Memorial to Thomas George, Son of Rev George Kinnear

Christ Church, Pellon



The memorial to Thomas George, son of Rev George Kinnear at Christ Church, Pellon

Inscription


SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
     
THOMAS GEORGE THE ELDEST AND BELOVED CHILD OF THE REVD. GEORGE KINNEAR, FIRST
INCUMBENT
OF THIS CHURCH AND OF HARRIET HIS WIFE, WHO PEACEFULLY FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS ON THE
24TH DAY OF JULY 1865, AGED 8 YEARS.
     
HIS MORTAL REMAINS REST IN A VAULT, IN THE CEMETERY CHAPEL OF ALL SOULS CHURCH
IN THE PARISH OF HALIFAX.
     
LUKE MI.13. THE LORD SAID UNTO HER WEEP NOT.
     
JOHN XI. II. THESE THINGS SAID JESUS, AND AFTER THAT HE SAITH UNTO THEM OUR FRIENDS
LAZARUS SLEEPETH, BUT I GO, THAT I MAY AWAKE HIM OUT OF SLEEP.
HIS BODY SLEEPS NEAR THOSE WHO LOVED HIM HERE, HIS SPIRIT LIVES WITH THEM ABOVE,
WAITING IN HOPE FOR THAT BRIGHT MORN WHEN HE WITH THEM SHALL RISE AN ANGEL CHILD.



© Malcolm Bull 2024
Revised 14:55 / 14th November 2024 / 2965

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