The Henson Journals

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Wednesday, June 18th, 1919.

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I wrote to John Murray urging him to write to the Times in the character of the Anglican layman only anxious for practical reforms. Then I had a long talk with Nickson, to whom I gave similar advice, viz. that he, as one who had supported the Enabling Bill on practical grounds, dissociated himself from the "idealists", and hoped that, if the E.B. were defeated or withdrawn, a more modest measure of a practical character might replace it.

Captain & Madame Crapin took their departure before lunch.

Then William Badham arrived to see me about becoming my chauffeur. I covenanted to give him 35/– a week, & to find him his motoring clothes. He [is] to live at home with his mother. If he does well, he is to receive £2 per week after the end of the year. He is to enter on his duties on Saturday, the 19th of July.

The Revd H. E. Grindley, Vicar of Bosbury, lunched here. He wanted to expound to me his notion about uniting Coddington with one of the adjacent parishes. He thinks that Wellington Heath would be the best–suited for union. I took Nickson for a walk after tea, & shewed him All Saints & St Peter's Churches. Then I wrote a number of letters, including one to Mr Ward, conveying an offer of the diocesan Missioner's office at a stipend of £400 plus official expenses.

The "Times" has another leader on the Enabling Bill. It states that many peers are intending to speak in the resumed debate.

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