| Show IN LOVELY DENT DALE 75 st Stop stephen benle road kofl jauchen mauchen ter read boad bradford yorkshire York shirt GOK bag land june 1893 the num edour cefous excursions at was 01 one ne to dent having a strong desire to visit that part of yorkshire I 1 availed myself of the b opportunity on whit tuesday rising bring early that morning I 1 made prepa preparation ratio to witti willi the ibe crowd aho vho assembled at A the h mid land station trains were departing every low w mil mijiu autis teft to different parts of tile britton was not being acquainted with the geographical situation of dent I 1 made inquiry but elicited only a little id formation con concerning it Itis it i situated in the of yorkshire close to lo the borders bordere of westmoreland land the town ot 06 dent which lies liea about halt half way down the valley at dent dale to Is very small with probably two or three burred inhabitants inh abitanta we wa left the station at the scenery on the abe route to Is grand and after an enjoyable ride of atho houn we arrived at what in IB known as aa dent station where to dent I 1 inquired as a I 1 alighted from the train go about five milk down the dales dale was waa the answer it was ator interesting to learn attim the town of bent at WM so BO for far from the petion te tion espe especially 60 to we me who w it were a rw ww 41 w on I 1 proceeded down wn a very JU hill hall fw fr aver overa a hait a mue aque in xiva beaufus valley or we dale of pont ent two this is one of the grandest sights X K it tie la ab aften miles in length and is dotted all over alib with fo faro h uses the lower part of the ibe d dale 19 a well hooded landscape luth emid ulo ule to Is the river dee beautiful t 0 the eye are the numerous patches of green fields upon which cap can be seq seen many maily cattle and sheep beep how grand the odds fields be decked docked with buttercups butter cups cupe and daisies and aber h flagrant agrant large clust clusters eze of trees can be sero seen her here and there alter after traveling for nearly an hour f entered the paved zigzag street or of the old town of pent A need author hartley some fifty ye ago gave a truth truthful f u I 1 of ll it there is a town of little note or praise narrow marrow and winding are its rattling streets sl reeta where cart with cart in cumbrous cumb roua conflict kard hard me meets tr training trai e aing up or backing oking ba down the way where In insecure the he crawling infant plays and ana the nigh savor of the hissing biasing sweed of pan of 0 hu bumming mizing oven ovan rankly greets greet the ibe hungry nose that threads thread tho the maze I 1 visited dent dant once hemore thirty eight years ago rauch a lengthy period has elapsed that I 1 have almost alinga forgotten all I 1 ever know knew about it ab belog 0 in g d desirous esiff u is 0 of f awe ascertaining r tai ning W whether h eabe r any ot of nay my relatives jela lela tives UA on my mot bers sije were alive just as al I 1 entered the ilse town I 1 inqui inquired train from one thomas fawcett a no relation to our family and was surprised to receive we the answer all the fawcett family are dead and aad buried the abo last one miles fa fawcett died a few months sag ago s this to me was rather un unpleasant plemon news after such a tedious walk and a jour ey of fifty miles on we the railroad railto rho rhe next thing to do was to see no the vicar of the old church iu ro relation lation 0 t genealogy geue he informed we me that bis big price for or access to the records would be one lor for search we tue first yew year and for every your year alter As A I 1 could not alake tor for OW oh Lain inic genealogical information that dayi day I 1 proceeded pruce eded to look after the luner man P tired atiq and hungry I 1 wended bended my mj to a small store awe to procure bire refresh ments menta cheri was kindly welcome and tor for a low few moments rested ray my weary feeling at the thought of being unable tp sp find and any of my relations I 1 JL entered jp lor to conversation on OB the take subject with wb the wal waller ter at the store awre who vixen a a very meet aea 1 boking douar bama oame came ln in and aad acqua acquainted wisa the sut jeet we were converst conversing me upon me that the widow of the up late mike fawcett waw WAS living a short distance awry away and said add that she would toke take me to her residence the ine kind accepted and a few minal alnut later I 1 was wan in the presence vo of several of my cousins an invitation was extended tor for we me to stay all night which job was gladly swep accepted ted next morning I 1 visited and upon inquiry found thala that about boat half balf thereside the residents ass of dent dale wom were either blood re relations latis or related by bj marriage amongst the numerous host boat of my one goolo Ca fabetich betich an old man an up upon four r MOM in con venation him he said in u balance t 1 I was waa well acquainted with your grandfather robert pawlett Paw oett he lived hired at what we call wood bridge in dent date dale I 1 was waa also alfeo well acquainted with sour your great ancle uncle william Fawcet tand his la wite they lived jived an the hill top or dip dale they had a large family fifteen sons bone and daughter daughtery daugh tere of a big stalwart tal wart race I 1 knew them well they lived to a good old age and ad always resided on yonder hill bill i A few ye re ago they began to drop off one by one until today all all but one are sleeping la in the allent tomb the one that remains remaina we can call her bar aunt betty batty she still lives there on the hill top but at present is IB paying a visit to her daughter who is married at leeds leede olti bryan the butcher was the last one to lay laj down his bis weary body he was a stout heavy set et tuan man 10 an old lady near eighty years of age named ellen bentham said bald she ebe was waa well acquainted nd lolly toly withey with my grandfather but also aleo my great grandfather miles mile fawcett at As his hie death she he made bli big shroud broud she also pointed out to me the house where my mother and her brothers and bisters were born I 1 took to the old church that edifice WM W As presumably pr e erected about the twelfth or thirteenth century cea tury it has baa recently undergone a thorough restoration at a oot coet of 2700 and the rebuilt part has changed its ancient looking appearance then I 1 passed through the old churchyard there are not dot many monuments euta or tomb tombstones a large number of the residents of dent dale being of the poorer olase class here lie the remains of a large number of my relative but nearly all their graves are left ifft without a mark of remembrance mem brance how quiet anti and solemn everything appear appears 1 in looking around atthe at the green fielde and arden inobe in the valley nature appears to have donned her sweet at B ring garb listen to the warbling of the birdal how sweetly they mink ean I 1 the old clock to in the steeple tribes strikes tac what doleful hunu I 1 stroll on from one part of et the yard to the other reading over the varied inscriptions there is ie ony only one of my relatives by the name of fawcett who has bag a tombstone erected to hii hie memory he was wa my great grat great uncle brother to Y great grandfather his hie name wo was robert fawcett reflections of the be pat past come before me what changes have taken place since alnee my visit to dent thirty eight yara ago at that time a large number ofay of my re wore were in toe prime of life today they sleep in the tomb awaiting resurrection morn here lie there malna mains of hundreds bun ureda of nood good honest benefit men and women who have died without the gospel died without fulfilling the commandment which jesus gave to except a man be bornor born of water and of the spirit he be cannot enter the kingdom of god theae the people have bave never heard the gospel preached have never heard beard the sound proclaimed have never been taught the way to eternal life and will they be condemned will they be debarred barred de rom from a glorious salvatoor salvati or not they have never heard the goepel preached I 1 answer NI ni I 1 god unjust jews jesus said eaid he that be on me though he were dead yet abell hoi he live 01 0 1 the antei luviana heard beard the gospel preached to them by so BO thy could be according to men in the reab flesh but bait live according to god in the spirit so bo it to is with all who have bave passed from this thie life without having the privilege of hearing the gospel they have the opportunity of accepting it and can become membris of christs christ ld kingdom by obedience to his hie laws and ordinances oh how my bosom in filled with rapture at this glo glorious ritus thought and how anxiously do Im earch for the names of my dead ancestors that I 1 may have the privilege of an assisting stating chemin this thie noble cause may god speed the day when will be revealed the names of the departed ones one who have died without hearing bearing the gospel so eo the ordinance of baptism oan can be administered unto them in ID my travels I 1 have never seen a more hospitable people than the rest real dents denta of dent deal dale Wo wherever trever I 1 went they kindly in me to participate of their coopt tall ties I 1 became acquainted with many who made inquiries concerning our religion but could find none who had ever beard of it being preached preach 0 o in dent daje to me it was a grand privilege to speak to them about the gospel and explain the doctrines and principles of our religion they listened with the greatest attention to them i was comet something hing new and I 1 believe that when elders are sent to preach the gospel there much good will be done and souls converted unto christ of the many visits I 1 have made since I 1 left home dent dale will be une one long remembered anu and not easily forgotten by your humble servant lu in the gospel of christ ROBERT |
