Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
AMONG woRKINGMEN.

A remarkable instance of this was
witnessed at the great workngmen =
meeting held at the church congress
a few years ago. There was a vast
hall crowded from end to end with
keen, HUrd- headed artisans. and con-
fronting them in unserried ranks were
rows upon rows of gathered bishops,
deans and archdeacons--the persona
ficaton of the stiff, starchy conVen-
tionalism of the Anglican church The
force of contrast could hardly further
go. Suddenly a tall. slight, keen-faced,
clean-shaYen man with Il bright smile
and an irresistible magnetism about
him spranE TO his feet, and in the
twinkling of an eye a great roar OF
applause ratified up to the very rafters.
The bishop of London was about to
address the Northampton shoemakers
He began quite easily by recalling
some of his early experience in the
East End.
FIRST EXPERIENCE.
II remember" said he my first
Sunday in Bethnal Green. l addressed
a meeting OF 500 men, and AT the end
of the services / said to them:
"Well. now. what shall we talk
about next Sunday
And Immediately 500 voices yelled
out: Eternal punishment!
Eternal punishment" cried the
bishop. with light tone of laughter
i'm his pleasant voice, that was nice
little subject to hurl at young man
who was out ON his own for the first
time In his life. And then, of course,
they wanted to know who was Gains
wife-they always do he added with
a smile. well, we settled that ques-
ton satisfactorily, and we buried the
poor lady in Bethnal Green once and
for all"
DIGNITARIES SHOCKED.
How his voice screamed with delight
and how shocked and panied We're the
faces of his brother dignitaries
But the twentieth century bishop of
London knew his audience. and they
knew and appreciated him. Under the
circumstances II was far more to the
purpose than all the scholarship and
theology of the schoolmen and the
early Fathers II was human. and that
Is what the bishop is SO pre- eminent
ly himself
HIS ONLY ROMANCE
The bishop is verginE ON so. He Is
regarded now as a confirmed b9ehe-
lor He has had his romance. When
he was bishop OF Stepncy, Lady VI
rica Duncombe. beautiful girl and
the youngest daughter Of Lord ana
Lady FcVersham WIS going through
n course of stunning. She had fitted
herself for the work by qualifying M
a hospital ms a FUZZY trained nurse.
She and the bishop We're thrown much
together In the course of time men
cngaRement WIS formally announced
hut Tor some reason that was never eN-
nFoiucd A was broken on. II has
been suggested that the good bishop
came To the conclusion that the life
Of arduous labor ne had mapped ont
Tor himself allowed scant room FOR
domestic bliss, ana " called ON 10
sacrifice one on the other the church
had the superior claim on him As
regards Lady ulrica 10 has been hint
ed that. devout and hnd-hearled
though She undoubtedly n, she discoN-
cred that she ycarned for something
different from the life Of miulsleriug
angel of the slums A few years ago
ghe married col Everard Barring "a
brother OF Lord Revelstoke'
Al this writing the date Of the bIsh-
op's departure has not Yet been de-
termined lie viii 80 FIRST 10 Canada,
visiting Quebec, Montreal, Toronto ana
perhaps some other Canadian cities.
when ne leaves Canada he VIII make
his. way Ia Washington stopping at
various cities en- route. Al Washing
ton. on Sept 30 he VIII participate
In the ceremonies attending the lay
ing of the cornerstone Of the great
cathedral 20 be built there. and win
deliver nm address From Washington
he viii 90 10 Richmond. Tie IN expect
ed TO return to london about the mid
de Of October
u, Isle SMELL.