The Henson Journals

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Whit Monday, May 20th, 1918.

1386th day

A really hot day, befitting July more than May. But truly the world looked beautiful under the sun: & only a resolute effort could keep its profound and continuing misery in mind. I spent the day mostly in the Palace, where the garden is glorious.

I wrote to Bannister about the restoration of Barnard's music, insisting that it should be effected without delay.

Mr James Wright came to see me about Ordination. He is 25, has little Latin & no Greek, teaches in a school & has been invalided from the Army for a weak heart – a poor specimen enough. I advised him to get his degree at T.C.D. as a non–resident student (he has already matriculated), and then approach me again.

Mr Treherne, the Vicar of All Saints, made his statutory declaration & took his oaths as a Prebendary.

Ella assisted me in arranging the books. They are truly in a wonderful & almost inextricable confusion.

After dinner the Archdeacon of Hereford came in to see me about various items of business. I wrote to the Ecclesl Commn approving the proposed exchange of patronage between the Bishop of Worcester and the owners of Moreton Court: and also to L. Percival asking that the "Bishop's Charities" might be handed over. The cries of divers widows who cannot get their accustomed pensions pursue me. Indeed it is high time that these business arrangements were completed.

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