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HERE LIES THE BODY OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR JAMES STEPHEN K.C.B. L.L.
FOR MANY YEARS
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR THE COLONIES, AND AFTERWARDS
PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
HE WAS BORN AT LAMBETH
JANUARY 1789
AND DIED AT COBLENTI
SEPTEMBER 14TH 1859
IN THE 71ST YEAR OF HIS AGE
"BE STRONG AND OF A GOOD COURAGE
BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED
FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS WITH THEE
(WHITHER (X ?EVER) THOU GOEST"
ALSO THE BODY OF
JANE CATHERINE
WIDOW OF SIR JAMES STEPHEN
AND DAUGHTER OF THE REVd. JOHN VENN
FORMERLY RECTOR OF CLAPHAM, SURREY
SHE WAS BORN AT CLAPHAM
MAY 16TH 1793
AND DIED AT SOUTH KENSINGTON
FEBRUARY 27TH 1875
IN THE 82ND YEAR OF HER AGE
"SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD FOR EVER."
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