A history of Jamaica, William James Gardner, 1873.
interesting and important comment:
'Happily the strange prejudice which, in some of the United States, forbids persons of different colours from joining to worship Him 'who has made all nations of one blood,' does not prevail at Jamaica! Otherwise, perhaps the greater number of those to whom Mr Humberstone's labours were made most effectual might never have heard the joyful sound of the Gospel!'
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Kingston Parish Church Cemetery:
THE REVD. FRANCIS HUMBERSTONE, BORN 16th JULY, 1791; DIED 9 AUGT., 1819.
" HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT, AND YE WERE WILLING FOR A SEASON TO REJOICE IN HIS LIGHT."
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF THE LATE
REVEREND FRANCIS HUMBERSTONE
CURATE OF THIS CITY AND CHAPLAIN TO THE CORPORATION,
WHO DIED ON THE 9TH AUGUST 1819,
(AFTER A RESIDENCE OF NINE MONTHS)
AGED TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.
THE MODESTY AND SIMPLICITY OF HIS MANNERS
WERE ADMIRABLY CONTRASTED WITH HIS HIGH
ATTAINMENTS AS A SCHOLAR AND
HIS QUALIFICATIONS AS A DIVINE.
GIFTED WITH A POWER OF ELOQUENCE WHICH AFFORDED
CHARMS TO THE PRECEPTS OF THE GOSPEL,
HE TAUGHT THE LESSONS OF CHRISTIANITY IN A WAY
WHICH CARRIED CONVICTION TO THE HEART;
AND
HE PROVED THE TRUTH AND EFFICACY OF HIS DOCTRINE
BY THE PURITY OF HIS LIFE.
THE CORPORATE BODY IN UNISON WITH THE FEELINGS
OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR RESPECT FOR HIS EXALTED CHARACTER.
OF THE LATE
REVEREND FRANCIS HUMBERSTONE
CURATE OF THIS CITY AND CHAPLAIN TO THE CORPORATION,
WHO DIED ON THE 9TH AUGUST 1819,
(AFTER A RESIDENCE OF NINE MONTHS)
AGED TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.
THE MODESTY AND SIMPLICITY OF HIS MANNERS
WERE ADMIRABLY CONTRASTED WITH HIS HIGH
ATTAINMENTS AS A SCHOLAR AND
HIS QUALIFICATIONS AS A DIVINE.
GIFTED WITH A POWER OF ELOQUENCE WHICH AFFORDED
CHARMS TO THE PRECEPTS OF THE GOSPEL,
HE TAUGHT THE LESSONS OF CHRISTIANITY IN A WAY
WHICH CARRIED CONVICTION TO THE HEART;
AND
HE PROVED THE TRUTH AND EFFICACY OF HIS DOCTRINE
BY THE PURITY OF HIS LIFE.
THE CORPORATE BODY IN UNISON WITH THE FEELINGS
OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR RESPECT FOR HIS EXALTED CHARACTER.