The Henson Journals

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4th Sunday in Lent, April 2nd, 1905.

A calm morning & restful to the spirit. I celebrated at 8 a.m.: there were 36 communicants.

I opened by haphazard a volume of Tennyson's Poems, which lay on my table, & mine eye fell on these lines, which seemed the very description of my own spirit's history;

• Lo, falling from my constant mind,
• Lo, parch'd and wither'd, deaf and blind,
• I whirl like leaves in roaring wind.

At Mattins there was a fair congregation, but very largely composed of strangers. Among others I observed Dicey & Alwyn Parker.

At the 2nd Celebration there were 96 commts; among these I noticed Victor Cavendish, Sir Elliott Lees, & Lady Manners.

At Evensong there was a large congregation.

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