"Will you kindly define God?) What is the soul? Do you think' lof heaven as a place or a condition jof mind? Why did our Lord come to this little planet to be crucified? How could a good God have created a bad devil? Why did God creating when the first man and Hongkong's Greater Luck Then on Monday about mid-day unless as the many admirers of His Lordvhip hope something unforeseen happens to prolong his stay, he will leave for Hongkong to spend another nine days there.
The expectation with which his: arrival is awaited is due almost as much to the charm and personality, of, the Bishop of London as to distinguished position in the world of offal Bishop's Caseer quote the Canadian "Caurehman," "the future bishop was educated at Hartford House, Wind-field, Hants, from which he won a. scholarship into Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained on March 19, 1884, and became a curate at St. Mary's, Shrewsbury. His great work was to lie in the East End of, London, where he offered himself, for the new Settlement work which had been started at Oxford House, Bethnal Green, in East London."
Reaching the Hooligan Heart was clear that unless some place was found as a rallying spot for young hooligans, they could only be expected to gather as they did. How the Bishop scaled the walls, aroused, interest among the young: hooligans when he showed them that} he could teach them a thing or two about boxing, and later extended his activities to reach into older fields, is one of the indomitable party' of his career. Having at heart an intense love of the people he managed to win the em fidence of the East End and to wield eventually a far reaching influence there. To those who know the Aiffculties of social work of this Kind, the task assumes ity real importane The "Churchman" says the fol-
"Winnington Ingram was opinion that lub life re that merily jolly. Clubs are the hones of friendship. They think like this: There is 'Old Tom' with whom I have a chat every night, or Jack who gives me points at billiards or Dagatelle. A big club is like a big public school!
"So he established clubs for men, and with the aid of bagatelle, Dilliards, a reading-room, debates, lectures, concerts, dramatic perform: ances, and non-intoxicating refresh. ments, he tried to get and keep a a bold of the men."
However, Mr. Ingram was not satisfied with thy results of mere social work. "Religion," he said, "ig the..anly thing that does any good." But how was he to attract men. to. his Sunday services? He! Wid) it, by. announe'ng subjects woman proved such a failure? Jeverything predestined; if 20, how Jean we help ourselves? Or' shall wwe be separated? Who was Cain's white? Do you believe that Bal-foam's ass really spoke? Can you really credit that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still? Is it practicable to take no thought for the morrow, as the Bible tells us? Has not a man a right if he ha>, say, a shilling he can afford spend upon amusement, to find Amusement in risking it on a bet Tt was a more difficult matter to get the men interested in lecturee during the week. "When we started Oxford House," says Bishop Ingram, Bast London did not want to be enlightened at all. Mr. Fisher, one of the most brilliant of young Oxford men from New College came to help us. At his first, meeting! there was no audience when the lecture began, so we went into the Lecture Hall and banged the chairs about for a quarter of an hour, ake the club men outside think there was something going on. Mr. Fisher, meanwhile, was lecturing to no one. After a quarter of an hour one man came in, then another came, and then another, and that! is the way the thing began." The head of Oxford House was made Bishop of Stepney in 1805. Twenty-five years ago, he became Bishop of, London, and the Canadian "Church. man" "remarks that,. although
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