New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-10
muE REV. WILLIAM ROGERS.

r,rru BIRTHRAY-GIFTS. COMPANY
AND SPEECHES = HIS LIFE AS
CLERGYMAN AND AS BENE-
FACTOR OF THE EAST END
WHAT HE is PER-
SONALLY
London. November 96.
~. English are seldom seen to more ad-
-,ase individually or collectively. than on
'. 49, an occasion as that If Saturday. There
g. indeed two occasions. There a pre-
va. ",a,;on at the Mansion House to the Rev. WILL
~, rogers. rector of Bishopsgate. and there was
~ s.a;cation OF the Bishopsgate Institute. AS
.. rogers was the central figure of both. the
-. NAV be treated one. 1t was his seventy
Wv. Wv. birthday. and his friends celebrated 1t by
"" D.nropriate gifts. and by opening the latest
' .. nublic institution which owes its existence
70 him.
,.mnany as assembled in Mr. Rogerss honor.
-. prime Minister made the presentation
ID The other subscribers who. to the
'eL,us English phrase. supported" him. in
IA the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief JUS
". and the Lord Mayor The President Of the
oval Academy brought to this meeting the
.,,rs Of his position and the greater lustre Of
a. nersonal fame and free presence. The two
,wvers already mentioned are the heads OF the
.,ofe.s,on both by position and by the individual
'a,rence OF each Lord Davey was another, a
,,x Lord almost at the summit In professional
,,,t and quite at the Summit Of the Chancery
"a, 40 long as he remained at the Bar; and two
.,hsr OF the foremost judges. Mr. Justice Chilly
-, Nr Justice Wright, cane. Two magnates.
: exmagnates OF the Treasury. Lord Lngen
and Lord Welby. lent further support: and so
,a the most venerable of living English sur
,.ors Sir James Paget. end the first Of them. so
,,rr as he practised: with Sir Henry Thompson.
lin the first in his own branch Of surgery an
.~covernor of Bombay. now Under Secretary
for India. Lord Reay
rro Cabinet Ministers were in attendance
.s the Court Circular might say If there should
continue 10 be a Court Circular after the proc
I,ma,ion of the British Republic-on their chief
sir George Trevelyan and Mr. Arnold Morley
There was Mr. Lyulph Stanley to represent the
more or less victorious minority OF the London
School Board leader at any rate. OF the Pro-
g,e.slve Party in that Board Sir Edward Law
.on stood for journalism: the type OF prosperity,
rhsther YOU consider him Sir Edward Law
son or as editor and chief proprietor Of the news
naper which ought TO have-because IL says II
h.s-,he largest circulation in the word. but has
M, Literature and the Religion of Humanity
we're united in the person Of Mr.. Frederic Hir-
,eon Religion in so far as it is embodied ana
s.,shlished in the Church of England. had TO
conten; itself with the Bishop Of Rochester. the
p.an Of Westminster and half dozen clergy
mon OF no particular renown. 1t has always been
sunnosed that the Church. or a least the greater
d,snitarias Of the Church looked a little askance
NJ the Rector Of Bishopsgate for reasons which
". will explain presently. Mr.. Maunde Thomp-
son came for the British Museum, OF which he
"a the head The City Of which Mr.. Rogers
has been n greater benefactor than all It's Lord
MAYORS put together sent numerous ex-ch!ef
mar;strates. and magistrates Of lesser grade. to
DO honor to the citizen who has eclipsed them all.
The Prime Minister summed 1t up as company
nothing less than il!ustrious. have given not
tenth Of the names. but you Will see that 'he
word illustrious is not misplaced.
Lists Of names are not always entertaining, out
TO those already mentioned as present others
ought 10 be added from among the subscribers.
Lord Rothschild is one. the head Of the Jewish
community in London. and Of the most exact
and ample charities anywhere administered in
Rosers's work. Mr.. Huxley is another. and me-
too. as the man who has turned General
Rooth and his Salvation Army inside out. may
he accepted as Judge In such matters. The
Bishop of London is there also; Lord Lahs-
dovne with the vice-royalty Of India behind
him. the Governor OF the Pank Of England; TWO
othsr Rothschids brothers Of the head OF the
Arm Mr. alfred and Mr. Leopold the Duke OF
wes,r,nster one Of the most cautious OF men,
and when caution has done it's perfect WORK
onen-minded and open ha nded Sir sydney
waterlow. a great name in the City. the creator
~ a vraat business and the husband Of an Ameri-
can wife: Mr.. Ldderdale. the boldest head the
p.rk ~ England ever had; the Home Secretary;
Sir John Lubbock, the banker. and naturalist
and writer. and many other things; MI. Aired
Miner late Of Egypt. now head Of the Ireland
Revenue canable Of hign finance: Lord Farrer,
one Of the last Of the old school Of political econ
omists. Mr. Buehle Editor OF The Times"
Lord Brassey. fresh from America and from
the Court the spray of the salt sea ever upon
him: Lord Londonderry. late Viceroy OF Ireland
and Mr. John Walter. who has passed away since
he added his name to this honorable list
Who then, is the man In whose honor THESE
high personages gave these guineas ana the'r
presence? He may be known to you by DOCK
he unfinished some years ago. book or Remi-
niscences But that is the least part OF his title
to respect and regard. Or he may De known u
you by an old nickname. Hang Theology hos-
eT'; which makes some readers shudder
doubt not 1t stood long in his way here. There
are those who have not yet forgiven IL OF hii''
and one Of them says this morning, In omc'a'
conservative print, that for minister OF any
0ristan denomination to say Hang Theoiogy
aperhaps to exhibit religious liberalism IN
wy trying light.
Perhaps it is. but perhaps also II depends a
little on the circumstances in which II was saio
The old story must be TOLD once more. now MT.
Rogers found himself confronted on the threshold
OF one Of his educational enterprises by douots
and queries Of the unconvnced who thought Ms
schools would not pay, and wanted to know