BELFAST RB BOOKLET 2020 - Flipbook - Page 72
Ci t y of Belf ast Grand Bl ack Chapt er - Dem onst rat i on Bookl et 2020
the long journey to
extraordinary personal
Worcester,
stopping
charisma, which had
frequently
for
attracted both large
impromptu
services
audiences and even
requested mostly by
individuals alike.
working men.
In the decade of life
There as his body
which remained to him
lay
in state within his
after his return, he
beloved
Saint Paul’s
travelled the country,
many more thousands
drawing huge crowds to
came to pay homage
hear him preach. He
whilst
his
old
soldier
comrades kept a
knew he had real power over people, and at
silent
vigil.
times it frightened him.
Finally as his coffin was borne from the
However his years with the ICF undoubtedly
church
to the Cathedral, tightly packed with
exhausted him and friends feared for his wellthe
poor
and unemployed, for the service,
being; and never being a fit man, he would feel
completely drained during missions by never many ex-servicemen proudly wore their
quite feeling that he had done justice to campaign medals, just as Studdert Kennedy
himself, his fellow man or God in his had always proudly worn his MC.
Even the King and Queen were represented
preaching's.
He would often end up in hospital and with the Royal couple also sending a heartfelt
many folk felt that his almost obsessive note to his widow; as her husband had served
ministry had contributed to his demise as a Royal Chaplain for over nine years.
Archbishop William Temple, (pictured
when sadly, whilst delivering a series of
addresses at a vicarage in Liverpool he bottom, previous page) referred to his late
friend as .. 'one of God’s greatest gifts to
succumbed to illness.
Saint Catherine’s in Liverpool, was thronged our generation and the finest cleric he had
for his funeral as folk waited to pay respects; ever known' .. but to the poor, the workers,
with over two thousand mourners having the workless and the dear old soldiers he
visited the church before cortège embarked on was, quite simply, one of their own. Amen
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN - 70 - AND THE FUTURE OF THE LIVING