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Obituary found in the Sydney Morning Herald
OBITUARY.
THE LATE REV. WILLIAM STONE.
ON August 20th, the Rev William Stone, a much respected clergyman and old colonist, who had attained to the great age of eighty seven years, died at Springfield, near Berrima-the residence of his daughter, Mrs Smith. The deceased gentleman was the father of the late Mr Edward Stone, for many years an officer in the department of the General Post Office in this city.
The Rev Mr Stone emigrated to this colony, with his family -about 30 years ago, having previously laboured hard for many years a the Curate of Castlecomer, in the County of Kilkenny in Ireland. In this colony Mr Stone was appointed by the late Bishop Broughton to All Saints, Sutton. Forest - an incumbency which he held until, on account of his advanced age, he was released from the pressure of parochial duty by the present Metropolitan. During a long and blameless life the Rev. Mr Stone was remarkable for his fearless independence, higlhminded principle, urbanity of manner, and cheerful and kindly disposition-qualities which caused him to be universally esteemed and respected.
Unaffectedly and deeply pious, he was neither ascetic nor fanatical but always ready to make every reasonable, allowance for the views of those who conscientiously differed from him in religion. His memory, well stored with many a passage from his favourite Greek and Latin authors, remained bright and clear up to the time of his decease. His conversational powers were unusually great, full of a wise and gentle satire upon follies and faults, that pleased, whilst it improved, all who felt the lambient flame. A young man when the nineteenth century dawned, Mr Stone had a personal acquaintance with many stirring events, which have either faded out of recollection, or have become subject to the misrepresentations of "history ". But the last links are broken, the Christian warfare of the fine old Irish clergyman and talented Trinity scholar is over at last.
