Memorial 17CH

BENEATH THE TOWER OF THIS CHURCH THE SPOT SELECTED BY / HIMSELF
ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF
ROLAND FIRST VISCOUNT HILL
WHO DIED DECEMBER 10TH 1842, IN THE 71ST YEAR OF HIS AGE
IN HIM WAS COMBINED, IN AN UNUSUAL DEGREE
GENTLENESS & FIRMNESS, HUMANITY AND HEROISM, CALMNESS AND ARDOUR
OBTAINING FOR HIM NOT ONLY PUBLIC APPLAUSE BUT CORDIAL ESTEEM AND AFFECTION
HIS WELL KNOWN SERVICES ARE RECORDED IN THE HISTORY OF HIS TIMES
 THEY RAISED HIM TO THE DISTINCTION OF THE PEERAGE
AND OF GENERAL IN CHIEF COMMANDING BRITISH FORCES,
THE DUTIES OF WHICH HIGH OFFICE HE DISCHARGED FOR MORE THAN FOURTEEN YEARS
 WITH REMARKABLE IMPARTIALLY AND EFFICIENCY.
IN THE AUTUMN OF 1842 DECLINING HEALTH OBLIGED HIM TO RETIRE TO HIS NATIVE COUNTY
 WHERE HE HAD BEFORE SPENT MOST OF HIS HOURS OF RELAXATION
IN THE CULTIVATION OF THE ARTS OF PEACE AND PROVED HIMSELF
THE FRIEND OF AIL CLASSES AND THE SPECIAL BENEFACTOR OF THE POOR,
THE EARTHLY HONORS CONFERRED UPON HIM
DID NOT BLIND HIM TO HIS SPIRITUAL WANTS AND NECESSITIES
NOR RENDER HIM INSENSIBLE TO HIS DEEP NEED OF A SAVIOUR
HE PASSED THE BRIEF EVENING OF HIS REPOSE IN SINCERE PENITENCE AND PRAYER
AND DIED IN PEACE LOOKING UNTO HIM ALONE WHO IS
THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.


17CH

17CH