| Show NeW Archbishop p of York lays Flays Flay Society S to a Frazzle Special Co LONDON L T ONDON Dec 7 Though much has hns hu J been boen cabled about UP Di 1 Cosmo Cosine O IJO Gor GOI Gordon Iou don Lang newly appointed archbishop of York with a salary of OOOO a your year car are arc a IL lot of good stories store now be being beIlIg ing IlIg circulated about him He Ho is one of tIme the youngest archbishops ever appoint appointed ed and amid his office ranks second highest In the time Church of England Despite his hits years artl his experience is wide and As Bishop of Stepney ono one of poorest t and auth most niost overcrowded sections Tic has always been beon In close cloo touch with tho the poor poOl and ho lie holds strong views lows on oit social problems Not long ago in iii the course of a ser sei sermon seimon Cl mon man to a swell gathered In St Pauls Paull cathedral ho li created a IL sensation by drawing a U sharp contrast between the condition of oC tho tim rich and tho the poor noor and ho lie slated the well Ivell dress ed women Omen for COl their thell extravagance Among other othel things be lie paid All the tho graceful lady hi lu tho tIme beautiful dress dres who hits about among tho tIm stalls of oC tho time charity bazar bazal But hut suppose the time dress was not nol paid for and amid suppose the unpaid bill meant to 10 poor 1001 dressmaker harassed for fOl want of or capital tho the prospect of losing thin the home homo which had kept the tIle aged parents and ami the invalid sister lster In peace 1 speak of at what I 1 know ow owell Well ell dressed people in iii England do donot donot donot not like hike to be bo l of unpleasant truths ruths but the tho reverend gentleman had sufficient Independence nce to rub It in Inand and ind Instead of being asked to resign as ns might aught have been be n the tho Into fata of It a less leas forceful character he ho has Iia risen to a a aPost L post of power powei po 0 1 exceeded only by the tho primate of oC England tho tIme archbishop of oC Canterbury TAKEN UP BY TIlE THE HE QUEEN The new now Incumbent of time the see of ot York does not owe his success wholly t force folCo of character however for Cor the th element clement of luck lu lt played pla l a n considerable part art In his destiny He lie happened to be appointed seine somo years ago to a n Ii little church at not riot fat far from Os Osorno Osborne Osborne borne orno House whore he lie attracted the tho at of oC Queen Victoria by his work among tho the poor He Ho had organized a 3 vigorous society for making the tho local church hurch attractive to the working class elass classe os Cs e and his straight talks were re 10 reported reported i iOne ported to tho queen One Ono day the tho queen spoke to the young vicar Icar about his work Why Wh dont you ou get gel married 1 suggested suggest d her he majesty A good g od wife wHo is bettor than thi n halfa dozen curates Take alto the advice ad vice of oC an anId anold anold old Id woman and marry God Gol will give you a It good goo wife To tho queens surprise tho the young oung vl vi vicar ar car cal refused r fus her hor counsel with the char chara a reply If I have a 3 curato curate I do not like I Ian Ican Ican can an send lond him away awa But such is not the case caso with a wife wICe Ho He subsequent subsequently ly Iy y became tIle the queens chaplain REFEREED RE nEED A FIGHT From Portsea Dr Lang wont went to Stepney as lIS Bishop having been culled called to that district through the influence of his close friend Dr Ingrain Ingram the present Bishop of or Lon Loit London London don Dr Lang was not long in Stepney before ho had bad won time the of the tho ho by mixing up tip in all their theli local ocal affairs not oven refusing to at attend attend tend end prizefighting contests which are very Oly popular In the neighborhood n Ono One night ho went into the tho ring at Wonderland time tile great East End sporting club and acted os referee From this Incident Dr DI Lang be he became canto came known In the tho 11 dis district district district as the tho fIghting bishop and went vent up Immediately in tho lon Lion of the people who as a n rule dont cotton colton to the prelacy in itt that part palt of London Condon From tho the ring ot of Wonder Wonderland Wonderland land and the tho minister did not lose the tha opportunity of oC making makinI a speech I Im Iri Ian ri an m 11 on oli a 0 fighting platform Vho ho he said and ami ml it Is a good thing g for the old church to tko take its coat cout in a 11 good cause and put lInt t on Oh O l the tIme gloves gloel Dr DI Lang Leng Ian is a fine orator and is never at a loss for words WOld He lie holds hold his audiences better b than most niost En lan English gush glish speakers and has u st direct In itt Incisive chive style that reaches the marl He Ho is wonderfully apt at lit composition and in this connection conn an amusing story is told concerning one of his Oxford examinations One On day In a IL classroom he lie was won suddenly called upon fOI for a philosophical thesis which lip un had not thought of preparing lie arose front from his seat however with great composure and md began to read from a n manuscript Tho The examiner was so with the tho essay that ho lie asked tho the author to permit him to copy cop certain passages s To o his aston astonishment astonIshment however ho lie found the tho pages of tho supposed manuscript absolutely blank TIme Tho ho student hall had com coin composed composed posed his essay e ay extemporaneously exten SHOCKINGLY FRANK RANK FRANKIn l RANKIn In lit addition to his East Enst End adventures Il hires tures tho archbishop has litt had hud much as its a lL prison chaplain Ho lie shocked thE Iho world of tho the elite to re recently recently by b comparing tho the young oung Oxford undergraduates to the men macit ho he had to visit in prison The Tho difference ho be between tureen tween them ho It said ald Is ono of oC privileges opportunities and social habits He also said that young so society clotS clel women wore were w little different from girls of that lower low r classes who give giveaway WilY way to Intemperance When Dr DI Lang began his career he ho first studied for fOI tho the bar har He lie passed pasel all examinations with lying flying fl colors but tho the very V lY night when he was to ho bo called ho lie sent a n telegram withdraw withdrawing ing tog his name n e He Ho suddenly renounced all alt Intentions as to t tho thie legal logal pro profession profession profession though his friends predicted that he ho would rise to tho timo woolsack that is I attain tho position of or lord chancellor cha Dr Lang is a IL Scotchman by h birth hailing from front Aberdeen Ho is the tho on ton tonof of the Roy Rev Re John Marshall Lang who has ait an international reputation as tot o a scholar and theologian Ho irit has hns held helel tIme the post of Honorable Chaplain to Queen Victoria Vicar of Portsea Cabon Gabon of St Pauls Bishop of ot Stepney and other Important positions and Is Isa Isa isa a recognized leader loader in political or organizations organizations organizations He Ho has lia Written several overal books on ott theological subjects |
