THE SHEFFIELD BISHOPRIC,

THE history of the Sheffield Bishopric movement is very interesting. Always it
arose from York, where succeeding Archbishops found the difficulty of working so
extensive a province, and Sheffield, situated in the very southern part, was a
town wherein an additional diocese might be carried out.  Archbishop Thomson
recognized his difficulty very strongly. Very often he was seen in the then
town, and so great was Sheffield's affection for him that when the Archbishop
died, a marble bust in his memory was placed in Sheffield's Parish Church. 
Hard-working always, Archbishop Thomson was one of the first to recognize the
great desirability of a South Yorkshire Bishopric with its base in Sheffield;
but Sheffield would have none of it, quite content to remain a part of York. The
consequence was that, finding Sheffield unwilling, the Archbishop proposed the
new home of a Bishopric at Wakefield with Sheffield included in the diocese, and
that suggestion changed Sheffield's attitude from unwillingness to accept a
severance from York to unmistakable opposition to the scheme of a Wakefield
Bishopric which included Sheffield.  That proposal was made as far back as 1877.
 An influential deputation from Sheffield interviewed the Home Secretary on the
matter on April 9th, 1877, and its opposition was successful. A week later the
Archbishop abandoned his proposal, and, though Wakefield was formed, for thirty
years afterwards Sheffield remained associated with York. In 1897, Archbishop
Maclagan brought forward a new project for two new Bishoprics in Yorkshire, one
of them being in Sheffield, but still many laymen were opposed to severance,
including Sir Henry Stephenson, and in February, 1897, the Archbishop visited
Sheffield, pointing out that his proposal would give to Sheffield's See a
population of 700,000 and 180 benefices; and when, in the same year, the
Archbishop stated his willingness to set apart £1,000 of his income towards the
new See, the scheme received the general approval of the Crown with certain
stipulations.  However, it hung fire, the upshot being the appointment in 1901
of Canon Quirk as Suffragan Bishop for Sheffield. In January, 1877, rumour had
spread in ecclesiastical circles that four new Bishoprics were to be created in
the northern province, and, in at least one newspaper, it was specifically
stated that these would be of Newcastle, Liverpool, Derby and Southwell; and it
was then stated that the Bishop of Durham had undertaken to release a large part
of his income towards the formation of the Bishopric of Newcastle-on-Tyne, where
already there stood a venerable and splendid church.  It was further stated that
the population and emoluments of the new Bishopric of Liverpool would be taken
from Chester, and the new Bishopric of Southwell would comprise the county of
Notts. and be taken wholly from the diocese of Lincoln.  All these three
suggestions were acted upon practically in the fashion here set out, but the
fourth did not materialize. That was with regard to the proposed new diocese of
Derby, which, under the original suggestion, was to be taken bodily from that of
Lichfield, comprising the whole of the county of Derbyshire as its area.  The
fourth Bishopric which came about was that of Wakefield and, later, that of
Sheffield. In the York Diocesan Magazine for January, 1897, the Archbishop of
York, said that five years had passed since he had taken charge of the Northern
See, and in that time he had been Bishop rather than Archbishop, That was
through the magnitude of the See, and it was time he discharged his wider duties
as Archbishop, but the old difficulty remained.   He had come to the conclusion
that he would appreciate the formation of two distinct new Bishoprics, and to
such a purpose he was prepared to surrender £2,000 of his income-- £1,000 for
each.  He would still remain the Archbishop of the several dioceses, but his
plan would lead to more efficient and thorough control. No districts were
mentioned by the Archbishop, but it was generally conceded that wherever the
other new diocese was, Sheffield must be the centre and name of one.  Passing
through Sheffield a few days later the Archbishop discussed the matter with
prominent Churchmen in the town, and said he quite appreciated that during
Archbishop Thomson's sway there  was  disinclination  for  a  severance, but the
time had come when sentiment must be put aside.

AN ABANDONED SCHEME. On March 17th, 1898, correspondence appeared on the
question of the Sheffield Bishopric.  Mr. H. B. Sandford wrote to the Archbishop
regretting that the Committee, owing to very exceptional demands, could not
assure him of financial support sufficient to make the scheme successful, and
saying that it was then undesirable that the scheme should be pushed. The
Committee asked that the scheme should be deferred for two years. In his reply
from Bishopthorpe on March 14th his Grace said that as he saw no certain
prospect of success within that period he had decided to abandon his proposals.
Eventually the Bishopric scheme was abandoned through a letter from the
Archbishop of York to the Sheffield Bishopric Committee.  It was dated June 6th
from Bishopthorpe, and ran as follows:  "I have come to the conclusion that it
is not desirable to proceed with the scheme for some years to come at least.  I
warmly appreciate the kindness of those who have taken a favourable view of my
proposal; but they are few in number, and I feel they have been influenced more
by kind consideration for myself than by any strong conviction as to the
necessity of the step which I had contemplated, and the example of Southwell has
shown me that no such scheme can be successful without real enthusiasm." It was
right at the end of a long speech on matters connected with the Archbishopric,
that the Archbishop of York, at Hull, on October 16th, 1906, suddenly turned to
a ten years old topic, the proposal to found a Sheffield diocese. He said that a
capital sum of £40,000 was required from Sheffield, and a suitable house; and it
was proposed to seek Parliamentary powers during the next session.  There was
great need of such a diocese, and no city in the country compared with Sheffield
in its right to a bishopric. It would have a population of 700,000 souls and 180
benefices, all easy of access to the Bishop, and it would leave to York a
population of 800,000 and 450 benefices. He hoped to see another Bishopric at
Hull later, with a population of 500,000, and the two would be quite independent
of one another.  He was prepared to surrender £1,000 a year to each, though
unable to pledge his successors to that action. The Bishop of Sheffield,
speaking of what had been done in the city, said that the proposal was taken
before the Archdeacons and the Rural Deans, who gave the scheme their fullest
approval, whilst the Church Burgesses also had assented.  Then came a deputation
to the Lord Mayor, to see what the city would do; another to the local clergy,
and then, in July, a private meeting of Sheffield Churchmen, where there was not
a dissentient voice. The first meeting in Sheffield, actually imbued with a
desire to see a Diocese of Sheffield created, was in October, 1906, when the
Lord Mayor (Colonel Hughes) took the lead a fortnight after the Archbishop's
great speech in Hull, and practically every really well-known churchman in the
city was present at the gathering in the Town  Hall.  Alderman T. R. Gainsford,
unable to be present, in a letter said, he supposed that he was the last
survivor of those who, thirty years before, had fought the matter out at York
with Archbishop Thomson.  Sheffield people saw that for York and Ripon to be
divided into three, would be to place Sheffield in a subordinate position, and
so it was decided that the Wakefield scheme alone be cut out of Ripon, and that
York be left for future consideration.  He firmly believed that, in more recent
years, the residence of the Suffragan Bishop in Sheffield had warmed Sheffield's
hearts towards the proposal of a diocese in South Yorkshire, of which Sheffield
would be the centre. The Sheffield Bishopric scheme was formally launched at the
Town Hall on January 1st, 1907, when it was reported that £12,000 had been
subscribed towards the £50,000 which represented the total estimated cost. The
Lord Mayor of the city (Alderman Styring) attended the meeting, staunch
Nonconformist though he was, and Colonel Hughes presided. The Suffragan Bishops
of Sheffield and Beverley attended, representing the old order, and the
aristocracy of the West Riding was also present.  The Lord Mayor, in his speech,
referred to criticism of his action for allowing such a meeting to take place in
those rooms.  He regretted it deeply; the criticism showed quite an incorrect
appreciation of the position of the Lord Mayor of a city.  Such a person had to
know no sect or party, but to help forward all good and philanthropic and
religious work to the utmost of his power and ability, and it had been in that
sense that he had received the meeting. The Archbishop of York spoke at great
length on the proposal, saying that the modern estimate of the duties of a
Bishop was due to the great Bishop Wilberforce, who, when he was appointed
Bishop of Oxford, gave himself night and day to the charge committed to him,
became at the beck and call of everybody in the diocese, went into the humblest
village as  readily as into the greatest gathering of the Church.    He said
(referring to Sheffield)  that  the general scheme involved a diocese with under
200 benefices and a population of half a million, and creation of such a diocese
on a manageable scale  would encourage those who still remained in the diocese
of York. The Sheffield Bishopric scheme was before the York Diocesan Conference
on October 24th, 1907, the  Bishop  of  Beverley in  the  chair, and  it
approved as an urgent measure diocesan reform, and, as the Chairman declared,
the creation of a new benefice usually was accompanied by increased interest in
church life in the district.  It had been so with Ripon, and it would be so in
Sheffield. When Queen Victoria ascended the throne, one Archbishop was quite
sufficient for the administration of the whole of Yorkshire; but in 1907 there
were nine Bishoprics in the province, and this new one of  Sheffield was to be
rightly added. Four days later, a meeting in the Sheffield Albert Hall was held
to further the project, the building being crowded to the doors, and an overflow
meeting taking place. Earl Fitzwilliam presided, supported by the Bishop of St.
Albans, Mr. C. B. Stuart Wortley, M.P., the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, and many
other influential gentlemen.

THE BILL BEFORE THE COMMONS. The Sheffield Bishopric Bill was read for the
second time in the House of Commons on May 7th, 1909, and on June 10th was
ordered to be reported as through the Commons.  Opposition had been steadfastly
offered to the measure by Sir George Kekewich, one of whose amendments being,
that the value of the Bishop's house should be £150 a year, "that being quite
sufficient for a servant of God." The Bishopric Bill passed through Committee on
June 10th, 1909, Sir George Kekewich opposing it because he did not wish to see
new bishops: what he did want to see was existing bishops doing their duty. Mr.
J. Pointer, M.P. for Attercliffe, supported the measure in a lukewarm way,
declaring that it seemed to him that a bishop might make quite as good a
legislator as a retired soap boiler or pill maker. Something of a shock came to
the supporters of the Sheffield Bishopric Bill, on August 20th, 1909, when the
Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in reply to Lord Robert Cecil, said that the Bill,
in some measure, was united in the fortunes of the Places of Worship
Enfranchisement Bill.  One was being played off against the other, and unless a
"truce of God" was come to between the parties, and it was agreed that both
measures should pass, there was very little hope for the Bishopric Bill. Dr.
Cosmo Lang's first visit to Sheffield, after his elevation to the position of
Archbishop of York, occurred in the beginning of February, 1909, and it was here
on that day that he opened his active work, an honour to the city, which drew to
the Parish Church during the Sunday such crowds as were far too great for the
accommodation available. On the Monday, he actually addressed six great meetings
in Sheffield, beginning with a welcome by the Rural Deanery, in the Cutlers'
Hall. Then he went on to the Town Hall, in his capacity as a member of the
Executive of the Sheffield Bishopric scheme, where Councillor Sandford announced
that the funds up to that time amounted to £34,346 in donations and collections;
 £25,147 in cash; £25,073 in investments; £2,200 from other sources.  At the
Bishopric meeting a pleasant note was introduced by a speech of welcome
delivered by Alderman Styring, as representing the Nonconformists of the city,
and which included a reference to the cordial relations which had subsisted at
Stepney between Nonconformists there and Dr. Lang. The third visit was to the
Lord Mayor's reception in the Town Hall; and in the evening, the Archbishop
solemnized the induction of the new Vicar of S. Bartholomew's, Carbrook. It was
recorded of him during that trying day, that the Archbishop showed freshness and
vigour in his speaking, he was never seen to use a note, always he had something
fresh to say. When the House of Lords threw out the Budget in November, 1909,
one of the Bills swamped in a general wreckage was the Bishopric of Sheffield
Bill--once so full of promise.  The text of the Sheffield Bishopric Bill had
been issued on March 20th,  1909, introduced by  Mr. Stuart Wortley, M.P., and
backed by Sir William Holland, Mr. Charles Nicholson, Mr. Samuel Roberts, Mr.
Tudor Walters, and Mr. Joseph Walton. The Second schedule set forth the
following provisos:- 1. The Bishop to be Bishop of Sheffield. 2. The Diocese of
Sheffield to consist of the rural deaneries of Sheffield, Doncaster,
Ecclesfield, Rotherham, Wath and Snaith, together with such portions of the
rural deanery of Dronfield in the Diocese of Southwell as are now or shall from
time to time be included in the city of Sheffield; and of such other parishes as
may be transferred to the Diocese of Sheffield, in pursuance of this Act. 3. The
Parish Church of Sheffield, subject to the rights of the patrons and incumbent
of the church, to be the Cathedral Church of the Diocese. 4. On the founding of
the new Bishopric of Sheffield, there shall be transferred to the Endowment Fund
of the Bishopric of Sheffield, such portions of the endowment or income of the
See of York, as will produce or amount to the nett sum of £1,000 per annum after
the deductions of tenths or first-fruits. 5. The Bishop to be subject to the
metropolitan jurisdiction of the  Archbishop of York.

In November, 1910, Dr. Quirk, Suffragan Bishop of Sheffield, addressed a
conference of the clergy and laity at Rotherham, doing so, as he said, so that
he might refer to his own position.  He had been moved by the Archbishop from S.
Mark's, not because the Archbishop wished him to live a life of luxury, not that
he might do more work (he believed that would be impossible), but in order that
he might be more in touch with that particular part of the diocese which was
some day or other to be a part of the Diocese of Sheflield. He had become
Suffragan Bishop over 162 parishes, an area, he believed, quite one half of the
population of the whole Diocese of York itself, and those 162 parishes were
divided into Sheffield 45, Rotherham 32, Doncaster 34 Snaith 17, Wath 21, and
Ecclesfield 13, and at that meeting Dr. Quirk declared himself at the service of
any of those 162 parishes, and he proposed. to divide his time as well as he
could between the various deaneries.

At the Convocation of Canterbury, in April, 1913, in the Upper House, the Bishop
of London presiding, consideration occurred of the Bishoprics Bill, which sought
to form a new diocese for Sheffield and a new diocese in East Anglia by the
subdivision of St. Albans. The Lower House had passed a resolution on the
matter, and the Bishop of St. Albans then moved "to give concurrence to the
resolution that the Archbishop be asked to communicate to Government the earnest
hope that Parliamentary effect may be given to the proposed Bill for creating a
new diocese in Sheffield and also in East Anglia." He pointed out that the
Diocese of York had a population of two millions, and St. Albans one of
1,650,000.  As to St. Albans, it had become impossible to work it through the
enormous increase in population, notably in Southend and in
London-over-the-border. Never had any scheme been more absolutely approved by
all the authorities, and the Bishoprics Bill should be passed at once. The
Bishop of Ely seconded the proposal, and the Bishop of London gave the proposal
his hearty support, declaring that there had never been a more scandalous
example of factious opposition than in the case of that Bishoprics Bill. All the
money had been ready years ago, and not one penny of it had been asked from the
public. The motion was adopted unanimously. In October, 1913, the Archbishop of
York visited Sheffield, attending a meeting in the Town Hall of those interested
in the new Bishopric scheme. Ald. H. P. Marsh presented his final statement of
accounts, showing that the total yield from voluntary subscriptions was £41,369,
including many gifts, one gift of £5,000 and five of £1,000 each. It was
necessary to raise a sum of £6,000 for the purchase of a suitable residence, but
it was believed this could be done within the space of two months. The Bill
passed through the Commons without amendment on Aug. 13th, 1913.  It had been
introduced at the beginning of the session as a private Bill, and set aside till
some compromise could be arranged with the Nonconformists and Liverpool Low
Churchmen who opposed it.  Time passed on, many people forgot all about it, till
finally most of those who opposed it went away for their holidays. Thereupon
Lord Hugh Cecil got to work. He consulted the Parliamentary representative of
the Charity Commissioners, Mr. C. P. Allen, a Radical member who had introduced
several Nonconformist Chapel Bills, which one session after another had been
blocked by Churchmen indignant at the Government's attacks on the Church.

MR. ASQUITH'S SPLENDID HELP. The Premier and the Chief Government Whip agreed to
find time for the Bishoprics Bill and the Chapels Bill as Government measures if
both sides could restrain the extremists and get the measures through unopposed.
And so the House became surprised to find those Bills starred as Government
measures.  Mr. King protested against such a course, but the Government Whips
said nothing until, at two o'clock in the morning, they suddenly moved the
second reading of the Bishoprics Bill, and forced it through by votes of Irish
Catholics and of Nonconformist Radicals, both English and Welsh. Mr. King
thereupon appealed to the Prime Minister, but Mr. Asquith sharply replied that
the Bill was quite unexceptionable, it raised no question of religious
principle, all the money required to finance its purposes had been found
privately, and it was only fair to let it go through as a set off to the fifteen
Nonconformist Bills before the House or waiting to be introduced. So the Bill
was read for the third time, and sent to the Lords, Lord Hugh Cecil warmly
thanking Mr. Asquith for the assistance he had given to it. The Bill passed
through its stages in the Lords on August 14th, 1913, Earl Beauchamp
congratulating the House on the successful issue of the measure, and the Marquis
of Salisbury expressed his great pleasure that it was to receive Royal Assent.
On behalf of himself and many Churchmen who were deeply interested, he was very
grateful to the Government, and especially to the Prime Minister, for the
personal interest taken in the subject and the great efforts he had made in a
busy session to put the Bill through.  He said that in the most unreserved
manner. The Bishop of Sheffield, Dr. Quirk, preaching at S. Mark's on the Sunday
following the passing of the Bill, pointed out that for 1,300 years Sheffield
had been part of the See of York, and that since the days of Paulinus (627-633
A.D.) Sheffield had been guided and governed by the Archbishops of York,
eighty-nine in number. Sheffield would still be under archiepiscopal
jurisdiction, a source of great satisfaction in the city, though by the passing
of the Bill it would be separated from the ancient See of York. It would possess
its own diocesan bishop and everything that pertained to a fully-equipped
diocese. The investiture of Sheffield's first Bishop took place in York Minister
on March 22nd, 1914, a ceremony of deep significance, when the rights of the
Archbishop of York as guardian of its spiritualities were entrusted to the new
Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Hedley Burrows. Later ceremonies in homage to His
Majesty the King and the enthronement in the new Cathedral in Sheffield were yet
to come. The service took place in the Choir of the great Minster, but the
attendance was quite small.  The procession was formed in the Zouche Chapel,
including the Archbishop of York, the Bishop Elect, the Right Rev. Dr. Quirk
(Bishop Suffragan of Sheffield), the Very Rev. Dr. A. Purey Cust (Dean of York).
Mr. H. B. Sandford was also present.  The King's mandate was read by the
Registrar, and the new Bishop made the declaration of assent and the declaration
against simony. The oaths of allegiance to His Majesty King George V, his heirs
and successors, and of canonical obedience to the Archbishop were also
subscribed to.  Following those vows and declarations the Archbishop, kneeling
at the Litany desk, placed his hands on the head of the new Bishop and gave his
blessing, prayers following for continuance of the success of the work in the
new diocese. The entire proceedings, though not covering more than half an hour,
were described as intensely impressive. The appointment of Dr. Hedley Burrows as
Bishop of Sheffield naturally affected the status of Dr. Quirk, the Suffragan
Bishop, and a town's meeting was held in April, 1914, whereat the worth of his
work was extolled and an address presented signed by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield
(Colonel G. E. Branson), Mr. P. Stirling (Mayor of Doncaster), and Mr. P.
Bancroft Coward (Mayor of Rotherham), this being accompanied by a cheque for
£1,400.  Speeches of the happiest kind were delivered by the Lord Mayor and his
Doncaster and Rotherham colleagues, the Archdeacon of Doncaster, and the Rev. T.
W. Holmes on behalf of Nonconformity in the city. Perhaps it was that speech
which was most interesting, for, in it, Mr. Holmes said that the only persons
who had been disappointed by Dr. Quirk's work in the city were those who had
been frustrated in their expectation of having a shining mark to shoot at.  They
had been disappointed entirely; never at any time or in anyplace had Dr. Quirk
said a single word in which there was a touch or tint or colour of contempt for
men of other faiths, but rather he had been co-operant with them in whatever
would further the cause of humanity and the kingdom of their common Master.

THE ENTHRONEMENT. The opening day of May, 1914, was appointed for the
enthronement of Sheffield's first Bishop, the ecclesiastical procession forming
in the S. Paul's Schools, and thence moving to the Cathedral by way of Pinstone
Street, Fargate, and the High Street gates, and very many people will remember,
even though the war period intervenes, how very solemn and picturesque that
procession was.  It consisted of churchwardens of the diocese (223 is number),
the choir of the Cathedral Church, licensed lay readers (30 in number), the
clergy of the diocese (250 in number), the rural deans, the canons of York, the
Right Rev. Bishop Quirk, the Bishop of Hull, the Bishop of Sheffield (the Right
Rev. Leonard Hedley Burrows), accompanied by his Archdeacons of Sheffield and
Doncaster, and attended by his officials and chaplains, the archbishop of York,
and the Archbishop's chaplains.

The programme began before noon with meetings of the clergy of the Rural Deanery
of Sheffield at the Church House, at which an address of welcome was presented
to the new Bishop. Then, at three o'clock, the Lord Mayor (Col. Branson) and the
Corporation of the city, the Mayors of Doncaster and Rotherham and Corporations
of those towns, and the representatives of the Sheffield University left the
Town Hail, proceeding to the Cathedral by way of Fargate and High Street.  Ten
minutes later members of the Cutlers'  Company  proceeded from the  Cutlers' 
Hall to the Cathedral by way of St. James' Row, and immediately behind came the
ecclesiastical procession already mentioned.  Enthronement took place at 3.30,
afterwards came a reception in the Town Hall given by the Lord Mayor, and great
meetings followed in the evening at the Albert Hall and the Victoria Hall.  It
was estimated that the congregation at the Enthronement numbered 1,200. A member
of the Sheffield Telegraph staff gave an ornate pen picture of the scene.  He
spoke of the ceremonial as conveying a vivid sense of the might and majesty of
the Church. That slowly-moving, almost interminable line of the Church militant,
the churchwardens with their staves of office held aloft, the clergy in their
simple robes, seemed like a grand and solemn assertion of the patient invincible
power of the Church. There was a perfect atmosphere of reverence and beauty. 
One unforgettable scene was at the admission of the Bishop to the Cathedral
Church.  The low music of the organ ceased, and then the tense silence within
the building was broken by three resounding knocks which the Bishop delivered
upon the closed door with his pastoral staff.  The great doors swung open, and
into the dim light of the Cathedral flooded the fuller light of the outer day,
revealing beyond the faces of men and women in the outside crowd gazing intently
into the interim dimness.  On his knees sank the Bishop, a calm, self-confident
figure, and bowed his head in prayer. Then in stately procession the Archbishop
and Bishop, with their respective trains, moved to the chancel and, in front of
the altar, his Lordship knelt again in silent prayer during the singing of
psalms, and the Archbishop, in vibrant, thrilling tones, commended the new
Bishop to the prayers of his people. It seems desirable to set forth here
something to indicate how entirely representative of Sheffield the gatherings of
that day were, and that can only be done by recapitulation of names. There were
present (and no effort is made to give a complete list) the Lord Mayor (Col.
Branson), the Chief Magistrates of Doncaster and Rotherham, Deputy Lord Mayor of
Sheffield (Mr. S. Osborn), very many of the Aldermen and Councillors, the Town
Clerk (Mr. W. E. Hart), the University of Sheffield was represented by the
Pro-Chancellors (Dr. George Franklin and Col. H. K. Stephenson), Mr. H. A. L.
Fisher (Vice-Chancellor); His Honour Judge Benson, Sir Joseph Jonas, Mr. F.
Boulden (who walked as Marshal at the head of the procession), the Master Cutler
(Mr. T. W. Ward), with members of the Company.  The Church Burgesses present
were Messrs. Samuel Roberts, M.P., C. E. Vickers, James Dixon, E. Willoughby
Firth, J. B. Wheat, C. B. Flockton, and Town Trustees in Alderman W. H.
Brittain, Mr. Arthur Wightman, Dr. Dyson, Mr. Harold Thomas, and Sir Joseph
Jonas. The military procession included Col. Clifford, V.D., Col. B. A. Firth,
and Major Philip Smith, and other bodies sending representatives to the
ceremonial were the Cavendish Society, the Sheffield Education Committee, the
two Boards of Guardians, the Sheffield Board of Hospitals, the Y.M.C.A., the
Sheffield United Friendlies Societies, the Sheffield Federated Trades Council,
the Christian Social Union, the Mothers' Union, the Teachers' Association, King
Edward VII School, the Church Army Labour Home, and religious bodies in the
Church of England Men's Society, the Free Church Council, the Hebrew
Congregation, the Church Missionary Society, the Sheffield Congregational
Association, and the Sunday School Union. Following the enthronement of the new
Bishop (Dr. Burrows) a reception was held in the Town Hall by the Lord Mayor,
and at night a mass meeting was held in the Albert Hall, with an overflow
meeting in the Victoria Hall. At those meetings speeches were delivered by the
Archbishop of York, Colonel Hughes, Sir W. E. Clegg, the newly installed Bishop
of Sheffield, Mr. Samuel Roberts, and Mr. Esam, though to Mr. H. B. Sandford
most of the success of the movement was due. Of Bishop Quirk, at a previous
presentation, Mr. S. G. Richardson said his characteristics were a breezy
straightforwardness and a modern spirit. He was a man who realized the need for
the Church going into the world and grappling there with its problems.  Very
often he preached on passing events; he was a man of great tact, great force of
character, and a quite phenomenal worker.