevertheless doth deign to receive our willing offerings of what Thyself hast given; vouchsafe we humbly beseech Thee to accept this window, which we now dedicate to Thy honour, for the adornment of Thy House and in memory of Thy servant William Harrop. Grant that they who worship here, being drawn by Thy Holy Spirit to the love and contemplation of heavenly things, may daily be conformed to the image of Thy dear Son. The sermon was preached by the Bishop from Hebrews xi. In the course of his sermon, he said: “We have dedicated a tablet in memory of ono who fell at Gallipoli; the other window is in memory of ono whose bequest made the building of this cathedral a possibility. William Harrop was well known to many of you. lie was in business, like most people in Dunedin are to-day. Ilis life was along ordinary lilies, just as tens of thousands of others. He sought to play no distinguished part; nothing heroic except the heroism of doing his duty faithfully and in the fear of God. lie was distinguished, however, by one tilling at least. In an extravagant age he believed in the virtue of thrift; he practised it. And so at length after many years he stood possessed of a fortune which 'he determined to bestow with a sense of responsibility to Him from Whom lie had received it.” The Bishop concluded: “With feelings of reverent affection wo dedicate this tablet to the memory of Arthur Vivian Spedding. Our Cathedral is becoming very dear to us, is it not? Rich in sacred memories of those who have passed away; richer still in living communion with them in Christ.” Hymn 215, “The Church’s Ono Foundation,” concluded what was a beautiful and most impressive service. The beauty of the now window was universally conceded, a, somewhat unexpected result being that the chancel ilself, which seemed narrow with the Buchanan window, seemed very much broadened with the wide and even five lights of the new window.