The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-17
BISHOP OF LONDON
IN Wall STREET
Or. Ingram Addresses Great Au-
diencc Composed Of Stock
Brokers and Others.
REFERENCE 70 VIRGINIA
AT Dinner Tuesday Night Ex-
at Dinner Tuesday Night Ex-
pressed Pleasure at His Re-
ception Here.

Bishop Of London preached from the
Custom House steps IN Wall street Y, ..
Wilkinson, The evangelist, on the sense
OF right and wrong. and bulls and
bears. their clerks and messenger boys
thronged the street to hear him. Inc
Goddess of Chance and swarrled around
the Custom House building.
For the occasion Mr.. Wilkinson. the
which has all along consisted OF one
chair. The table was Tor the Lord
Bishops feet. The chair was used by
Crowd Hears Him.
The wide granite steps and the bal.
were packed With people. There were
gray and important bankers and
brokers. lean. oid.looking young men,
While they awaited the bishop. Mr..
Wilkinson delivered an address. IN
tS e'ln h .9a had hG treated & police
who's in. command OF. the police
OF his voice.
Come here. Captain Hogan!. called
the minister.
of the dry goods box. Mr.. Wilkinson
presented to him Bible. and the cap
tain. blushing and bowling and sliding
the volume OF wisdom and understand
the box and buried himself in the
crowd.
Taken by Surprise.
Or. Migrants arrival was announced
by shrek from an automob ile's siren.
The Lord Bishop sprang to the .tooc Of
the, table without accepting prohyse e,
Thousands of heads began to uncover.
and he smiled as he prepared for his
ha!f-hour's work as street preacher.
M hsa AND co to ~ the
Book or Common Prayer. Then. with
the majority OF the, heads Of the street
congregation bowed. Mr.. Wilkinson re.
voices joined in Then 20 and 500 and
more. until from the bottom OF that
canyon OF the city rose a mighty roar
of low-pi:ched voices.
Then followed the Lords Prayer as
heartily. reeited, a prayer for the bless
other for the unity of Gods people.
Or. ingram ran was plainly taken by
mat he hardly expected. He held the
gift book UP and turned 1t to right and
left that the people might see It.
II want you to know" he said. that
SHlS Will UU0 q place He&t lO d SlIIlIldI
gift hold dearest. IT was given to
me in the same spirit from men I had
preached to IN the open air. They were
workingmen. and some OF them had
II would like to tell YOU" he went
on. that there's no standard that a
bishop IS required to have that Wall
Street man should not have. J..
the street in a London fog. He held a
piece OF string In his hands. What
have you there, my boy? asked q
pnsser9y m holdng my Kite he
a kite, you can't see III? he was asked.
Il can feel It, was his answer.
Christ in Wall street.
NOW we're all believing. in some
thing we can't see. We can't see God.
or Jesus Christ. or Heaven. but we can
is on the Intelligence. II there is a
trace OF mind In the plays OF Shakes
peare. which were not made by shut
fling together lot OF sheets Of paper.
ton. I know there's mind back
OF 1t all. l defy any one to show US
how we got our sense OF right and
wrong save through the Being that
swer to finn " s- : s1's on
In this way. with homely figures
The the bishop baa p te d Wall Street why he
his figures close to his audience when
he declared that there wasn't father
in Wall Street who would not sacri-
flee for his son his own happiness. So
the sacrifice of Christ on the cross was
the sacrifice of father for the chill
dren he loved
What would Christ do IL He were
in Wall Street?' he asked. He did not
reply directly. but called on his au-
dience to initiate tie example Of the
Savior and follow In Ills footsteps.
After the singing of "Blest Be the
Tie that Binds" the mob OF people
sonally.
why don't you stay over here?"
called one man..