The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
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all lOugllt mcinclitOcS. Helena nad given
him that.
f Ana as he looked at It now he wonder
ed what lis Journey would bring forth.
Was he. indeed, . chosen ont OF men to
20 to tiis far countryside tear Christ
from that awful and holy cn,incncc Of
tic Gross? Was 1t to be his mission to
#cxtingts the Lux Aftindl?
AS lie gazcd at the sacred emblem he
felt that tlis could not be.
No, no! ii thousand times no. Jesus
had risen to save him ana all other
sinners. i was so, must be so, should
bG so. 3i III
rho Holy Name was III itself enough.
He whispered 1t to himself. No, that
was ctcrnally. glorlously true.
lIumbly. faithfully gladly he knelt
among the litter OF tho room and said
the Lords Prayer said 1t In Latin as
he had said 1t At school
phtcr nOstcr!
CHAPTER ri.
4 AVOIDING TIE FLOWER PATTERN
ON TIL CARPET.
Sir Michael Manichoc, the stay and pill
lar of i'Anglicanism' In the English
Church, was q man Of grca natural gifts.
The owner Of ono OF those colossal Jew
sh fortunes which, few as they are, have
such far-rcachng Influence upon English
life, he employed 1t In a way which, for
Il man In his position, was unique.
He presented the curious spectacle to
soclologlsts and the world at large, Of a
jew by origin who had becomeSna Chris
tian By conviction and one OF the sim
ccrcst sons Of the English Church as he
understood 1t. In pollticnl life Sir fMichael
was a steady, rather than brilliant force.
lie had been Home Secretary under q
former Conservative administration, but
had retired from Office. At the present
moment he was q private member Tor the
division In which his country house, Fen
castle. stood. and he enjoyed the conf1-
dencc of the chiefs Of his party.
His great talent was for organization.
and all his powers In that direction we're
devoted towards the preservation and
unifcation OF the church to which he was
n convert.
clear and straightforward. He believed,
with all his heart, In tho catholicity Of TIE
Anglican persuasion. Roman priests he
spoke Of :,s "membcrs Of the italian mis-
sion:. "Non-con formists as "adhercnts to
the lawlcss bands OF Dissent" He allow
cd the validity Of Roman orders and
spoke of the Pope as the Bishop OF
4 Rome an italian ecclesiastic with whom
the English communion had little or no.
thing to do.
In his Intimate and private life Sir
Michael lived according to rubric. His
splendid private chapel at Fencastlc en-
joycd the services OF Il chaplain, REIN
4 forcde by priests from a community OF
Anglican monks which Sir Michael had
established In an adjacent village. In
London, st. Mary's was, In some sense.
his particular property. lie spent fabu-
lous sums on the big Bloomsbury parish
i 4 ,o If e rrrp thcVr1l-llkG
church. There was no vicar In London
who enjoyed the command of money that
Father Ripon enjoyed. Certainly there
was no other priest in the ranks OF the
High Churchmen who was the conflden-
tial friend and spiritual director Of SO
powerful Il political and social personality.
Yet in his public life Sir Michael was
diplomatic enough. He worked steadily
for one thing, It is true, hut he was far
too able to allow people to call him mar
row minded. The Oriental stream OF Gun
ming III his blood had sweetened to faBWlse
diplomacy, Willie no always rem bemercd
he WAS churchman, he did not forget
that to be an effective and helpful one
he must keep his political and social am-
nence And so. whatever might take
place behind the scenes In the library
with Father Ripon; or " the Bloomsbury
cl srsy house, the baronct shower the
world the face Of a man of the world, and
neither obtruded his private views nor
allowed them to disturb his colleagues.
The day after the news arrived IN Fleet
street from Palestne-whie nothing was
vet known and Harold Spence was rush
ing through .Amicns en- route for Paris
and the East-a house party began to
collect a tITencastlc, the great place IN
Lincolnshire.
For day or two few rather I'M
portant people were to meet under
Sir Micllacl's roof. Now and then the
palace in the fen lands was the scene
OF notable gatherings. much talked OF In