Were the same.

THE CLERGY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. note to p. 15.57
The Author is most pratiful for the compliment to him from the Aww. Mr
Narman, in his letter to the Per. Mc Doyle, and wil ohwer his gratitude

THE FUNERAL ORATION

ON THE VENERABLE AND

100

REVEREND RICHARD CÆSAR DE GRENTHE, D.D.

Who resided for many years in the Isle of Wight,

UNDER THE SPECIAL PATRONAGE AND PROTECTION OF

HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS EDWARD DUKE OF KENT, K.G.

137

FATHER OF

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN,

BY THE

REV. JOSEPH RATHBORNE, M.A.

WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF

THE OBSEQUIES.

They were put to death by the sword, they wandered about, being in want,
distressed, afflicted: of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts,
in mountains, and in dens, and in caves of the earth."

Epistle to the Hebrews, chap. xi.

LONDON:

THOMAS JONES, 63, PATERNOSTER ROW.

ISLE OF WIGHT, NEWPORT: S. LELLI, CARISBROOKE ROAD,
AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1842.

17

THE ABBE DE GRENTHE

WAS

Born at Caen, March 13th, 1765;

Ordained Priest at Paris, on Whitsun Saturday, 1787;

Arrived in the Isle of Wight, in July, 1792;

Celebrated his Jubilee, June 22nd, 1837;

Departed this life, March 19th, 1842;

And was buried in the

Catholic Church, Newport,

March 31st.

R. I. P.

AN HUMBLE RECORD

OF

ENGLISH HOSPITALITY

TOWARDS AN

ILLUSTRIOUS FOREIGNER;

TO THE MEMORY

OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS EDWARD DUKE OF KENT, K.G.

AND TO THE

NOBILITY, CLERGY, AND GENTRY

OF THE

ISLE OF WIGHT;

THIS FUNERAL ORATION

IS INSCRIBED,

BY A MOST DEVOTED FRIEND AND BROTHER IN CHRIST,

OF THE

VENERABLE DECEASED ;

IN THE HOPE,

THAT THEIR DISTINGUISHED BENEVOLENCE,

WILL RECEIVE,

THE BEST TRIBUTE OF RESPECT,

IMITATION:

AND ITS RICHEST REWARD, HIS SOCIETY IN

HEAVEN.

Cowes, April 2nd, 1842.

"Establish customs, form usages, publish edicts, enact laws; the Christian Religion will triumph over the climate, over the laws arising from it, and over the lawmakers who formed them."-MONTESQUIEU.

"A lively faith, like that of the martyrs, would make us, with them, contemn the honours and pleasures of this world, and measure the goods and evils of this life, and judge of them, not by nature, but by the light and principles of faith only. And did we sincerely love God, as they did, we should embrace his holy will with joy in all things, have no other desire, and find no happiness but in it."-ALBAN BUTLER.

"Be not daunted at the strength and number of your enemies, for in this sort of fight no one is conquered but he that surrenders; neither have your enemies a greater power than your leader, for whose honour you are engaged, is pleased to allow them. Be assured he will never suffer you to fall into their hands; he will be your champion, he, who is infinitely superior to them all, will crown you with conquest, provided that fighting his battle, you place all your confidence, not in your own strength, but in his Almighty power and Sovereign goodness."-SCUPOLI.

FUNERAL ORATION.

"Thou hast turned my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth and encompassed me with gladness: To the end that my glory may sing to thee and I may not regret: 0 Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.'

Psalm xxix. 12, 13.

SUCH, my Brethren, may be the joyful words of exultation, of a spirit, that has now thrown off the heavy mantle of a flesh, which was latterly only a painful incumbrance, to be associated to the society of those, who have fought a good fight, have finished their course, and have kept the faith. The mourning over obstinate and incurable infirmities, which for nearly four years have prevented his entrance into this temple of the Lord, to drink at the fountains of his Saviour, the waters of consolation; that mourning is turned into joy, when the body returning to the dust from whence it came, the spirit wings its flight to Him who encompasseth it with gladness; in glory he sings to thee, and does not regret a death which is swallowed up in victory, but O Lord my God, he exclaims, I will give praise to thee for ever.

But alas to us, my Reverend Brethren, how contrasted is the mournful scene of this day, with one we have witnessed in this same holy edifice. On the gladsome morning of the 22nd of June, 1837, being the festival of England's first martyr; while nature seemed to smile upon us in all her loveliness; we gathered round our lamented brother to celebrate with him, in the vale of his years, the Jubilee or fiftieth anniversary of what he always deemed to have been the brightest day of his existence.* With heart cheering pleasure we joined him in praising the munificence of his God, for those abundant graces he received, when clothed in sacerdotal robes, he first offered himself to the service of the Almighty in union with the atoning blood of his Saviour; for those all powerful aids, which preserved him from youth unto age true to Religion's cause, even though fearful storms of persecution broke around him; and carried him through a life prolonged beyond the usual period of existence, and crowned with dignity, virtue, and honour. It was but meet for him to make that a day of jubilation; it was but just, that in return for all that God had done for him, he should take the chalice of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord; and paying his vows of thanksgiving in the midst of the people, invoke the blessings of God upon those who may yet have many severe combats before them.

Psalm cxv. 13.

* All the Clergy of Hampshire were present at my kind Friend's Jubilee. But the most interesting circumstance was, the Abbe De Grenthe being on that day attended at the Altar by his Venerable Schoolfellow, the Abbe C. M. de Couffon, who fifty years before had ministered to him at his first mass; and who now after a friendship of sixty years, still survives my Venerable Brother.