In Memoriam.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 6, 1 December 1921, Page 327

In Memoriam.

"'...;.."■•■■ BISHOP NEVILL. . > -An account of the work of the late Primate' .will ..be : ;£ound „ in: r the ' ' Churchman for this ,mpiith, ■>but >'. we cannot let pass ;the': occasion- of his' 1 translation to the" higher., life without a word from the ll : CHurfeh Qazette.'.'; . The' editor had the happiness to /serve , m his diocese for several years.' Stern ; m appearance he.^|a;d the^rmest of - hearts,; briipming : '"over^itn charity. ' ail real father m God. and his : clergy, he stood but; boldly for truth and righteousness. He . was, alniost too 'forgiving' and/: lenient; r yet w! as roused '"to the severest: indignation '.by anything' which -.appeared to' dishonor Christ-" and His Church. *As a preacher^ he was splendid, strong, vigorous^, even heated; when attacking vice or falsehood.' He' stirred' his .hearers by 'his vehement . •earttestiies's, and raised them tb the appreeiaitbn :of tie. highest ideals." The^ dignity, of Divine, Worship, reality m religious lif e,, , the . supreme ■ importance of the!; 'Church's" mission, the Catholicity of the ,^A.r(glic.an' Chui % ch, the glory .of ihe Christian calling 1 , the love of God for sinners, were the main topics of his "addresses; He, had a^marvellous memory • f or . names and faces, .-Jftn<s ; ; Knew evejy Churohman m his diocese-^his . chiaracte^, : -his 'family, : and his history vicars know their Parishioners. v Hjs acts of charity, particularly his kindly help tb^ clergy ih' tr^oublp , were absolutely free from ■ ostentation-, and nothing pained him : more than to be thanked .for doing kindnesses which to him 'were the v greatest pleasures of his li^p. l May | Me Church of New Zealand have [many such real fathers m God, jßrm,

fearless and £ aithf liL -May %% with all the faithful, Be rewarded, with the 'Saints i^ Glory ey-ei'l^st^ng 1 . , • . '.:,