The Rev. Daniel Allen, pastor of the Particular Baptist Church, Sydney, passed peacefully away at 3 o'clock on Monday morning, at the Chapel House, Castlereagh Street. The Rev. Gentleman took seriously ill some three months ago when inflammation of the liver and dropsy set in, followed subsequently by heart disease. Doctors Renwick and Dixson were in constant attendance, but their services availed little, and ten days ago they gave up all hope of recovery. From then the Reverend Gentleman gradually began to sink, suffering acute pain at times, which he bore with wonderful fortitude. Three times the end was feared, but on each occasion he improved again slightly. The beginning of his illness is said to be traceable to a shock to the nervous system, caused some two years ago consequent upon the death of his second youngest son, Ebenezer. From that time he was never really in good health. He retained his faculties to the last, and never lost conciousness at any time during his illness.

The Reverend Gentleman was 67 years of age, and was a native of Suffolk, England. He reached the colonies in about 1845, and after spending some time in Tasmania, proceeded to Melbourne, where he held the pastorate of a Baptist Church until 1870, when he came over to Sydney to fill a similar position in the Particular Baptist Church in this city, which he held until his demise.

In the pulpit he was generally admitted to be a very original, eloquent, and heart-searching preacher, and it was often said of him that he was never wearisome. He always spoke extempore, the possession of a marvelous memory being an invaluable aid to him.

His labours were numerous, and reaching far beyond his own denomination, proving that he was not cramped to his own particular Church. By his congregation he was looked upon in the light of a father, and his cheerful face and kindly voice will be missed very much. The deceased was Grand Chaplain of the Orange Institution of New South Wales; also Chaplain of No. 4 Loyal Orange Lodge. He was a member of the Local Option Committee, in which he always evinced great activity, a prominent member of the Social Purity League, whilst he interested himself largely in the evangelical work in Sydney. He held the presidential chair of the Particular Baptist Association of Australia, and was the principal minister in the colonies of that denomination. For many years he contributed to the home religious journal of the denomination, whilst up to the time of his death he edited the Australian Particular Baptists' magazine.

The Reverend Gentleman was essentially a self-made man, having fought his way in the world from almost his childhood. He was an enthusiastic admirer of the Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, with whom he cultivated an acquaintance in his young days. It will be remembered that Pastor Allen took a most prominent part in connection with the anti-Home Rule agitation. At one time he was as well known as any man in the colony on account of his strong Orange proclivities and the fact that he showed himself to be a vigorous fighter on the platform and "stump." But of late years he has been very quiet. His friends state that he died triumphantly in the truths he had preached so long. He leaves a wife and three grown up sons and a daughter.

The interment took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Rookwood Cemetery. The Orange Lodge honoured their deceased brother with their presence at the obsequies.