New-York tribune., 1901-03-24
LONDO\'S NEW BISHOP.
Dir. INGRAM \ PRACTICAL. MAN OF AZ
FAIRS RATHER THAN : SCHOLAR
From The Eos:.n Transcript.


English folk ~ homo and over seas are yet
talking - the new Bishop of London; of his
early work his discovery by nr. MaeIaEap,
now Archbishop Of York his lahors at oxford
House. his dispu,;ttions in Nic:oria Park and
row ms elevation after only seventeen years in
holy orders To- tn most resp, nsihle position
next 10 the prmacy. which the Church Of Eng
land has I, offer. Without GispdraginS the
work and talent Of the Bishop Of Stepney which
post Or. Ingram hel" at the tire of his appoint
InerI L" tht hiSk"fric ~ London, 1t may fairly
he said his elevation was. At least in part the
result ct the Inability of older and more evperi-
enced men to accept the office The Bishop ,,c
Winrhesters long traininl, in the best traditions
Of the eIiscoQate marked him out a wise
selection Doubtless the reasons of health whi. 4
compelled him 10 leave South London We're
equally IL CISive against his going to Fuhayn.
Al the same time. to many people the nam of
the bishop OF Stepney was the hrst that suS-
Eested its"lt. hut they were met by the ohjeC-
ticn that it is not customary 20 promote a
suffraSan to he the head of the diocese in which
ne mas assisted the previous bishop; that Dr.
Ingram iS very young for such responsihilitv
and that at the same time his life has been too
full to admit Of his pursuing profound studies
ar asserting L. himself place i'll the world of
letters or Of scholarship; I was objected that
1t is many a long day since there was a bachelor
bishop at Fulham: and. not least. that there. is
some thing $" attractive and genial and
juvenile about him that the clergy instead of
holding him in awe and everence might be
drawn In spite OF themselves. tO treat their
bishop with an unwonted and even an unseernIv
familiarity. But. despite these imposing obiec-
tOnS. which are not even yet wholly hushed IA
may fairly be hoped that the Kings first an
pointment of diocesan bishop. startling and
almost unDre 'edented il is. will be Justified
ny its ultimate success
DIR. Ingram is hardly expected by his fellow
churchmen 10 attain quite the scholarly level of
some former inhabitants of FuIham Palace He
won no great honorS at oxford. and his work
has been that of the practical business man
rather than that of the theologian or scholar
Not that his pen has been wholly idle. H,. has
written many religious books of a diverse char
acter- Some deal with abstruse theology others
with practical Christianity in the Slums But as
writer he is ineffective Nearly all his works
with the exception of Work in Great Cities
are comparatively unimportant and sIperficiaI
1t is rather the friend the practicaI friend
OF that multitudlnous British individual the
man in the street that DR.. Ingram has won his
reputation The winning of IL has been done
since 1888 Before that his life had been much
like that of any young Englishman destined 10
the church
He was born fortythree years ago i'm Nor
ceSterShire. His father the Rey T. Win
nington-lngram, of Stanford Rectory and Pin
besfOrd House; and on his mothers side he is
a grandson of DIR. Pepys. who was BishoD off
Worcester from 1S&i to lS61 He was educated
at Marlborough College. and took a Scholarship
at kebie College. oxford, where he was unfer
DIR. Talbot. with whom he will now share the
episcopal oversight in London He was or
dained deacon and priest by the Bishop of I.ich
held IN 1871. and licensed to the ctracv of s,
Mary s. Shrewsbury Two years later he ne
came private chaplain to his bishop. Or. Mac