The Henson Journals

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5th Sunday after Trinity, July 12th, 1914.

While I was dressing, a heavy thunderstorm broke over the city: we went to chapel for the Holy Communion through a heavy rain.

I preached twice in the Cathedral, to the general congregation at 11 a.m., & to the whole school at 5.30 p.m. Then the interval between the services was spent in seeing our capitular friends. We lunched with Canon Vaughan, called on Sir Kenneth, walked about the College with Kenyon, and had tea with the Dean. The extreme sultriness of the atmosphere made exertion a labour. At supper divers boys & masters came in. I was particularly interested in Talbot & Paget, sons respectively of George Talbot, the Chancellor of many dioceses, & the Bishop of Stepney.

I had some interesting conversation with Lord Selborne about the situation in South Africa. He thinks the deportation of the Labour leaders was a mistake, that the breach between Botha & Herzog is irreparable, & that it will turn out well for the Empire by compelling Botha to seek support from the English & not exclusively from the Dutch as heretofore.

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