Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-02-27

London Times, Feb. e
The 3sth annual festival dinner in
connection with the st. Johns Founda-
tion School took place last night at the
Whitehall Rooms Of the Hotel Metro
pole The chair was taken by the
American Ambassador. and amongst
those present we're the Japanese Minis
ter, the Servian Minister, Mr.. Justice
Vaughan Williams, the Dean of Roches-
ter, Canon Duckworth, Mr.. Charles
Churchill chairman of Governors),
Sir Dyce Duckworth, Gen. Lowry, Sir
w. Vincent, Major General Sim, Arch
deacon Baly and Archdeacon Burney.
The chairman, on rising to propose
the health of the Queen, was enthusi.
astically received. He said: The first
toast, and properly, is that of Her
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen,
which is always drunk with enthusi-
astic affection In her own dominions and
with respect everywhere, and is just
now touched with certain grace that
sorrow ever lends. give you 1.-The
Health and Long Life Of Her Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria" Cheers.
After the toast Of 1.-THE Prince and
Princess of Wales and the Rest of the
Royal Family" had been drunk, Mr..
Justice Vaughan Williams proposed
1.-The Bishops and Clergy" TO which
the Dean of Rochester responded.
The chairman, in proposing Pros
perity to st. Johns Foundation
School, said: The purpose Of this
foundation is the free education of the
sons of the poorer clergy. grieve to
sec that that class is 30 large. am not
ptt - khia -,
friend of this country cheers. and
when | think of what the profession
of a teacher OF religion is, and when |
find that there are nearly 400 benetices
in England and Wales with a revenue
of less than ESQ year each, when |
find that at the lowest estimate there
are 5000 benefited clergymen whose
professional incomes do not amount to
ESQ per annum, when l read that
many of these clergymen are without
private means and are unprovided with
parsonage house, and that it is com
pnted that there are upwards Of 1000
who receive incomes from their pro-
fession utterly insufficient for even a
moderate maintenance of themselves
and their families, | am divided between
two sentiments namely, admiration
and respect for them, and amazement
and pain that such a state Of things
exists Cheers. The Gaze needs only
to be stated. Itwoud be weakened by
arguments that might be supposed to
strengthen it. Hear, hear. May
l say little as to the facts? Nine
years ago, when the present admirable
and efficient secretary, the Rev. Sutton
Patterson came into Office, there was
voluntary income of the society of
48, 532, end it has now reached els, 742.
Cheers. During that time no less
than se27, 266 1885, Sd. has been spent
upon increasing the buildings and on
land adjoining the school, and there
has also been an addition to the re-
serve of f16, 3I7. With this happy and
encouraging change the committee Of
governors have been able TO make
great increase in the number of bows,
thus fulfilling the chief object OF the
charity. Hear, hear You will be
interested to know that nine years ago
there were III boys in the school. This
the school have increased with it's en-
largement, aud in maintaining the
financial position the committee ex-
press the sense of their deep gratitude
to Mr.. Patterson for his untiring
energy. There is total in the school
on the foundation and supplementary
foundation of $50, and the committee
express every reason to be satisfied
with the moral tone, the discipline,
and educational progress of the school,
which they consider to be due to the
efforts OF the head master. Hear, hear. |
have, perhaps, hastened too much
through this statement of the facts.
because | feel that the facts themselves
are so eloquent that they would not be
strengthened by any attempt TO embel.
fish or expand them hear, hear |, al
least not to men who feel SO earnestly
about these things as | am sure you do,
But / have been thinking, since the
honor was done me to invite me to
come here among you and preside al
this festival, Of the resources of this
kingdom. They have been lately ex-
amined with much care and with no
little anxiety. The hearts of men
who love England have been lately
stirred to consider the true forces OF
England how England should be con.
tiuued and strengthened. The common
and patriotic turn of thought has beer
TO the armed forces, to your great ships,
to your brave army, TO the stout hearts
and to the earnest consciences of youI
PNNt'N phb DpAlpNN NV LntTb are OLnel
forces that make and keen "A peoplt
that are not noisy, though all the more
powerful Cheers | Therefore tonight
| venture to ask your special attention
to the most important sources Of the
strength of your country, which. by
making your country strong, shall make
mine strong also. Cheers. | near
those fountains of moral force which
are the true basis Of the world s ad
vancement and forward movement
Cheers 1t is primarily the mora
and intellectual strength that guide,
the material forees-the homes of thu
poorer clergy, those whose incomes do
not suffice for the ,proper maintenance
OF their families and who especialh
are unable to provide for that instruc
ton and education OF their sons which
VIII enable those sons TO fill stations o
public usefulness. | do not discus
this question from the point of view o
benefit 10 those excellent gentlemen
the poorer clergy; but put it in tn
hlgher sense the sense of the self
protection Of the community Hear
hear. Patriotism may be considered
enlarged seltishness or enlightened self
interest, but the strength Of the com
MUMMY consists unquestionably in tn
humDer o. reliable and virtuoua indi
yiduals il contains. Cheers. n rnm
putting the strength Of England | woul,
ask what families aud most "a thn
strength? mean by that, not fanilie
by name; | mean those ASSOCIATIONS a
Christian marriage, father and mGthe
and children those are the families n
which speak, those plain home
where morality religion, sobriety
thrift, self-deniaE truth. simnIicitv mn