The Henson Journals

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1st Sunday after the Epiphany, January 9th, 1910.

I celebrated the Holy Communion in S. Margaret's at 8 a.m. There were 15 comts.

At Mattins I preached in Christ Church, Mayfair, for Eric Farrar, who has not yet recovered from his accident. Bad acoustics & much coughing.

Dr Mitford Mitchell & Dicey came to lunch.

I preached in the Abbey at the afternoon service, taking Gamaliel's words to the Sanhedrin as my text, and applying it to the General Election, which will begin next Saturday.

At Evensong in S. Margaret's there was a large congregation. There was no organ as Custard is away on holiday, and Smart is down with influenza. I preached for the third time today. The congregation sang the hymns & chants with great fervour. After the Benediction we sang four carols.

Anthony Brown & Mary Scott were our only visitors at supper.

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On Monday, the 10th of Jany, I went to Bristol, and gave an address to a large assembly of Methodists on the occasion of the "District Rally" of the Wesley Guild. Bisseter of the Leysian Mission was the other speaker. I was entertained by one of the local members, Sir Wm Howell Davies, a Radical. He & all his family were absorbed in the political contest. They tell me that Tariff Reform has been making converts in Bristol.

On Tuesday, the 11th, I returned to Westminster, and almost immediately went to S. Margaret's, and baptized the infant son of Mr Cooper (22 Buckingham Gate S.W.)

Harry Davis & his sister arrived here on Monday night for a short visit. He has been offered a Professorship at Harvard.

On Wednesday, the 12th we gave a dinner–party followed by a small reception.

On Thursday, the 13th, the 'Westminster Gazette' announced the appointment of Dr Pollock, Headmaster of Wellington, to the Bishoprick of Norwich.

On Friday, the 14th Ella went off to Italy with Edith Bruce.

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1. Truro	Stubbs		for	Gott
2. Newcastle	Straton		for	Lloyd
3. Chichester	Ridgway	68	for	Wilberforce
4. York.	Lang	44	for	Maclagan
5. Norwich	Pollock	46	for	Sheepshanks
6. Lincoln	Hicks	67	for	King
7. Winchester	Talbot	66	for	Ryle
8. Southwark	Burge	49	for	Talbot
9. Oxford	Gore	58	for	Paget
10. Salisbury	Ridgeway	63	for	Wordsworth

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1. Deanery of Norwich	Russell Wakefield [ Lefroy]
2. " " Worcester	Moore Ede [ Forrest]
3. " " Peterborough	Arnold Page [ Barlow]
4. " " Lichfield	Savage [ Luckock]
5. " " Lincoln	Fry [ Wickham]
6. " " Wells	Armitage Robinson [ Jex–Blake]
7. " " Westminster	Bishop Ryle [ Robinson]
8. " " St. Paul's	Inge [ Gregory]
9. " " Norwich	Beeching [ Russell–Wakefield]

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Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford	Scott–Holland [ Ince]
Canon of St Paul's	Simpson [ Scott–Holland]
Canon of Manchester	Green
Canon of Durham	Bp. Tucker
Canon of Westminster	Bp. Boyd Carpenter
Canon of Westminster	Pearce

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