The Henson Journals

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Saturday, September 24th, 1927.

Miss Binnington went off after breakfast. I succeeded in finishing the Congress Sermon by lunch–time, but was mightily discontented with it. After lunch I walked round the Park. The afternoon post brought me the proof of my article on Quakerism. I sent it back with a short paragraph about "A Quaker Saint in Cornwall" added. This article reads worse than I expected, and will certainly please nobody.

I paid £12.5.0 for last term's fees for young Derek Elliott, the red–headed lad whose father is said to have been murdered by the Communists.

The "Times" devotes its first leader to the Revised Prayer Book. The opposition has certainly assumed larger proportions that at one time seemed possible; but the pressure of the Anglican opponents assisted by the natural desire to embarrass the Church has brought a considerable section of the Dissenters into the field, and Fanaticism can always count upon ample funds and ardent agitators!