THE OFFERING.

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THE OFFERING.

After the service the parchments were taken to Lloyds Bank .iji Cheapside and counted up by the treasurer of the congress and a staff df tellers. The result may be summarised as follows:— England and Wales 257,122. 6 11 Scotland 5,69fi (j l3 5 ' Ireland ''..'-> 4,939-19 . 3 The Army . . . . '. }' >*', 17 ;4r , British colonial dio- - '7v. ; .> • -- ceses .. „ .. 63.,G9pV 15 10* American dioceses 1,455 8 2,

Grand total .'. ... 333,20a.'0 11 J To some .of the parchments whioh the bishops laid on the- altar slips of paper were pinned, proclaiming' gifts" which could not be expressed in terms of money A characteristic example came from Birmingham, The attached slip bore in fair lettering the following words: — "May God Almighty accept' this iinwor-" thy offering for the Pan-Anglican thanksgiving instead of money. 1 desire that this bo offered at\St. Paul's, 1 and I pra.T that after it has been pro- 1 suited it may fall into the hands of some earnest missionary who will win thousands of souls for the Lord Jesus i Christ." The gift was a silver watch.

AU the parchments were in the same form. The largest offering ran:— Pan-Anglican Congress, 1908. St. John the Baptist's Day, June 24, 1908. St. Paul's Cathedral. On behalf of the Diocese, I desire herewith humbly to present and offer for the service of God ajid His Church the sum of thirty-four thousand -three hundred and Ifhirtysix pounds, sixteen shillings, being a free-will offering in thankfulness for blessings vouch-safed to the Anglican Communion in its growth and spiritual development. \ A. F. LONDON, £34,336 16s. Bishop of London.