There are some people for whom the period of mourning begins in their lifetime. Disabled and retired from active service, they seem to pass out of the lives of those who remain in the ranks. They are not forgotten; but, neither, we hope, do we altogether forget the dead. They live with us, however, in remembrance rather than in fellowship, and our thought of them goes little further than to hope that the remainder of their lives may be restful and peaceful, - even as we pray that the souls of the departed may rest in peace.
Fr. Lawrence Farrant had, for some time before his death, been afflicted with an illness which incapacitated him from labour, either in the monastery or on the mission. He was naturally of an industrious disposition, and had done useful work before his health failed him. He remained a long time in his monastery, holding successively the offices of Junior-master and Sub-prior and taking an active part in teaching. Throughout his career, whether living in community with his brethren, or labouring on the mission, he was always humble, cheerful and willing, and his cheerfulness seemed to increase as his infirmity grew upon him. He died at Maryport in Cumberland, whither his superiors had sent him, more for the sake of relieving him of the burthen of inactivity, than for the assistance he was able to give to his fellow-priest. What little he was still able to do, he did with the readiness he had always shown, and this almost to the day of his death. R.I.P.
William Lawrence FARRANT 23 Jul 1897 1844 21 Oct born 1863 29 Sep Clothed 1868 11 Jan Solemn Vows 1871 23 Dec Priest Subprior 1884 Birtley 1885 Cowpen 1891 Easingwold 1892 Goosnargh 1893 Ampleforth 1894 St Mary's Warrington 1897 Maryport 1897 23 Jul died