The Henson Journals

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21st Sunday after Trinity, October 21st, 1923.

Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, & serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

We motored into Durham, and attended the morning service in the Cathedral. I had already celebrated in my chapel, & all my party had communicated, so we did not wait for the late celebration. The Bishop of Carlisle preached in the interest of C.E.T.S. He has a good voice, but he does not manage it well. His sermon was extemporaneous, & exhibited the familiar defects of that kind of preaching, being verbose, incoherent, & ill–arranged. But he said some true things, & avoided some pitfalls into which Temperance orators commonly fall. After service we lunched in the Deanery, & then attended Evensong in the Cathedral. I returned to Auckland, and finished Pullan's Bampton Lectures. They are able, interesting, and sophistical. Lord Astor arrived about 9 p.m. He is a well–set–up youngish man, with a frank manner and a ready tongue. He disclaimed advocacy of Prohibition, but ardently advocated State control of the trade in alcohol. I was distinctly pleased with him.

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