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Title
James Montgomery (1771–1854)
Date
1860
Medium
bronze statue on granite base
Accession number
S1_JO_S137
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription, via Sheffield Sunday Schools
Work type
Statue
Owner
Sheffield City Council
Custodian
Sheffield City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
28/06/73
Access
at all times
Inscription description
side 1: JAMES MONTGOMERY / BORN / AT IRVINE SCOTLAND / NOVEMBER 4TH 1771 / DIED / AT THE MOUNT SHEFFIELD / AFTER A RESIDENCE IN THE TOWN OF 62 YEARS) / APRIL 30TH 1854 / IN THE 83RD YEAR OF HIS AGE / THE TEACHERS SCHOLARS AND FRIENDS / OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN SHEFFIELD / ASSISTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT / IN MEMORY OF / THEIR REVERED TOWNSMAN / MDCCCLXI; side 2: THERE IS A CALM FOR THOSE THAT WEEP / A REST FOR WEARY PILGRIMS FOUND / THEY SOFTLY LIE AND SWEETLY SLEEP / LOW ON THE GROUND / THE STORM THAT WRECKS THE WINTRY SKY / NO MORE DISTURBS THIR DEEP REPOSE / THAN SUMMER EVENINGS LATEST SIGH / THAT SHUTS THE ROSE / THE SOUL OF ORIGIN DEVINE / GODS GLORIOUS IMAGE FREE FROM CLAY / IN HEAVENS ETERNAL SPHERE SHALL SHINE / A STAR OF DAY / THE SUN IS BUT A SPARK OF FIRE / A TRANSIENT METEOR THROUGH THE SKY / THE SOUL IMMORTAL AS ITS SIRE / SHALL NEVER DIE!; side 3: HERE LIES INTERRED / BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM / THE CHRISTIAN POET / PATRIOT / AND PHILANTHROPIST / WHEREVER POERTY IS READ / OR CHRISTIAN HYMNS ARE SUNG / IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE / HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH / BY THE GENIUS PIETY AND TASTE / EMBODIED IN HIS WRITINGS.; side 4: PRAYER IS THE SOULS SINCERE DESIRE / UTTERED OR UNEXPRESSED / THE MOTION OF A HIDDEN FIRE / THAT TREMBLES IN THE BREAST. / PRYER IS THE CHRISTIANS VITAL BREATH / THE CHIRSTIANS NATIVE AIR / HIS WATCHWORD AT THE GATES OF DEATH / HE ENTERS HEAVEN BY PRAYER / NOR PRAYER IS MADE BY MAN ALONE / THE HOLY SPIRIT PLEADS / AND JESUS ON THE ETERNAL THRONE / FOR SINNERS INTERCEDES / O THOU WHOM WE COME TO GOD / THE LIFE THE TRUTH THE WAY ! / THE PATH OF ORYER THEYSELF HAST TROD / LORD TEACH US HOW TO PRAY