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Wigton church.

On the north entrance into the Quire, there is a plate of brass on the wall, with this

Inscription :

A MEMORATIVE

EPITAPH

For the worthy and loving

COLONEL THOMAS BARWISE,

Who died the 15th day of December, 1648;

Aetates suæ 27.

Stay passenger! for there bold Barwise lies,
Whose sainted spirit soars above the skies;
Stout, wise, yet humble, fitted in each part
For more command, of comely body, pious heart ;
Dear to his people, country, kindred dear,-
Dear to his own associates every where ;
Who, living was life's lively portraiture,
And dying Colonel lives crowned sure.

This Thomas was father to Mr. Barwise of Ilekirk.

Stanwix church-yard.

On a brass plate fastened to a stone in the ground.

HERE RESTS THE BODY OF

ROWLAND SKELTON,

Son of James and Margaret Skelton,

Who death called out of the troubles of the world to a blessed eternity, March 10, 1782;

In the 2nd year of his age.

"But now he is dead wherefore should I fast, can I bring him back again,-I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."

Thou'rt gone fair child, remov'd from earthly cares, Death called thee ere thy days knew sin ;

With holy seraphs to join in prayer,

Jehovah, Lord thy God and king.

IN MEMORY OF

WINIFRED, Wife of JOHN RELPH,

Of Carlisle,

Who died, 19th March, 1815; aged 42 years.

Here rests the pattern of connubial life,
The tender mother and the faithful wife;
Tho' early lost yet brilliant was her course,
For all her actions flow'd from virtue's source;
Integrity was hers that would not bend,
And piety that still makes Heav'n our friend;
Hers too the tender feelings, for she join'd
Softness of heart to dignity of mind.

At that dread hour when freed from cumb'rous clay,
The spirit springs to climes of endless day,

Those Heav'n-born hopes were hers that sweetly gleam,

And blend their light with life's departing beam.

T. SANDERSON.

ON MR. DAVID BEATY,

Aged 27.

Instant death to merit blind,
The promis'd lot of human kind;
No age avails, no youth can fly,
Worth and beauty too must die.

ON MR. MATTHEW WILKINSON,

Who died, September 6, 1807; aged 34 years.

To earth's dark bosom here we saw consign'd
What e'er was soft and meek in human kind;
Friendship's warm glow, affection's precious tear,
Lie quench'd in death's oblivious slumbers here.
But not forever cas'd in mould'ring dust,
Sleep the etherial spirits of the just;
Messiah's pitying love shall pierce the grave,
And the pure essence of existence save.

Here lie the remains of the

REV. JOHN FARRER,

Vicar of this parish for 13 years,

Who departed this life, November 23, A. D. 1808,

Aged 73 years.

Friends or strangers!

Who read the date of my departure, Remember that your own is also drawing nigh, When you must pass into a state of eternal And unchangeable happiness or misery, According as you have been faithful or unfaithful In your service upon earth.

Everlasting life and death, Unutterable good and evil are now set before you, And while it is yet day,

You are free to choose between them; May God be with you in this momentous choice, And make you wise unto Salvation, Through faith in Christ Jesus.

Beneath are deposited the remains of the

REV. MICHAEL WHEELWRIGHT,

Minister of St. Mary's, and Lecturer of St. Cuthbert's in Carlisle, and formerly, during 19 years, Curate of this parish,

He departed this life, May 6, 1807; aged 54.

Respected by his parishioners,

As their sincere and willing servant in Christ.

Endeared to his friends by mild manners
And inviolable fidelity ;

He never had an enemy except the unworthy.

To the memory of a husband deservedly beloved And deeply regretted.

This monument was erected by Mary Wheelwright.

"The memory of the just is blessed."

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