The Henson Journals

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Friday, May 31st, 1918.

1397th day

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I read the 'Times' and wrote 3 letters before getting up. After breakfasting in the Athenaeum, I wrote more letters, made an extract of my sermon in the Abbey & sent it to K. for the "Times", and prepared notes for the Albert Hall speech tonight. Having lunched at the Club, I walked to Westminster, & at the Church House got hold of the new number of the "Church Quarterly", and read Headlam's article on my appointment. It is written in a fair spirit, & exposes the shameless garbling of quotations, of which the E.C.U. was guilty when it published the pamphlet, "Dr Hensley Henson's Opinions". I fear, however, that the readers of the pamphlet are not likely to see the Article. I called on Caröe, whom I found at home, & on Lady Ilbert, who had just left for Penn. Then I walked back to the Club & had tea, after which I called on Miss Mundella, & then went to the Albert Hall for the Centenary of the British & Foreign Sailors' Society. Lord Crewe presided, & Admiral Jellicoe was the principal speaker. There was a considerable audience, but not so large as I expected. I spoke for about 20 minutes; my speech was much applauded. I came away about 10 minutes after 9 o'clock, when the meeting had gone on for more than 2 hours. I got a scrap of supper at an exorbitant price – 6/6 for a fragment of cold chicken & a bottle of Perrier water – & then, having read the telegrams in the Club, went back to the Hotel & to bed.

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