The sun., 1916-09-10
SOME NEW BOOKS.
=. Hon. Canon Of Blrminghsm
Amuses Himself and Others.


c,ss,ar,sm in the pulpit IL the first
...,. ma. JAMES ApDERLEY. Hon. Canon
birmingham. uses in his book In
81, and Society (Dutton) as a peg
Rang one of'his "Reminiscences Of
:, .-,ends'' on. Dr. Liddon's sermons,
:. .vs are easily crlbbed. They are
:, o.r,ec.ly arranged and 40 lucid that
.r carson might be forgiven for yield
:. "a the temptation to lift. A Cow
A. father, now a bishop, told this on
,n,elf: lie was to preach at Sunday
..,,cnc at st. Paul's. II was st.
~, the Baptist's day. He preached
,,son; and. being q good man.
.,,ach.d him particularly well. But
:. add mischance Liddon had been
.,.ch,ng in the same place that after
',,, and, unaware Of his successors
.,..cey ard device for the meeting
a.,.of had preached tho same SER
s,. , Somebody. Of course. sympa-
.s.,cally informed the informal bor-
..~.r Of the trouble ne might get
~. w. The preacher went TO I.iddon
"a confessed. Liddon. fortunately
',.,.ssed Of q twinkling eye. permitted
!, "a twinkle while he soberly re-
m.,ksd: Dear friend. II II . pleasure
: ,bess days TO hear two clergymen
.v,ns tho same thing" But Is not
Ma in tho same day once I've would
~ nv two times) too much for the
average" congregation?
on "the sanity DR.. King at Oxford
. "A recalled that his sense Of humor
,,de him quite alive to certain awk-
.,,dnesses Of some OF the undergrad
~,es "especially'-we dare not utter
x,,hout tho quote marks-"of those
No were seeking Holy Orders" He
r,r,d say: I'VE must get them in and
zach them which sides to put their
,,,v.s and forks at meals" In his
aoce,e were rustics who admired him
=, war cuttin' turnups tother marn-
en-" said one Of them. land they were
a.. awkward, an i broke out swear
w., hi. then remembered what { old
vssop said when I war confarmed, an
"a down I plunged on my knees among
,urnups an prayed to be forgiven"
The ecclesiastical "reminiscences con-
MN frequent illusions to the expe-
,erccs Of ciergymen resisting or yield
=, 10 the temptation to "go over"
,.d the rivalry OF the churches ap-
ws-. amuslngly In one Of the authors
..onvmous letters. from "A Honest
woman: Does the man who wrote
~, call himself +. c. Priest or a
rturch Of England pastor? He may
\. good worker. but he Is n most
S.hones. man to occupy a Protestant
,,'nt when he ought to he in a Il.
is,bolic one. OF all the men
s-r sneak OF you are the greatest
fraud. the biggest liar and NE most
determined thief. You pretend TO be q
,-c,estant but are a +. c. in disguise.
t-d you take collections from congre-
-,.!ors for the Protestant cause. but
,,yarce the cause Of Rome with It.
= hat honest?" "a Working Man
lo,ed the news. "The Hon. and Rev.
Il. Adierley led the procession" and
,.oceeied. sensibly enough. to wonder
81. Paul or St. Mark was an Hon
cable"
Bat some Of the Honorable Canon's
.,-ia!scences are of drama folk. He
Aas theatrical friends who whisper 10
In O. what the stage lost when the
turch gained him. He seems to rec
t...ze a relation between his own
'..,ual!sm" and the dramatic In
r.rc;" At Oxford he fought for the
t-ama." In rs the Shooting Stars hac
csssed 70 shine: the lads had no place
{. resort but the "Vic." and 1t was dis
rpr,ab!e. There one night the future
Clron screwed down the strings OF the
i'nbe bass in the orchestra, in the
nds. Of a symphony. There was
-!mmlye and policeman's helme
vas damaged Young Adderley hat
t2ror,un!,y to investigate the domes
he economy OF a police station. HI
g. M with a fine and never renewed
acruaintance. He was founder
Phl,o.hespian. along with Alan Mac
Ramon. still prince among stag
'ana-ers": Herbert Ashley. W. j
Nrr.s, Elliott Lees. Fred Shafto Adair
ienry Hayter. sydney Piatt, Gilber
ierilge and other presumable nota
e7. Great Jowett gets 1.-The honor o.
ari-C seen that amateur acting II
SNy,ord had conc to stay" He permit
Shakespeare. hut forbade the boys
Ing female parts. What would thu
scholar and gentleman think Of TIT
'-nv chorusos and leading "ladies' o
. hurlesques OF our university dra
ta'lc clubs to-day?
The Canon writes Of the religion
uama, the miracle plays and moral
es. lie says boldly: IL verify believ
q dramatic revival In the churche
mid re a line thing for the further
ihce NJ religion" Turning TO th
:. Efo'essipna drama In this relation. h
n 0says: II do not look to the profes
r'ama Of the old type. should no
ara 10 see the Oberammergau pla.
London theatre. But I do wan
u sec plays Of a really human typ
Na'ch will bring religion back with
olt rs being called religion" Hov
'lbt.o must the playwright he to ge
g Play OF this type past the censor
.ren Il "The Passing Of the Thir
nor Rack" was not technically goo
az. the Canon calls it "in the hand
'tat consummate spiritual artis
'rooS- Robertson a tremendous powe
, good" He thinks Londoners ar
'graaej by their failure to be OF
'ac.ed by THE Servant In tn
''usc' We commend the Hon. Bill
'lhday 70 Canon Adderley's earnes
h''derat.on as an example OF dra
'a'!c religion or religious drama.
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