Show e r 9 1 tr j f 1 r I r rt r 1 r I i r rr 2 A NOW ON A V 1 SO I Jl i- i POVERTY T AND b 7 I A I ll I I 5 I s Cathedral Cathedra L London o J i w gJ i fK L o. o w I it l r 1 J I L Y r L I I. I J i. i 1 V tr Cl f 7 P I r. r oJ r A rt b. b ri i I j I Tt J hm J JL i I r I ci 1 Dih I r I r t L V 1 III 41 t T r r 4 ri v i. i 7 1 1 I iI iII 9 J I l Westminster It o Rn the Slun s D HERE is now in America on one e THERE of oC the most remarkable Englishmen Englishmen Eng Eng- of the present gen gen- Although he Is s one of or the most popular men of the day in his own country the Right Rev Re Arthur 1 F. F Ingram bishop of London is a comparative stranger on this side of the Atlantic His His chief object in coming at this time is to be present at th the celebration of ot the tercentenary tercentenary ter ter- centenary o of the Protestant Episcopal church in America At tho the solemn memorial services in old Bruton church at Williamsburg Va to beheld bo be held in October Dr Ingram will pro- pro sent the Ole Bible which King ICing Edward has hassent hasto sent t to this historic parish On Sept 9 t lio bishop expects to be present atthe at att t the JO h g to n 00 of th n ne V W dr 1 lie He lies lie's la is a n remarkable man this bishop of ot London London nn I l reads 1 lute o a aro ro I ico olIo He Ile it Is wh W l lat at the stroke e o of a 0 pen In the hand hund of ot tho the ro royal al head of the English church from a modost apartment In an unfashionable unfashionable un un- fashionable quarter of London to the tho palace of a prince with an Income of St OOOO a year to run ron it He was not pleased at the transfer tr Incredible as asIt asIt asIt It ma may appear appeal this man who had labored la labored la- la bored for years In tho the district would have havo preferred to ro- ro re remain remain main maln there But Dut the call was imperative and he had to yield The man who had made mado himself a power in the slums of London London London Lon Lon- don had thereby made himself worth worthy of oC the favor of princes and with bitter bitter bit bit- ter regret that ho was not suffered to complete his mission to those whom ho he bad had found hopeless and In whom he ha hall had 1 inspired a longing for tor self betterment bet bet- torment he exchanged for Westminster From Bethnal Green to Belgravia When the first cable between Europe and America was opened John Bright 8 t. t tI o 1 ne net t 2 nl ro ro-o ro former or of the n fige S e was leu letl to to exclaim Is there thele no social wizard who will construct a cable to unite Bethnal Green Gleen with Belgravia 1 Tho The sturdy champion of tho the rights of or the tho masses did not live 11 to know that such a man already existed that his name was Ingrain Ingram and that in time he would be beable beable beable able to show fashionable London how the tho other half haU lives JIves After eight years of ot unceasing labor laborin in the slums Dr Ingram received the summons to come up higher In September 1897 1597 he was appointed by Lord Salisbury then prime minister canon cano of St St. Pauls Paul's ca ca- ca thedral Soon afterward he was as consecrated consecrated consecrated con con- bishop of ot Stepney which him the episcopal oversight ht of the tho thickly populated and impoverished impoverish impoverish- ed population of the tho east cast end Thus was the tho cable laid between Bethnal Green and exclusive Belgravia Tho The now bishop of tho the slums still sUIl In his thirties became a lion Hon In fashionable so society let Tho The most notable men in the country made mado haste to know him and every overy pulpit In tho the city was open to him Speedily ho he became known as the tho lie vo Ik ng P II S to ra- ra double his loll toil among the trie great army of or tho the submerged In his tion H He worked 1 night and day Ilay among the poor the unbelieving and the sinful sinful sinful sin sin- ful with an energy that had no recognition recognition nilion of fatigue Everywhere he l kept kepi kepton ept epton on preaching and teaching at all hours and on all occasions The mere suggestion of his fitness for the Ule see aeo of London brought to light his wonderful strength Bishop Creighton dl died a week before beCore Queen Victoria and it so happened that the vacancy in fn the see of or London was the first the new J king was called upon to fill There are man many reasons why hi his choice might not have hae fallen on tho the bishop of the slums Dr Ingram Ingrom was only three forty-three years ears of or age age age- there thero wa was many another prelate in the establishment who seemed to be more eligible to preferment It was markedly markedly markedly mark mark- edly contrary to tradition that potent force In iii the English ecclesiastical economy 3 Besides being younger than any man who had ever evel been called to the dignity he lie was not pot as a scholar and author and the tho English had from time immemorial demanded th that t ef pl prelate c tIO those those- c. c t accomplishments It pointed o pointed buTto out ur to t life 11 so r g l by Iby an oar or oC his most trusted d' d advisers that no no- bachelor bishop had been heon alto tho tenant of or Fulham palace for or many generations Everybody's Choice But it was so o ordained and lInd nothing was to prevent it The Tho bishop of Winchester Winchester Win Win- chester who ho was the logical candidate candidate candi candi- I date was too ill III to accept the position I Although Dr Ingram was an avowed high church man practically all of the thelow thelow low Jow church clergy in his district were his enthusiastic supporters DissentIng Dissenting Dissent Dissent- Ing ministers of or every shade of re religious religious re- re opinion were also clamorous for his elevation Even the tho veteran General Booth of the tho Salva Salvation lion Army joined in tho the great chorus of petition petition- ers After Arter the appointment was announced announced announced an an- ho wrote on behalf of or the tho Army Wo We Yo cannot but regard It n. n as asa asa a blessed prom promise Iso for the tho reign of ot his his' majesty tho the king and for or the country that so 50 young and yet ct so experienced n n servant of or the tho poorest should be chosen for tor this appointment So in the tho end tho man hh by by the by the right of succession had tho temporal head ea of his 1 nations nation's tL n e os cs- cs I church cli Slum made mis missionary bishop of oC London with Wl the thc use of a spacious mansion London House I In St. St James James' square and Fulham lulham palace a a. stately residence with ex- ex grounds and an entertaining capacity that Includes es four forty bedrooms bed bcd rooms quite rooms quite enough for a n bachelor even een though he be the bishop of Lon Lon- don i True to hl his nature th the tho new oc- oc ec I 4 I head of or th the London diocese c protested against the tte grandeur of the he he heI I palace He declared that he could bo ho vastly astl more comfortable in his homely homely home home- ly 1 apartment In Amen court and that ho he had no time to devote to such mag mag- Ho He sUg suggested ested that the surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus representing the difference difference be between between between be- be tween his actual needs and the J salar salary bo be divided di among the tho l poorer clergy of his diocese e. e Tho The Working Bishop Of Ot course this could not bo ho Di Divested Dl- Dl ve vested ted of Its state tho the bishopric of ot London would be bo something quite Culle different dif dlf- ferent orent from what it ft was intended to toIre Ire be e I Jr Dr r. r Ingram was obliged obliged to live lI tn tl th the palace I and nd h ho hu hart Sound found 0 this his amazement that 9 9 j not too loo sum to nl nl it as ns H Its ton ton- n.- n. ant Is c expected to do o Ho hIo I Is still the work working In bishop however and and he lie h has s never no forsaken en his friends In tho the slums Ills motor motOl car Is a familiar hu sight In the cong congested Mt d districts of ot the cast east end and he still preaches pre in all nil sorts of out of the wa way places Ever since his elevation he has been en engaged engaged engaged en- en In making a round of or his diocese diocese diocese dio dio- cese the most populous diocese In the I world When ho goes to a parish he chats with the tho vicar and his family faintly meets the parisH and prea preaches preach preach- lr h-lr es informally Many of these visits are made at night and on his Wa way he lights a little electric lamp amp in his carriage carriage car car- e sets Hetti it on his knee and proceeds to write nile hl hU sermon Not Infrequently ho is t absent from Crom home twelve hours n non on a stretch on this apparently con- con coni i L. L g genial business J How lIow do you OU manage manago to got through at all the bishop was asked recent recently B By efly taking each E.-ach little duty trivial duty trivial enough In It Itself eH perhaps perhaps perhaps-as as as the scent great and insistent concern of tho the day he replied If I go o to a workhouse service service ice and the dear old Inmates honor me mo with a sevenfold A Amen men I am content content content con- con tent to regard that service as one of 1 the central duties of or the day Therein his friends say tay lies another element clement of oC his hh pow power r. He not only works work in the thick of or the con conflict lct and ll delights lIghts in It Il but believes belle that everything everything every o thing Is worth while whether he lie marries a duke mats chats 11 ts with a 1 dowager over o her charities or distributes blanket blanket blanket blan blan- ket funds or 01 tho the fuel of a coal club Back of this his hit friends say i is 18 the tho simple but absolute faith that I Is the mainspring of it II all His religion lon ci strikes home because e It I Is real to him and amI his conviction con makes his hearers rs appreciate Its reality Dr Ingrain Ingram still manifests an abundance abundance j dance of or the spirit of or democracy that made him such a power In th the slums lums One day he went to the east cast en end 1 to preach to some of hl his old friends W who 10 had written to him that he must not forget oret them now that ho he had rl risen cn to such suh a grand rand position por Before ho entered entered en- en upon hl his sermon ermun proper ho explained explained ex- ex i to his appreciative e Isten listeners how It was that he ho hud had come to them r rha In ha a motor car Instead of ot by omnibus He lie told his old friends r that he ho found It In n order ordel to time Ume and ne necessary eSt nr save sa sa then he charged them that thal If It over they should happen to see seo him hn d driving In lonel lonely state to call out to him and ho t 1 them lift If U would give g a ti they wc were o going botn hl his tva way Some Solve time afterward v. v J l. l Y tho the bishop was hailed halle by a a. wo I in inn j a l ls m w r i ng g t 1 Fulham palace Which i w y 1 ca can 1 the lie bis l f h r 1 t rt I It t I ITI slowing slowing- up To Tn Poplar n where herc I 1 live Jive re replied the manThen manThen man mUll Then jump right ht in Im I'm going that Unit W way m myself said th the slum bishop bishup I Here Give me your basket and und mind mint tho st sto step COP CORVELIUS ELIUS ELIVS E. 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