Charles Booth's Tomb and Epitaph

IN MEMORY OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
CHARLES BOOTH,
BORN AT LIVERPOOL 30 MARCH 1840,
DIED AT GRACEDIEU 23 NOVEMBER 1916.

DURING MANY YEARS, HE DEVOTED
THE LEISURE OF AN ARDUOUS LIFE
TO A STUDY OF THE CONDITION
OF THE POOR IN LONDON.
HE DILIGENTLY SOUGHT FOR
A FOUNDATION ON WHICH REMEDIES
COULD BE SECURELY BASED:
AND HE LIVED TO SEE THE
FULFILMENT OF A PART OF HIS HOPES,
IN THE LIGHTENING OF THE BURTHEN
OF OLD AGE AND POVERTY.
TO THOSE WHO LIVED UNDER
HIS IMMEDIATE INFLUENCE,
HE BROUGHT UNFAILING HELP
AND JOY : HE LEAVES THEM
A PRECIOUS EXAMPLE.

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY:
AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE. PHIL IV.4.

AND OF HIS WIFE
MARY CATHERINE
DAUGHTER OF
CHARLES ZACHARY MACAULAY,
BORN AT BRISTOL 4 NOVEMBER 1847,
DIED AT GRACEDIEU 25 SEPTEMBER 1939.

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