Stories of Dr. Temple.

Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1897, Page 3

Stories of Dr. Temple.

This one is told by himself : — He entered during a popular service in an East End Church one night, and, standing in a back pew, joined in the singing of a Moody and Sankey hymn. Next to him stood a working man who was singing lustily in tune. The Bishop sang lustily also, but not in tune. The working man stood the dissonance as long a? he could, and then, nudging the Bishop, siid in a whisper, " Here, dry up, mister ; you're spoiling the thow !"

The second story is less authenticated. It dates back to the Exeter days of Dr. Temple, when he wast suspected of heterodoxy. A young curate came to him one day and said 11 My lord, it is rumoured that you are not able to believe in special interpositions of Providence on behalf of certain persons." " Well ?" granted the Bishop. " Well, my lord, there is the case of my aunt. My aunt journeys to Exeter every Wednesday by the same train and in the same compartment of the same carriage invariably. Last Wednesday she felt a disinclination to go, and that very day an accident occurred by which the carriage of the train in which my aunt would have travelled was smashed to pieces. Now, was not that a direct interposition of Pro* videnoe on behalf of my aunt ?" " Can't say," growled the Bishop ; " don't know your aunt."