Dr. Furse, who took charge of the diocese of St. Albans six months ago (after 1 rs as Bishop of Pretoria), is acquiring fame as a humorist.
He has lately visited Ware, Welwyn and Hitchin, where his audiences have rocked with laughter at his sallies.
Of his own appointment to St. Albans by Mr. Lloyd George, the Bishop said:
IT couldn't help it. I was simply thrown at you by a Baptist Prime Minister, and, as far as I am concerned, I've got to sit on your chests for the rest of my natural, And it may be unpleasant for all concerned.
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His description of the "Service for Young People," as he finds it may possibly be regarded as highly irreverent by some people.
"Can you expect," he asked the Lay Helpers' Association at Hit-chin, "to arouse any interest in a young chap who comes to church, and right at the beginning of the service finds the clergyman, in. a very parsonic voice—in about ke}
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