BISHOP AND MEN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 9

BISHOP AND MEN.

: Tho London .correspondent of ; the-"Man- r ; ; ;''v'i ch<Bter:'6uardian"; thus 1 : describes'::: thai :' V- , Bishop of .Manchester's recent {address; to,' ; :.'; city business men:—"The-,;.warn-compari-.',-: ; ':-' son..of - Londoners to'v tho;'- Athenians ii'Vi' '■}. their: relish'of a new': thirig'came -to mind ■:.:-. this (Wednesday) .afternoon -as I 'watched; I- -:' the brokers and merchants hurrying: into 7. the Royal Exchange' to listen'to.: a sir- - .il'. mon from Dr.- Knox, Bishop of Mahches-; 0 ter.-' ..It was: a: very' new' thing,': for even .' . " thevgildod'.beadles,;who: wore, walking'a:-. '■■ ;; little; mournfully''.' in - the cloisters,: couldi \■:'-.-.. not saythat'thcy had ever seen anything-i, v like; it.'before—tho mottoof: beadles^all!::.'::': tho world over:.is. Arnold's''''As-.thing3.'»:•: have .been,'i they-, remain,'.and' their :con-;:t'.:-: versation withi.sympathetic i^nirerssug-!-;.:.: gested:a doubt.'.of what/the'cityis; com-'. ■,;■> ing; to. IThesb lunch-hour.- addresses:-to:i'. 9: city ; ;men in' the Exchange are a A'ehture '.'■; '■:>•, of .the:. Bishop-: of. London's.. ; 'A'- small [-':■•: platform ; with a. ;sheU-like'.'.'liounding-;:,:,: board, over: it, placed' in" l a corner of -.thai' '"-".' : ' courtyard, was-the pulpit.;Standihg~hero;j ■';■'» ; his>,purple;',skull-cap on, Bishop,,Knoxj.'v . looted'over a wide ring' of; bowler:hatsl- ' ':>, glistening with rain and bare'-'-heads' b?i\;'hmen'who.had run out. of their:omocs : to' '■'.{■■''', tete;the new'sensation." It was. a:.cold,:.'-: : : . ; . grey scene, except.that one caught"a glow!';.'"' of colour, alongthe', walls 'where- the lights ';■'.:•' fell- on' the'frescoes;': ,Tho': Bishop, spokoj-: J:';: :ivith:-.that' plain directness.'-.':of ,: ::S whioh Lancashire holiday 'folk. havo;oftcn,;, ! :v V 1: heard; him: use:on : "Blackpool-.sahds. inj'--; : August. ; .-- His, subject was "■ Hum;':: ! Atr-''*:: the'.end' lib raised •nounced the Benediotion,'','and. there':was i'-il; a swift and silent uucoferihg of 'Ke'ads.''.': 1 !'; In another, minuto: the crowd .had .scat- '~':: tered to very mundane - matters.: v ;Dr! j;-: ,:.■ Knox has: the secret of popular, appeall" •'",. i