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-.¡ ALDEBSEY GRAM MAE SCHOOL.

SHOCKING FATALITY AT CAPENKURST.

-THE DISMISSAL OF THE GRESFORD…

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----CLUB ANNIVERSARY AT GUILDEN…

MALPAS ROSE CLUB.

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TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

^— MISS BROWN'S PROPOSED MONUMENT…

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— MISS BROWN'S PROPOSED MONUMENT TO GEORGE MARSH. Sir,—The very generous offer made by Miss Nessie Brown to commemorate the death of that faithful Protestant martyr, the Rev- George Marsh, by a monument on the site of his martyrdom, will, I am sure, be greatly appre- ciated by all good Protestants in Chester, and indeed throughout the country. It may be interesting to some of your readers to recall very briefly a few of the circumstances attending the life and death of this Godly clergyman, who with so many others suffered for the truth in Queen Mary's reign, the details of which, together with his numerous letters, are set forth at great length in the early and larger edition of Fox's Book of Martyrs.' George Marsh was born in the parish of Deane, in the county of Lancaster, as nearly as we can calculate about the year 1500; he was brought up by his parents to some honest trade, and married a Lancashire maiden at the age of 25; not many years afterwards, he became a widower, and soon afterwards left bis native village for the University of Cambridge. There he studied for the Church, and was ultimately ordained by the Bishops of London and Lincoln. After this he was licensed to several curacies, including, among others, his own native parish of Deane. Soon after taking up his residence at Cambridge, he developed his heretical opinions; in other words, he shewed himself a devoted follower of Christ, and became a loyal minister of the Word of God. For this he soon began to suffer persecution, which followed him everywhere, and he was at length arrested and imprisoned by the Bishop of Chester, Dr. Cotes. Following this he was sent to Lancaster gaol, where he was examined as to his religious opinions by the Earl of Derby, the Vicar of Prescot, and others. Subsequently Marsh was again sent to Chester, and brought before the Bishop in the Caihedral for examination on three different occasions, and it was Bishop Cotes who at last sentenced poor Marsh to the stake. There is no doubt that Marsh's chief heretical opinions centred round the doctrine of tran- substantiation and the Mass, which he boldly condemned as unscriptural and blasphemous. Every possible inducement was held out to renounce his views, and it is related that in pronouncing sentence, the Bishop's hand was twice stayed by the Chancellor, in order to give the prisoner time and opportunity to recant> but Marsh was made of different metal, and in his own words, said: "I desire all people to bear me witness, should any hereafter slander me and say that I held any grievous heresy, that in all articles of religion I hold no other opinion than was by law established and publicly taught in England at the death of King Edward VI., and in the same pure religion and doctrine, I will, by God's grace, stand, live, and 'die." Noble words! and when the Bishop again asked him if he would not have the Queen's mercy in time, he further replied, I would gladly desire the same, and do love her Grace as faithfully as any of them, but yet, I durs't not deny my Saviour, Christ, lest I lose His everlasting mercy, and win everlasting death, for if I should deny Him, He would deny me before His Father in Heaven." As soon as the sentence was pronounced, the Bishop said Now I will no more pray for you than I would for a dog!" to which Marsh replied "Nevertheless I will pray for thee." He was then removed to the prison at the Nortbgate, where he remained until his execution at Spittal, Boughton, on the 24th of April, 1555. On the Sunday after the mar- tyrdom the Bishop preached a sermon in the Cathedral, in which he affirmed that the said George Marsh was a heretic, and burnt as such. So passed away this godly man, who rendered up his life rather than deny his Master, and now more than 300 years after it is proposed to erect a monument tto his memory, and imiss Brown will confer honour on the old city and upon herself, if her generous scheme is carried out. I understand, however, that objection has been raised by the Roman Catholics of Chester to the erection of this monument; and this, of course, we can quite understand. We may also be very sure that Miss Brown would not willingly hurt the feelings of anyone, and certainly not of a considerable section of her fellow-citizens; but if this plea of objection is a sound one and worthy to be entertained, then every monument in the country erected to the memory of our martyred forefathers has been, and isra mistake. But this cannot be conceded for a moment, although I suppose not one of them has been erected without strong objections by the local Roman Catholics; on the contrary, these monuments in our land are looked upon as valuable and instructive object lessons, calculated to impress upon the present and future generations how very much we owe to theso heroes of our race for our present priceless possession of civil and religious liberties. It is to be hoped, therefore, that nothing will prevent this interesting proposal from being carried out in accordance with Miss Nessie Brown's desire and in its full integrity. The monument will no doubt be an ornament to the city, a wholesome reminder to our children, and a permanent protest against the unscriptural claims and intolerant assumptions of the Papacy.—Your obedient servant, FRANCIS PALIN. 26, Dulwich-road, Herne Hill, London, S.E., June 17,1898.

HAWARDEN AND THE GLADSTONE…

ITHE ABERGELE RAILWAY FATALITY.…

ISALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR…

. TEETOTALLERS' DRINKS.

TOUCHING FUNERAL AT ECCLESTON.

LAUREL WREATH FOR MR. GLADSTONE.

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