USEFUL CLERGYMEN.
- Dr -Millard, vicar of Basingstoke, and his curate, ihe Rev. C* ,H. Uacon, arq actives members of the.local fire brigade, which oonsfetsohiefly of tradesmen of the town. A few.4i>yssince they, had a torchlight procession, followed by a dinner, at which the vicar was present in full uniform, and in the course of His response toast, he said— <T I don’t know . that there has ever been an instance in history of a bishop beirigf'a ’feierivwr qf a fire brigade. -Bishops' have',done many things in pastageb:' r Wqcan. scarce understand, in these bofrown days, the differenca i there v musfr'have been in times wlfeh bishops were certainly sometimes arid often great of no’ iristanefe even’bfc'the joining 'fire • brigade# revS iri the - iristriribe of myself thC'hish^»;lwQUidCTdgrird l bttr‘|)urpose rtsbciug and ;pi action! and 1 am quite, certain I improbable event ’ bcoor-' bf'.tAy->li>feing offered a bishopric, I a condition with th.e.'FrigSe that .1 shouldn’t be obliged to leave your ranks., ,
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Kumara Times, Issue 494, 27 April 1878, Page 2
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159USEFUL CLERGYMEN. Kumara Times, Issue 494, 27 April 1878, Page 2
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