Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03

/ America long years ago, the Archbishop
OF Canterbury occupies the most eN-
allied rank Of any Engllshmau who has
ever visited the United States. In pro.
cessions he takes precedence Of all the
nobility excepting thos Of the blood
royal To him belongs the honor OF
placing the crown on the sOyereign's
head at coronatiOns. the lesser primatc,
the Archbishop Of York. claiming like
privilege In the case OF the Qucen-con-
sort, The Archbishop Of Canterbury IA
the head Of the English church lie
dominates the bishops and the bishops
rule the clergy His spiritual domain
extends over seas TO the colonies Of the
British empire. on course, like an the
bishops. he has q seat In the house or
lords. with all the legislative privileges
Of peer, but In addition. he Is one or
tho kings lords Of the prIyy council.
lie IL one OF the three principal truss
tees OF the British museum and presl-
dent Of all the leading church societies,
besides being officially connected with
several institutions Of learning. In
England wives usually share I'm their
husbands titles but the wives Of
church digntaries do not. That Is why
tho better half Of the Archbishop or
Canterbury is plain Mrs. Randall Day-
idson.
Aside from the TACT that he was born
IN Scotland, from whence come So many
men who get 10 tha top In English
public life, there was nothing I'm Ran,
dali Davidson's youth that preslged for
him an exceptionally brilliant career
As a lad he was more devoted tO hts
rod and gun than TO his studies. When
he was rs the accidental firing Of a
gun lodged a charge of shot In the base
OF his spine. and he has never known
what good health rs since He is peri
odically threatened with pcrltonitis and
for months, sometimes for a whole year,
has had 10 subsist on milk foods So
those who have made elaborate prepa.
ra tons 10 feast and entertain him I'm
America are likely 10 find their culin-
airy triumphs wasted on him As re-.
CARDS diet his habits are much more In
accord with John D. Rockefcllcr's than
with those of j. plorpont Morgan who
t has been stated here will be tho
archblshops principal host In the Unit
cd States.
OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES.
A man less cousclentousIy deter
mined to make the best Of himself
would have found IN the burden OF phys
zeal weakness and suffering laid upon
him sufficient excuse for taking life
easy for which many snug billCts In
the Church of England afford ample
opportunity, At oxford ill-health iu-
terfercd So seriously with the present
archbishop's studies that he obtained
only a nero pass degree, whereas his
predecessor iu the prImacy, DR.. Temple
carried OF double first class honors
However n piece of rare good fortune,
as II appeared I'm the light Of suOsr-
quent events, befoll Or Davidson az
oxford He won the friendship NJ
Crawford TAFT the SON of Archbishop
TAFT hut for this II Is curious tp
speculate, Randall Davidson might toe
day be only n country p8rson for ho
makes no pretcnsious 10 that profound
scholarship and mastery OF theology by
which cIerics who are dependent ON
their own eNertions usually rise to om-
inence In the service ot the church.
Through TAFT another pathway 20
distinction was opened TO him. he bee
came intimate with the archbishop and
the rest of his family and made so good
an Impression that, after ne had served
three years as a Curato, he was an
pointed the archbishons domestic
chaplain and private secretary and
installed M Lambeth palace. David
son was 20 then and p year later he
married the archbishop's second duugh-
ter, Edith As his fathcr-m.lav, the
archbishop took q still kcencr interest
IN his protegc and introduced him 20
royalty In that charmed circle MIS-
suaylty, POLISH and nlety, which was
characterized by serenity rather than
austerlty, again made a favorable Inn
preston and Queen Victoria conceived
q great liking for him,
QUEENS APPOINTMENT,
After Archbishop Tairs death, for
n yeaI DR. Davidson served his sue
cessor. Archbishop Benson. I'm similar
capacity Then-at that time ne was
S4--thc queen made him her honorary
chaplain ana sub-almoner After the
lapse OF another year he was appoint
ed dean Of Windsor and domestic chan
lain TO the queen. For nine years he
held these offices to the great satlsfac-
ton of the good old queen. who made
him her ConHdant IN political and do
nestle as well as religious matters and
poured NIL her troubles into his discreet
ears. To Mrs. Davidson. too, she be-
came much attached. and often drop.
ped In 10 take tea With her at Wind
sor.
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