The Henson Journals

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Thursday, November 22nd, 1900

I wrote letters, & prepared my speech for the Bicentenary meeting in Stratford Town Hall. The meeting was well–attended; the Hall being quite full. Canon Farmer of Pretoria was the other speaker: a most dreary orator. I spoke for nearly an hour, but the people did not seem to weary. Afterwards the Bp. thanked me warmly for my "magnificent" speech. Thus I finished what I suppose is my last public appearance as a beneficed priest in this diocese.

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