Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
ARCHBISHOP TEMPLE,

nominal and secular head of the English
church. The late Archbishop Benson was
appointed by Gladstone and ended his days
at Hawarten, the home of his political
sponsor. Archbishop Temple owes 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 one. 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 he is called
primate of England, the archbishop of
Canterbury is known us p1imate Of all
England, not 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
eke out an existence on a beggarly $50, 900
year. When il yomes to question of
precedence, too, the archbishop of York
has to take Il back scat for the archbishop
of Canterbury precedes 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 we'll as looking after the spiritual well
fare of the people.
For this and other reasons men who have
filled the position Of archbishop of Canter-
bury have been statesmen as we'll as
churchmen and have been we'll fitted t.
fulfill the important duties of the Office.
Even a bishop is called upon to do great
amount of executive work, and there Is
connected with the office of archbishop
vast amount of business detail, which re-
4uires a man Of great business ability and
enormous energy.
Then there clusters around the archiepis-
copate great mass of historic tradition
which invests it with much solemnity and
lmpressiveness. Established as 1T was in
SOL, centuries before the reformation, there
are ages of precedent which it is expected
the archbishop of Canterbury will observe.
He is the prestly head of the English
church because his special diocese of Kent
Is the cradle of English Christianity.
The archbishop has IS residence LAM
beth palace, London, historic old pile on
the banks Of the Thames. 1t is of so an
oient construction that the most recent i'm
provements of consequence were made in
the middle ages. The chapel of Lambeth
palace is especially famous for it's historical
associations, and many tragedies have &C.
CURED there 1t was in this chapel that
John Wyclif was charged with heresy
and was rescued by the Lollards. Here
Anne Boleyn Was tried and the mother
of Queen Elizabeth was taken from it to
the scaffold.
But Archbishop Temple will probably
not stay In the palace more than few
months out Of each year. The rest of the
time he will be guest at some of the mag
nifcent country estates of the English no.
bility.
While the selection of DR.. Temple as
archbishop of Canterbury was evidently
somewhat of a surprise the English seem