E.L.M. memorial obelisk, Freshwater

The E.L.M. memorial obelisk, to the south of the Afton Down road into Freshwater (SE of the parking area on the north side of the road), is a memorial to Edward Lewis Miller, aged 15, who lost his life by falling from the cliff near this point on 28th August 1846.

The inscriptions read:

North face:

E.L.M.
AGED 15
--
HE COMETH FORTH
LIKE A FLOWER
AND IS CUT DOWN.
HE FLEETH ALSO AS
A SHADOW AND
CONTINUETH NOT.

South face:
ERECTED
IN REMEMBRANCE
OF A MOST DEAR
AND ONLY CHILD
WHO WAS SUDDENLY
REMOVED INTO ETERNITY
BY A FALL FROM
THE ADJACENT CLIFF
TO THE ROCKS BENEATH
28TH AUGUST 1846.
-
READER PREPARE TO
MEET THY GOD, FOR THOU
KNOWEST NOT WHAT A DAY
MAY BRING FORTH.

West face:
JESUS SAID
'I AM THE
RESURRECTION
AND THE LIFE'

East face:
IN THE
MIDST OF LIFE
WE ARE IN DEATH

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