The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-31

in part, the result of the Inability of old
er and more experienced men to accept
the Office, says the Boston Transcript.
The bishop Of Winchesters long training
in the best traditions of the epiScopate
marked him out as a wise selection
Doubtless the reasons of health which
compelled him to leave South London
We're equally decisive against his going
TO Fulham. At the same tiIze, to many
people the name of the bishop of Step
new was the first that suggested itself
but they were met by the objection that
it is not customary to promote a suffra-
san to be the head of the diocese in
which he has assisted the previous bish-
OPP; that DR.. Ingram is very young for
such responsibility, and that at the same
time his life has been too full to admit of
his pursuing profound studies or assert
ing to himself place in the world of let
tiers or of scholarship; it was objected that
ii is many long day since there was a
bachelor bishop at F'ulham; and, not
least, that there is something so at
tractive and genial and even juvenile
about him that the clergy instead of
holding him in awe and reverence might
be drawn in spite of themselves to treat
5 their bishop with an unwonted and even
an unSeemly familiarity. But despite
these imposing objections. which are not
even yet wholly hUShed, it may fairly be
hoped that the kings first appointment
OF diocesan bishop, startling and al
most unprecedented as it is. will be justi-
fed by its Ultimate success
Dr. Ingram is hardly expected by his
. 16tloW churChmen to attain quite the
4 scholarly level Of some former inhabi-
IahtS or Fullam palace He won no great
honors at Oxford, and his work has been
4 that Of the practical business man rather
than that of the theologian or scholar
NOT tnat his pen has been wholly idle.
ne mas written many religious books of
ia diverse character. Some deal with alb
struse theology others with practical
q Christianity in the Sums But as a
writer he Is Ineffective Nearly all his
I WORKS With the exception Of work in
& NreaC cities, are comparatively unim-
j poTtant and superficial
B 1t is rather as the friend +bo r,,o4t
Cai ItIehd' OF that multitudinous British
4loiEIuGal' the man in the street that
4 1t. ingram has won his reputation Tho
! winning Of 1t has leen done since 1898
Bciore that his life had been much 1iln
1 t"aC OF any young EngIishman destined
To the church. 'iiio0
J lie was born fo~+1--+b,.oo ,-.,.
w Orcestershire. His father was tho
IteV. r. Winnington-Tngra of Stanfor5
ItocIoIy ana R1bbesford House: and on
dlls mothers side he is a grandson of nv,
Iepys, who was bishon of Worcac+o,
from 1871 to 1851. He was educa+ad a.
1IdIIoofouGh college. and took a scholar
snip at keble college Oxford v..bara h.
was under DR.. Talbot with r,bo+o i ,,o
WIZ now snare the pscopal oversight in
-oHuoh. lie was ordained deacon and
priest by the bishop of I.ichfe1d in 1891
ana licensed to the curacy Of St. Marv's
KIN :" SpuIy- Two years later he he
came private chaplain to his bishop. DR.
NI"N4eSah now archbishop OF York, who
may fairly be said to have disoova7a1
co
the work which ultimately brought him
10 the front, as head Of Oxford house
az BethnaI Green. Canon Henson hal
preceded him, and had found the task
saImcst more than his strength could
scope With Mr. Ingram brought to if
an dhClflnS Vlgor and he established at
tohce close bond Of interest hetu-eer
Fhe Young OXonians and the vyorl- Of
kthe settlement. He deveIoped its ao+i1,:
ttIeS both on the social side and on t7a
I7Tgumentative.
sunday after Sunday he stood in Vic
ktorla park, welcoming the arguments of
t1He 1lhelsts and meeting them with a
styIe OF eloquence which began insensi-
10y 10 assimilate itself to their own In
I FIctoria park, that arena of free sraecb
II COOK his stand among the socialists
Niln their red flag the Salvation ARMY
Nitu us prass> band, the Labor PARTY. the
eeculaFists, the Mormons ubiquitous gen
'!eliieh with lads, ana cranks OF all va
Fleues. The appearance of a real mar
<son in the midst Of these gro,1ns was
sGmclenty novel to bring a crowd md
Slt IS 10 Bishop Migrants credit (and tha
secret OF ms success in other directionsl
fhat he could hold it. Humor no;n+
Fepartee and pertinent anecdote-aII of
these are his; and they only kept the
jpeopie agape while serious words vvera
Gdeftly inserted. 1t is still easy as one
thcars him preach in st. PauPs. to re-
construct the scene in the park. and as
p preacher the bishop will prohablv car
r. the effects OF it through life.
lie continued his work at Oxford hn,,co
F1i the autumn Of 1887, with the addition
fof the Tectory Of Bethnal Green an6 Tho
Furat deanery of SpitalfeIds and &C
fchaplain Of the archbishop of York ha
twas IN the forefront OF the now faTniIiar
picture of the diamond jubilee service az
{ st Fauls. In September OF that year
Lord Salisbury appointed him to sl,c-
ceed BISHOP Browne as canon restdertsr,
!. of st. Paurs, and as was generallIr an
|f tlcipated, he shortly afteryyard hcoaI,.,
kbishop of Stepney, with the oversieb+ ~
/ hast and (at l1rSt} Of North Y1n5o,,
ne effect OF his work may be seen in
tle increased support Of the East london
HGtca 1Iundj not so much because the
klsaop Is great organzer-lirne can onIy
H9N II he IS tllat-hut because pcop!e
~ him personally and liked to
~. lin preach about his work
H"'ches were open to him al; over ~,
Giecese and IN other parts OF $50 '.,