THE LATE MR T. G. MACARTHY, WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 29 August 1912, Page 31

THE LATE MR T. G. MACARTHY, WELLINGTON

(Contributed.) In the person of the late Mr. T. G. Macarthy has just passed away one of the most widely known and respected citizens of Wellington. For many years he had been prominent in every movement for the progress of the country and the betterment of its people. His knowledge and experience of men and things, his kindness and generosity to all who applied to him made him one of those remarkable men whose worth is only rightly valued when their vacant place is to be filled. His will was a testimony to the noble and unselfish man, whose life had been distinguished for its dignified simplicity, its unostentatious ways, its jealous care that the left hand should not know the benefactions of . the right. The will was the revelation of the noble life of the man. Born of a Catholic family, his father had married a beautiful and distinguished Quakeress. .Unfortunately he died a short time after his son had received his First Communion. But the seed of faith had been sown deep in the child s heart, and though that seed was practically buried for years, it was to bring forth its ripe fruit in the autumn of life. Mr. Macarthy, at a mature age, married a young Catholic wife, who made it her special mission in-life to bring back to the practice of religion the husband whom she loved and esteemed with her whole heart, and who in return lavished on her the tender love and care of a father and of a husband. The Quaker mother, who had had the happiness to die a fervent member of the Catholic Church, was no doubt praying beyond the grave for the darling son she had unconsciously led astray by so much love. When, on Saturday night, the call suddenly and unexpectedly came in the form of a hemorrhage, the doctors gave little hope, but the patient was kept in the dark with reference to his condition. He was perfectly calm. Monday brought another attack, when le Veiy Rev. Dean Regnault, S.M. (Provincial) was sent for. The patient made his confession, and in the presence of his friends received the Viaticum and Ex-, tieme Unction. He breathed his last without a pain, Ins face reflecting still the peaceful happiness with which he went to meet his God.—