The Henson Journals

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Friday, November 5th, 1926.

The night was very boisterous, and rain fell in great quantity, but the rise in temperature is marked and welcome. I made a copy of so much of my Presidential Address as concerns Prayer Book Revision, and sent it to the Editor of the Times. Then I wrote to Lord Durham inviting him to lead an attempt to organize emigration in this county: and to Lord Darling thanking him for his gift of "A Pensioner's Garden". Also, I wrote to Canon Maynard Smith thanking him for the Life of the Bishop of Zanzibar.

After lunch I motored to Durham, and presided over a meeting of the Board of Religious Education. Colonel Thomlinson mitigated his motion in favour of an Appeal for the Schools into one for the Committee to consider the advisability of such an appeal. In this form I suffered it to pass, taking occasion to make a speech on the subject of the Schools, which indicated quite clearly that I would not sanction any general appeal. Then I interviewed a pleasant–looking lad, William Suthren, the son of a motor–driver, who is at S. Chad's, and desires in due course to be ordained. After this, I returned to Auckland Castle. Chancellor Dowdall arrived about 6 p.m.: and I had some discussion with him before dinner about his recent judgment allowing an aumbry for the Reservation of the Sacrament to be used by the Sick only. He is a heavy, positive, thick–witted man with an oracular manner.

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