Joseph Maas (d. 1886)

Joseph Maas (d. 1886)

A memorial to Morell Thurston is located on the east wall of the south nave transept.

Mural monument of alabaster and marble, consisting of a slab with a pointed top in which is a white marble lyre, with a relief portrait profile head, set against a shaped grey marble background which conceals an archway. Designed Temple Moore, signed J. Currie, Sc/Oxford St - W.

Inscription in incised, mainly Roman, letters once gilded.

Inscription

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
JOSEPH MAAS,
WHO DIED ON THE 16th JANUARY 1886. IN THE 39th YEAR OF HIS AGE.

In the Choir of this Cathedral, he first learned the power of Song
which made him, though young in Years, rich in Reputation,
and honored as a Great Singer and Musician, and who, loving
and beloved on earth, now rests in hope of the time when
Redeemed of the Lord shall come with singing unto Zion.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS LOVING WIFE.

References

Physick No 79.