Grave of Rev John Brooke

Brighouse Parish Church

The grave of Rev John Brooke at Brighouse Parish Church

 

Inscription 


In Loving Memory of
THE REVD JOHN BROOKE,
VICAR OF ST KATHARINE'S, NORTHAMPTON,
THE BELOVED SON OF
JOHN AND EMILY BROOKE,
OF THE RYDINGS, BRIGHOUSE,
WHO FELL ASLEEP MAY 31ST 1889,
AGED 38 YEARS.
     
"THE SUN SHALL BE NO MORE THY LIGHT
BY DAY; NEITHER FOR BRIGHTNESS SHALL
THE MOON GIVE LIGHT UNTO THEE; BUT THE
LORD SHALL BE UNTO THEE AN EVERLASTING
LIGHT AND GOD THY GLORY.
     
Isaiah LX verse 19

[Taken in August 2013]

Inscription on a small stone lying apart from the main memorial 


A TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND ESTEEM
FROM THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
OF THE
ST. KATHARINE'S YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
NORTHAMPTON
TO WHOM
THE REV. JOHN BROOKS,
WAS A LOVING, GENEROUS AND FAITHFUL
FRIEND AND COUNSELLOR

[Taken in August 2013]

© Malcolm Bull 2022
Revised 16:13 / 19th December 2022 / 3855

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