Memorials to Rev Samuel Knight

Halifax Parish Church

TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVEREND SAMUEL KNIGHT, M.A. FORMERLY FELLOW OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE; THE FIRST INCUMBENT OF TRINITY CHURCH IN THIS TOWN, AND AFTERWARDS VICAR OF THIS PARISH.     HE WAS A MAN ENDOWED WITH A VIGOROUS AND PENETRATING MIND; AND WAS INTIMATELY CONVERSANT WITH THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE AND LITERATURE, BUT WHAT THINGS WERE GAIN TO HIM, THOSE HE COUNTED LOSS FOR CHRIST. THE GOSPEL WAS THAT IN WHICH ALONE HE GLORIED; ITS PRECIOUS TRUTHS HE PREACHED WITH FIDELITY AND AFFECTION ITS HOLY PRECEPTS HE EXEMPLIFIED IN HIS LIFE AND CONDUCT; AND ITS EVERLASTING CONSOLATIONS HE REALIZED IN THE SOLEMN PROSPECT OF ETERNITY.     HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 7TH, 1827, IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE AND LIED INTERRED IN THIS CHANCEL     THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED WITH FEELINGS OF AFFECTIONATE REGARD BY HIS SURVIVING WIDOW

Samuel Knight, M.A., the first incumbent of Trinity Church in this Town, and afterwards Vicar of this Parish, entered in Rest January 7th 1827, aged 67 years     The memory of the just is blessed     Frances Knight, relict of the above Samuel Knight, died February 20th 1832, aged 65 years     Pleasant in life; in death not divided