in his _Man of Ross_--

"Who bade the heaven directed spire to rise,"
&c.

Not only has he rebuilt the church in handsome style--presented it with
a noble organ, &c., and founded the above school, but the whole business
of his life appears to be to provide by his munificence for the present
comfort, and by his pastoral labours, for the future happiness, of all
around him.

A humble slab of white marble over the south door of the church, bears
the following inscription:

TO RECORD THEIR GRATITUDE
FOR MUNIFICENCE, DIRECTED TO THE INCREASE
OF CHARITY AND RELIGION,
THIS STONE IS DEDICATED BY THE INHABITANTS
OF STURMINSTER NEWTON,
TO THE REVD. THOMAS LANE FOX,
OF HINTON,[5] ST. MARY, IN THIS COUNTY,
A. D. 1827.

COLBOURNE.

[5] Hinton is about a mile from Sturminister Newton.

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