THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 2032, 20 December 1907, Page 3

THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

ON HIS VISIT TO CANADA; lu the Loudon Diocesan Magazine the Bishop of London deals with his recent visit to Canada. He prefaces his remarks with the statement that they are in no way an account of the" Church across the Atlantic. He continues: —“It seems to me nothing short of monstrous that a man should he hospitably and generously •entertained by a Church five or six weeks and then returned to write in cold blood a criticism of it, however friendly that criticism might be, and I have refused, therefore, all invitation to do this for periodicals or magazines.” In dealing with his visit in a gossipy manner, the Bishop says that some of the emigrants on hoard the Victorian came from such familiar quarters as Beth-nal-green and Stepney. ‘‘ Of course, ’ ’ says the Bishop, “I went down to preach to them, and also gave away prizes at their sports, the prizes consisting exclusively of shaving apparatus, hair brushes, hat pius, &0., as the barbers’ shop was the only Regent-street to which we had access.” Referring to his visit to Lord Grey, the Bishop says that, although lie did not meet him until after church, he distinctly heard a xustie of approval in the “GovernorGeneral’s pew when he said that Quebec was one of the few really famous spots on the world’s surface. ”* ‘ In the afternoon, ’ ’ says the Bishop, “wo went over the battlefield together. I do hope that if he carries out his plan of'removing the ugly factory and have been !»

allowed to disfigure almost the very spot where Wolfe died and of laying out the. place as a public park, he will receive that backing from England which the scheme deserves. At Ottawa Sir Wilfred Laurier came to the club luncheon, sat by my side, showed me 'how to eat a Canadian corn ‘cob’ and expressed himself much interested and even affected by the account of the slums in old London. ” “There is room,” says the Bishop, “for a hundred million of people, and it ought eventually.to be one of the greatest nations of the earth. We ought to see to it that it remains British in race and sentiment by sending out our best sons and daughters to it, and, above all, ought to spare no sacrifice or effort to ensure that those who go carry with them the ministration of the old Church which had made England great in the past and that the new nation shall he in heart aud life and sentiment, first of all Christians. ’ ’ Dealing with his visit to the United States, the Bishop says he had never been able to discover how his game of tennis with President Roosevelt became famous. There never was a single combat between them, as the kindly President thought he would have'more fun in a “four” game, but Mr Garfield and the Bishop played against the President aud the Assistant Attorney-General, aud, when after a most exciting game the Bishop’s side won, the Washington Post, a name which always reminded him of the annual children’s dance at Fulham, was quite correct when it said, “The President looked as pleased as if he had seen a man with 20 children.” The Bishop concludeslt is certainly true that I left the United States after my visit to them with an enhanced affection aud admiration for the great people 'who inhabit them. ’ ’