From the Throne to the Dungeon his Name was mentioned With Respect, Gratitude, and Admiration. His Modesty alone Defeated various efforts that were made during his life, To erect this Statue, Which the Publick has now consecrated to his Memory. The early Part of his Life he spent in Retirement, For which County he served the Office of Sheriff in the He expired at Cherson in Russian Tartary, on A Victim to the perilous and benevolent Attempt To ascertain the Cause of, and find an efficacious Remedy For the Plague. He trod an open but unfrequented Path to Immortality, In the ardent and unintermitted Exercise of Christian Charity. May this Tribute to his Fame Excite an Emulation of his truly glorious Achievements. Up to this time no statues had been admitted into the Cathedral, and this was the first instance in which permission to erect one was accorded. Arrangements were made almost simultaneously for a statue of Dr. Johnson to be also placed there, but that of Howard was actually the first to be erected. Thus, in the words of Dean Milman, "The first statue admitted to St. Paul's was not that of statesman, warrior, or even of sovereign; it was that of John Howard, the pilgrim, not to gorgeous shrines of saints and martyrs, not even to holy lands, but to the loathsome depths and darkness of the prisons throughout what called itself the civilised world. Howard first exposed to the shuddering sight of mankind the horrible barbarities, the foul and abominable secrets of those dens of unmitigated suffering. By the exposure, he at least let some light and air into these earthly hells. Perhaps no man has assuaged so much human misery as John Howard; and John Howard rightly took his place at one corner of the dome of St. Paul's, the genuine Apostle of Him, among whose titles to our veneration and love, not the least befitting, not the least glorious, was that He went about doing good." 1 CHAPTER X 1 The whole of the correspondence containing the negotiations between the Committee of the "Howardian Fund" and the authorities of St. Paul's Cathedral is in the British Museum (Addit. MSS., 26055). 1 Milman's Annals of St. Paul's, p. 480. It is remarkable that no fewer than three of Howard's friends among Nonconformist ministers, Dr. Stennet, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Bull, should have taken as the text of their funeral sermons for him, the words to which Dean Milman here refers: “Who went about doing good." The text which Howard himself had desired to be taken, if any funeral sermon was preached, was Ps. xvii. 16" As for me, I will behold Thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after Thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it." And from this Mr. Smith preached at Bedford. PERSONAL TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS Howard's dislike to have his Portrait taken - Devices to escape "Snapshots" Portraits of Howard-Personal Appearance Mode of Life - Humour-Anecdotes Love of Children - Relations with his Servants and his Tenants-Business-like Habits-Personal ReligionCourage-Modesty Result of Howard's LaboursConclusion. I T is hoped that the narrative which has been given will enable the reader to form some conception of what manner of man Howard was, but it may be well, in conclusion, to append a chapter giving some account of his personal appearance, and adding a few facts and anecdotes illustrative of his disposition and character. As to his personal appearance, there remain several descriptions of him, and not a few sketches to show us what he was like, although he had a singular dislike to having his portrait taken, and not only steadily refused to sit for it, but resorted to all kinds of whimsical expedients in |