The Henson Journals
Sun 18 December 1910 to Thu 22 December 1910
Volume 17, Pages 153 to 154
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4th Sunday in Advent, December 18th, 1910.
I celebrated in St Margaret's at 8 a.m. when there were 15 communicants.
The preacher in the Abbey at the morning service was the Revd W. J. Sparrow Simpson. He preached well & vigorously against German critical views of Christianity, but he was too indiscriminating in his statements, and caricatured his opponents. Like many small men he has a loud voice, & a clear intonation.
After service we walked Logic around the Park.
The congregation in the afternoon was not large; partly this may have been due to a secession of the musical folks to the Temple where the renovated organ was being 're–opened.' Raleigh was present, and rather to my surprize I observed the Duchess of Buccleugh in Mrs Gow's seat. I preached on 'Lukewarmness', finding a text in the second lesson, which contained the Message to Laodicea.
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On Wednesday Dec: 21st 1910, Oman with his family came to us for the night. They lunched & attended the play, 'Henry VIII'. In the evening we gave a dinner party in honour of Mrs Amery. There were present.
- Amery & his wife
- Oman & his wife
- Gwyer & his wife
- Dr H. Troutbeck & his wife
- Lady Craik
- The Sub–Dean
- Leslie Scott
- Mrs Taylor
- Caröe
- Edith Bruce.
On Thursday morning I shewed Mrs Oman & the children with Mrs Johnson & her two boys over the Abbey.