The Henson Journals

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Passion Sunday, April 5th, 1908.

A cold raw morning with a fine rain at intervals. Knox celebrated at 8 a.m. There were 30 commts.

The congregation at Mattins reflected the weather: it was bad, but not so bad as I feared. My sermon was on S. Luke VII.29, 30 "The discipline of repentance".

I celebrated the Holy Communion afterwards. There were 70 commts. Returning to the house we were caught in a tempest of hail & rain; & had to change clothes.

Violent showers of hail & rain occurred at intervals almost up to the time of evensong: in the circumstances the congregation was larger than I expected. Raleigh & his brother–in–law Simpson were in Church.

Douglas Eyre came to supper, & Signorina.

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