Bishop Moorhouse.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 28 November 1891, Page 2

Bishop Moorhouse.

* When Dr Moorhouse, the present Bishop of Manchester, but late Bishop of Melbourne, was in Australia, he made himself very popular through his geniality, tolerance, and common sense. One night the Bishop was about to lecture in a little township perched on a plateau in the Australian Alps. The hall was packed, but a young bushman, attired in a striped shirt and moleskin trousers, and wearing a flaming red " comforter," was determined to push his way to the front. • He thought he saw a vacant seat on the platform, and he made for it, " Would you mind shoving up a bit, missus ?" he said to a quiet, homely-looking lady. " No, no^ou musn't sit there," interposed^the local clergyman : that's the Bishop's lady." " Nonsense," exclaimed the Bishop, who had overheard the remark ; ' squeeze up a bit, Mary.' Mrs Moorhouse laughingly acquiesced, and the young bushmen in many coloured- attire sat by the side of the Bishop's wife throughout the lecture. On another occasion Bishop Moorhouse was in an an upcountry Victoria town, and was-, walking to the church on a Sundaymorning to preach. On the previous day a number of cattle had been, driven into the place, but the drovers, were sleeping off the effects of a Saturday night debauch, unmindful of the wants of the charges. TJieBishop came upon the thirsty cattlegathered round an empty trough. He immediately took off his coat and pumped away for half an hour, until the thrist of the whole of the poor animals had been relieved. Is there any other bishop of the Church of England who can recall such a wellspent Sunday morning as that in his episcopal career?