The Henson Journals

[177]

Saturday, March 24th, 1923.

We may believe that orthodoxy leads to truth, or truth to orthodoxy; but to identify them seems to me to involve the practical loss of either the one or the other. Moreover it is a sad fact that most orthodox criticism in England is reckless of truth, & unjust to the authors of other criticism.

Hort to Westcott, Sept. 10th, 1871. (ii. 147)

Four foreign doctors, visiting England in connexion with the League of Nations, came here. I showered them over the Castle.

Clayton and I motored to West Hartlepool, & picked up Canon Macdonald, who guided us to Bellasis, where I dedicated the Mission Church, a plain building seating about 400 people. Most of the clergy attended from the Rural Deanery, and many lay–readers. There were 4 choirs. Altogether, the procession included at least 100 men & boys. We robed in the hut, & then went on to the Church. The brilliant weather assisted the function. After tea in some kind of an institution, we returned to Auckland.

I have a letter from Ellison writing on behalf of the Bishop of Stepney to ask me to preach at a Men's Service in the Royal Exchange on Monday, November 12th, the day after Armistice Day. That Monday is the day on which the National Assembly meets, and if I accepted the invitation I should have to come up to London on the preceding Saturday. Nevertheless, I incline to accept it.

---