The Henson Journals

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Saturday, June 23rd, 1917.

1055th day

I succeeded, after many attempts, in completing a letter to the 'Times' on "Liberty & the Church", and sent it off by the midday post. It is mainly a protest against doing anything during the War, but raises the question of a Royal Commission on Church & State after the War. I attended Mattins & Evensong: also an adjourned Committee of Chapter on our coal supplies. Old Haisman attended, & protested himself able to undertake the filling of our cellars. Ella and I walked round to the school after Evensong, and had tea. I had some talk with Ferens, and looked on at the cricket for half an hour. Then I wrote to Carissima, & prepared some notes for tomorrow's speech. Mr & Mrs James came to dinner. He is a school master, ordained a year ago, and now on the staff of the Durham School. She is a Scotchwoman, who has lived in India, & in a small way is literary. Neither of them made any considerable impression. He was insignificant, & she was prosy.

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