The Henson Journals

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5th Sunday after Easter, May 25th, 1924.

O Lord, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

This is an excellent prayer for the perplexed, and, therefore, for me surely the most perplexed of all men. I can't see my way in any direction, & the fog deepens. "Show Thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my soul unto Thee". The Gospel is a message of comfort to the perplexed: "These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world".

I celebrated the Holy Communion in the chapel at 8 a.m. There were six communicants, among them William.

At 12.15 noon I left the Castle, and motored to Gateshead, where I lunched at the Rectory. Then amid thunder–claps & descending rain I set out with the Rector & Clayton to take part in an "Empire Service" of Boy–scouts. We perforce had the service in a cinema hall as the rain fell with violence. Later I preached in Holy Trinity church to a congregation mainly composed of young women! The Vicar, McKitterick, is a good man, but of a consumptive type. After service I returned to the Castle.

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