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obligations of holding to my assigned post,
and extenuate possibly though they
could not excuse, the slowness to heed the
call to leave them all behind
wAvERyp a LONG TrMn.
''ln spite of having lost belief in Angli-
can Catholicity, my estimate OF the AngiI-
can Churches has not changed from good,
to bad, but simply to good frop best
wish my frien,ls to know this. To say so
may seem insincere. inconsistent, incon-
grlous. Nevertheless, il is true. This
implies no uncertainty as to the duty OF
either giving up the Episcopal Church, or
of submitting to the Roman Catholic. l
have wavercd long time, but | am not
wavering now. For long | have been un-
certain what Our Lords will for me was;
now ] know
The second chapter in the book Is
devoted to his experiences at st. Pau
school. Concord, n. H., which he began TO
attend when he was II years old, IN sep
tember. 1883. and left it in June, 1887
"All detiniteness in religious mpr"s-
sions seems TO have been derived from
st. Pauls. The school at that time had a
recognized place as first among church
schools for bows He refers to his four
wears at Oxford. from 1901 to 1894 in
elusive, as the happiest of his life.
The fourth chapter deals with his min
isterial work leading up to his selection
as Bishop of Delaware in 1908, related in
the succeeding chapter, and which has
been printed in this paper.
The succeeding chapters OF the book are
on "Anglicanism, "rhc English Reforma-
tion." Anglican Orders" Prejudice
Against Romanism," Attraction to Ro-
manism," The Papacy," New Dog
mas" Jesuit Ethics" and "Conver-
s sion.'
FOUND CATHOLICS ATTRACTIVE.
In the chapter devoted to ATTRACTION
of Romanism" Dr. kinsman SAYS that
prior to 1917 he had no acquaintance with
and-go contract, with the exception that
he had known Rev. William Temple.
ID. d., (pastor of st. Elizsbeth's Church,
Wilmington) "who,' he Says, 'had once
sent me kind note and on several oc-
cssions was very helpful in answering
inquiries about books. Yet with only
one priest had ! any close contact, and
this only during the last months of my
living in Delaware. In 1917, however,
made some good Catholic friends. A
lady in south Delaware, who rs girl had
attended the Visit alton Academy IN
Wilmington, at 3 time of great trouble
had expressed wish that she might get
in touch with Sister Marie Gabrielle of
the Visitation, who had been her best
friend when she WAS girl. Without tell
ing her, found out from Bishop Mona
CHAN that the sister WAS still living, and
wrote to her telling her about her old pupil
an asking that she write her. This led
to n correspondence and friendship be
tween me and Sister Marie Gabrielle,
TO my calling at the convent on three
occasions. on one Of which met the entire
community. and eventually to my speak
ing very frankly to Sister Marie Gabrielle
of my own views on matters eccleSiss-
teal 1t interested me immensely 10 know
something Of the lives of these doves of
st. Francis de Sales, to think of them as a
spiritual force in the centre of Wilmington
and felt the charm OF their conversation
which showed that delicate gayety which
Is only possible in consecrated lives. |
asked Sister Marie Gabrielle many qucs-
tions about the order and the convent
and the messages from the sisters gave a
touch and tone to two years unlike any
course, they prayed for my conversion
but they did not badger me, and were
content to leave il in the hands of God.
| cannot measure exactly the Influence
Of this contact with the Visitation Sisters
except in one definite detail They gave
me The Life OF Bishop Alfred A. Curtis
of Wilmington, who lies buried within
their enclosure. The book influenced me