The Washington times., 1907-12-15
Impressions OF Americans
As -SGGh-by LOndOn'S Bishop
Great British Church
Dignitary Delighted
With What He Saw
OF United States and
Canada.
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strenuous time" During the
forty days / was on the other side
1 delivered we'll over forty ser
mons. addresses, or speeches. and. in
one sense. my annual holiday" de-
velopod into mission" but II was q
mission which from start to finish re-
osived such a delightful response that
ii has left no sense of undue strain or
WeGriness behind
TO see Quebec for the first time as
you round the bend Of the beautiful
St Lawrence is certainly a moment in
your life, and Immediately / saw Il /
fell that there was only one text pos
siole for my sermon next day in the
oathedral-"A city set on hill cannot
be hid"
Then another thiag which l must no
tice was the welcome / received from
the French-CanRdians They seemed
touched from the start by my public
recognition OF the splendid work done
by the French Jesuit missionaries and
nuns in the early days. both at Que
bec and Montreal, and showed their
loyalty to the empire, and their vel
come for me. who had come in a
friendly spirit to visit them. French
Canada is as loyal as ever TO the
British crown, and although it is GER
tainly curious TO be in a place like
Quebec, siX-sevenths OF which Is
French and Roman Catholic It Is very
gratifying 10 find that under the gen
isl guidance OF men like the governor
gcnersl and the bishop Of Quebec, both
races and both branches OF the Church
get or so we'll together.
Ate Corn on Cob.
At ottawa Sir wilfrld Laurier came
to the club luncheon. sat by nv side
showed me how to eat a Canadian
corn cob" and expressed himself
much interested and even affected bv
the account Of the slums in old Lon
don.
From Ottawa we went to Toronto.
one Of the fairest cities I'm the world.
ana found the great University Con-
vocation Hail crowded 70 hear how
the Old Country-especially the church
OF the Old Country-wss gone on.
. From Toronto we went to London
No adequate account has vet been
given Of the really remarkable cele-
bration in st PauTs Cathedral. Lon
DON" Of the Jubilee OF the diocese of
Huron. The service was excelIently
arranged. and the whole thing was so
reminiscent OF the celebration Of tb-
thirteenth hundred anniversary of our
own diocese I'm 1901 that l took the
same text which ! took on that occa-
sion.
After delightful rest OF a few days
with my brother on a real Canadian
farm, where. however, 1261 farmers
and their wives turned up one after
noon to welcome me. and during the
Sunday Of which stay 1 preached in
the little township OF Aylmer. L went
on for my final Canadian visit to Nj
agara-
Net by an Escort.
. Although fifty clergy. headed by the
Bishop OF western New York. had
como to the meeting to escort me
aft3rward across the river into the
United States. and IT was impossible
to help quoting the old words with a
new meaning
Religion stands on tiptoe on our land,
Waiting TO pass to the America
stand
we settled to have a real Canadian
evening for our last one, and certainl,
we did ] never succeeded IN learn.
ing the tune OF The Maple Leaf foI
Ever but THAI AMI God Save the