Rotherham

CHAPTER XXXIII.

TABLETS AND MEMORIALS.

HE following Memorials of Tablets and Tomb-stones have been kindly copied by Mr. Thomas Cocker, Secretary of the Church.

The three marble tablets, as under, originally placed in the old chapel, have been renovated, and fixed in prominent positions on the walls of the new Church, along with a Brass Plate, in connection with the Bicentenary by Mrs. Blazeby : In Memory of

THE REVD. JACOB BRETTELL,
for forty-three years

the faithful minister of this chapel,
who died Jany. 12th, 1862, aged 68 years.
This tablet is erected

as a tribute of respect
by his congregation.

'Mens nescia mortis vivit et aspectu fruitur bene conscia Christi.' The Latin inscription is a copy of a monument dedicated to an early Christian in the Catacombs of Rome, signifying:

"The Soul, unconscious of death, lives, And in beatific consciousness enjoys the sight of Christ."

The following Tablet was originally placed over the burial-place, in the left aisle of the Old Chapel :

BRASS INSCRIPTION.

66 'The above memorial stone removed from the
Old Chapel in grateful recognition of Mrs. Ann Fisher's
Munificent Bequest to this Congregation."

EXTRACT FROM OLD REGISTER.

Miss McDermott, daughter of Mrs. Fisher, of Nottingham, died suddenly at Mr. Harry Thompson's house in Rotherham, and was interred April 7th, 1825, in the Unitarian Chapel of the aforesaid place by me

JACOB BRETTELL."

TOMBSTONES IN THE CHAPEL YARD.

Sacred

to the memory of
Eliz[abeth, mother of ?]
HENRY ALDRED,

who departed this life
Feb. 19th, 1810. Aged 75 years.

Also the above named
HENRY ALDRED,

who departed this life
May 5th, 1840. Aged 64 years.

"With eye repentant and with heart sincere

Samuel Norburn.

O view the dust [which] now lies moulding here:
View, and when viewing, thy Great God adore,
Be faithful now, and Bless'd, when time is no more."