Reverend Thomas Fraser, of Newport Established Church, of which Congregation Pae was a member, preached a Funeral Sermon on Sunday, May 11th, from which the following extract is taken (reprinted from Eustace):-

As an author of writings which he knew were read by many thousands, Mr. Pae had a deep sense of his great
responsibility. His aim throughout all his romances was please, to amuse, to thrill, to excite; but it was also to instruct, to elevate, to humanise. His writings abounded in sparkling wit and playful fancy and brilliant satire, but these were often but the outer garb of wholesome thoughts, of true sentiments, of high and noble aspirations. I believe he never wrote anything or even suggested anything that broke down the barrier between purity and sin, or lowered in the slightest degree the sacredness of what is holy and Divine. I would only add a single word as to what was a most marked feature in the character of our departed friend - the deep religiousness of his nature. Mr. Pae was a man most reverent in spirit, of simple and unobtrusive piety, to whom the teaching our Lord Jesus Christ was the great rule of life and conduct, and the wondrous story of the Cross one of personal meaning and value. To him love to God and love to man were the sum and substance of religion. In this faith he lived. It was a life which reflected much of the meekness and gentleness of Christ, and was adorned with "the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."