The Henson Journals

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Friday, March 5th, 1920.

The post brings a copy of the "Christian World" containing the interview which I submitted to on Feb 19th. It reads very crudely, and will do no good. I spent the morning on the Bradford sermon until lunch, when May, the Vicar came to see me. The poor man wants an increase of income, which is precisely what I have no means of giving him! Then I went to the Cathedral, & heard and excellent discourse from Lilley on the reunion negotiations between Bossuet & the Lutherans. Then I walked for an hour with Lilley: then I worked on the sermon & wrote letters until dinner. Wynne Willson finally declined the living of Weston under Penyard. The present incumbent proposes to resign on June 1st: unfortunately he will take a pension (probably £200), and the rates of charges on the benefice are said to amount to £170. The gross value of the living is said to be £685: the net income, so long as Craigie survives, will not much exceed £300. The Rectory is a fair sized house, and there is a large garden. No man cd be comfortable without private means.

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