The Henson Journals

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Saturday, November 26th, 1927.

I wasted the morning in writing letters and also a short article on "Democracy and Education" for the new magazine which the Bede College students are fools enough to start. Its early demise may be expected! After lunch I motored into Durham, and addressed a number of Headmasters & Headmistresses in the S. Margaret's Institute. I had nothing to say, and said it badly for 35 minutes! Then I returned to Auckland.

Headlam writes to ask me to read a paper on "The Church as the Spiritual Organ of the Nation" at the Church Congress. What the words mean, it is hard to say. The Enabling Act destroyed whatever meaning they may have had. Yet I hardly see how I can wisely refuse. He has worked out a rather ambitious program with reference to "The Anglican Communion" as the general theme. He seems to be "making a corner in" Anglicanism. Possibly the revision of the Prayer Book provides a suitable opportunity for an examination of that subject, but, if everybody else is as weary of all the things Anglican as I am, the programme of the Cheltenham Church Congress will hardly be found attractive.

The Times has a friendly leader on the Report of the Ecclesiastical Committee.