The Henson Journals
Sun 10 August 1913 to Sat 16 August 1913
Volume 18, Pages 390 to 391
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12th Sunday after Trinity, August 10th, 1913.
Jesus, on Whom be peace, had said: "The world is but a bridge over which you must pass, but must not linger to build your dwelling."
Agraphon engraved in Arabic on the chief gateway of a mosque at Sikri, about 24 miles from Agra.
Knowling preached at Mattins an excellent sermon on the text: "The hope of the Gospel".
Parkin & his Wife, with two friends halting at Durham for a few hours on a motor journey called on us. I shewed them over the Cathedral before Evensong: they came into tea after service, & saw over the House.
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I went to Newcastle, and there visited the dentist. In the train I had as fellow–traveller, Judge Greenwell, an acute & friendly person.
On Tuesday, Mr J. Smith arrived ostensibly to convey his wife to South Wales on Friday. In the faith of their departure I wrote to the Superintendent of the G.E.R. at York, ordering tickets to Antwerp for Saturday.
On Wednesday, Ella and I dined with Captain & Mrs Roberts, with whom Bailey was staying.
On Thursday, Sir Hugh & Lady Bell called for tea on their way by motor to Scotland. Later there arrived to stay the night Lady Cohen & Linetta, also motoring to Scotland.
On Friday, Miss Bell came to lunch bringing with her a strange & talkative German, Miss de Bunsen.
I took tickets to Brussels via Antwerp. They cost £8. 9. 0 for the pair of us. Then, greatly daring, I had my hair cut & shampooed by the local practitioner.
On Saturday we left Durham, and travelled to Brussels by way of York, Harwich, & Antwerp. The train was 3/4 of an hour late owing to the Saturday afternoon tourists, but the sea was calm, & we had an easy passage, arriving in Brussels on Sunday morning about 10 a.m.