CHURCHMAN’S DEATH

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20207, 29 May 1937, Page 8

CHURCHMAN’S DEATH

REV. T. FIELDEN TAYLOR. WORKER FOR THE UNFORTUNATE. LIFE OF SELF DENIAL. (By Teleyrapn.—press Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. The death of the Bev. T. Fielden Taylor, the well-known worker amongst the unfortunate, occurred at 4 a.m. to-day, after a long illness. Well-known throughout the Dominion, Mr. Fielden Taylor, who bore his long illness with wonderful cheerfulness, was a conspicuous figure in the church and social work in Wellington. His connection at St. Peter's mission dates from nearly 20 years ago. Before coming to New Zealand ne was a lawyer's clerk in London and, feeling a call for mission work, he entered the London Missionary Society’s College with a view to studying for work overseas but was rejected as unfit. -Coming to New Zealand he worked as a layman in the Nelson Diocese, and he was ordained by Bishop Mules, whose daughter he married, and subsequently he became a canon of Nelson Cathedral. He went to Egypt in 1914 as a chaplain and was severely wounded at allipoli. He saw further service in France. On his return to New Zealand he underwent treatment at Rotorua as the war left him suffering severe physical disabilities.

Mr. Taylor was appointed missioner at St. Peter’s Taranaki Street, in 1919 and to his activities among the young and unfortunate there was no end, and as a religious leader he had a great following.

A more self-denying man, whose one thought was for others, could not well be conceived and the great work he accomplished was all done, despite he himself being a constant physical sufferer. He used his own estate for the relief of others, and he has been the means of raising something like £IOO,OOO for charitable purposes since ooming to Wellington.