Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-13

nominal and secular head of the English
church. The late Archbishop Benson was
appointed by Gladstone and ended his days
at Hawarden. the home of his political
sponsor Archbishop Temple ewes his po-
sition to Lord salisbury.
There are two primates of the Establish
ed Church of England. but the archbishop
of Canterbury is the chief ole. Ecclesias-
tical England was divided into two great
provinces as far back as the reign Of Pope
Gregory the Great That was long time
ago, but in conservative England this di-
vision has remained unchanged and, al
though Rome lost her control of the Eng
lish church centuries ago the two arch
bishops still exist. The other is the arch
bishop of York But, while lie is called
prmate of England, the archbishop of
Canterbury is known as piimate of all
England, not II great difference as far as
titles go, but most important one in prac
tice.
The archbishop of Canterbury, for in
stance, draws an annual salary of SIS, 900,
while the archbishop of York is forced to
exc out an existence on "a bCggarly 500. 900
year. When it comes to question OF
precedence, too, the archbishop of York
has to take Il back seat for the archbishop
of Canterbury preccdcs all mobiles save
those Of royal blood After him comes the
lord chancellor and then the archbishop Of
York. Both archbishops, as well as "a of
the bishops. have seats in the house Of
peers and take hand in making the laws
as well as looking after the spiritual wei
fare Of the people
For this and other reasons men who have
filled the position of archbishop of Canter-
No
churchmen and have been well fitted to
fulfill the important duties Of the office.
Even u bishop is called upon to do great
amount of executive work, and there is
connected with the Office of archbishop a
vast amount Of business detail, which re-
ouireS a man of great business ability and
enorlnous energy.
Then there clusters around the archiepis-
copate Il great mass of historic tradition
which invests it with much solemnity and
impressiycness. Established as it was in
col, centuries before the reformation there
are ages of precedent which it is expected
the archbishop of Canterbury will observe
lie is the priestly head of the English
church because his special diocese of Kent
is the cradle of English Christianity.
The archbishop has as a residence Lam
beth palace, London, historic old pile on
the banks of the Thames. 1t is of so an
cient construction that the most recent inn
provements Of consequence were made in
the middle ages. The chapel Of Lambeth
palace is especially famous for its historical
associations, and many tragedies have oc-
CURED there. 1t was in this chapel that
John Wyclif was charged with heresy
and was rescued by the Lollards. Here
Anne Bolcyn was tried and the mother
of Queen Elizabeth was taken from it to
the scatfold.
But Archbishop Temple will probably
not stay in the palace more than "A few
months out of each year. The rest of the
time he will be guest at some of the mag
nitlcent country estates of the English no
bility
While the selection of DR.. Temple as
archbishop OF Canterbury was evidently
somewhat of surprise the English seem