The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-17
THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

There sailed from the port of New York yesterday a kindly gentleman who though he has been a guest of this country for only five weeks has suc- eeeded in leaving a deep impression upon all classes of people. He humor- ously stated the other day that he had come here for rest but that he had nevertheless preached over forty ser- mons in various. parts of the country He may well feel, however, that his time has been used to good advantage, for he has left behind him an iuflu- ence which will long endure among people not readily given to religious thinking.
 The Bishop of London Is officially a parsonage of great dignity. He is a royal appointee, is given a prlncely salary, an establishment of great dig nity and a position which calls for a considerable outlay of money We can we'll understand that man of his sim plicity shrinks from burdens of this character and would gladly put them away and retain his bishopric if he were able. It is told of him that he asked the privilege of doing so in or der that he might live a simpler and more convincing life, but of course he was told that the office carried with 1t certain official obligations which must be respected. He has continued to hold 1 it, but 1t is a we'll known fact that he maintains 1t from a sense of duty only. His own life is attuned to the work he has to do among the masses of that immense British town and he does il with a cheerfulness which character izes sweet nature.
 Many people have wondered what the particular quality is which has made the Bishop of London such an attractive and winsome personality. He has addressed every kind of audi ence, including stock brokers, who are not supposed to be sensitive to ex- hortations of a religious character When he was here in this city, last Sunday to address the students ol Yale University he drew an immense crowd, many of whom were doubtless drawn to Woolsey Hall to see the man but who remained to feel the inspira. ton of his presence. The answer tC these inquiries is not difficult to give The Bishop of London is man before he is a priest, and it is that which makes him figure of commanding interest in the religious world He k a lover of humanity and of the thing! humanity is interested in, and for tha treason when he comes to bare his sou to those who come to him for religion! instruction he is found to bear a sim lple message of brotherhood and thu joy of living a clean life. Theological differences of opinion he leaves tt others to iron out. His errand is ; more human one and he cares nor for one soul saved than for all scholar Ily diatribes less active men can devise
 It is just possible that those wh' waste so much time considering tn
 question of the empty pew would fint new way carved out for them 1
 they would study closely the tempera
 ment as well as the methods 0
 the Bishop of London. He has no diff
 fculty in obtaining an audience, H
 could fill the pews in the larges
 church by the mere announcement
 that he was to appear, He mean
 what he says and he says what h
 means in such simple language tha
 man takes his position by his side un
 questioning. We have all heard of tn
 man behind the hoe who makes the llo
 move. The Bishop of London personi
 fies the man behind the church wh
 makes the church a living organism.