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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12326, 20 July 1903, Page 5

The writer of " Modern Anglican Preachers, v in a sketch of the Bishop, of Manchester, states that Bishop Moorhouse, as a speaker, is decidedlv what is termed a forensic orator; and if a comparison may be made, it might be said he is somewhat similar in .certain respects to the late Archbishop Magee, Ho bishop on the English bench is so bold, unconventional, and original in his public utterances; none cares less for what men will. say;, and few have cultivated to such ,an extent the art of logical extemporaneous speaking. His success as vicar of St. James', Pafldington, was most marked, always commanding crowded congregations. In 1876 he was appointed Bishop of Melbourne, and during -Jus 10 years' episcopate in Australia he exercised enormous influence over the province of Victoria, During the autumn of 1885 one oi the most popular bishor a passed away in .the person of Dr. Eraser, and Dr. Moorhouse was chosen an his successor. The character of Dr. Moorhouee can be best shown in his own language made use of in his J farewell, ; address to the people of Melbourne. The meetmg was held in the Town Hall, under the Presidency of His Excellency the Governor, Sir : H. Loch, who presented the Bishop with a cheque for £1200 from the people of the colony. > lhe Bishop, oh. rising to : respond, ;said£ among other things: *y. Early in my :■, life I■? founds it. very necessary to establish , for; myself j; some rule about possible promotion, f. after, some consideration I adopted vthisprmcipie::! I determined never to Seek preferment, never to ask anv to give me or get me a place; but I thought that if work were ever offered to me of a larger and more ; important■•■ tana, than that in which I was engaged, I would accept it without regard to consequences, •; i have always followed that principle to its results. Sometimes the following of it brought me what people call worse fortune, and sometimes it brought what they call better fortune. For instance, it was worse fortune, as the. world counts fortune, when I accepted the living of St. John's, Fitzroy Square—a liting containing 22,000 poor, without a parsonage/without a penny of. income, ~ with only the four bare wails of the church. Again, when I came to you It was not to better my fortune. I was receiving 'St. James, Paddihgton) the same sum of money which you promised me if I came to work amongst you But in that rich London parish I had very light responsibilities." The Melbourne Age remarked at the time: "It will be as a lecturer and as a preacher that the general publio will miss him most, for it was on the platform and in the pulpit■/■ that «-uey saw most of hnm. .". We cannot conceive ,it possible that anybody can be found to present the results of criticism in a more fas- ( cinatlng, instructive, and popular form. As an illustration of Dr. Moorhouse s strong personality, it is recorded that after severe droughts in Victoria he was urged to, pray for rain; this he defined to do until he saw the rain which was so wanted was properl v conserved when it, came by means easy and simple, instead of olio wing the blessing to descend and no heed taken by forethought for its preservation. On his " visitations up country he has been known to go singlehanded to the water-trough and pump water 1 with an energr all his own for the " droves" i almost. dying with thirst, whilst the drovers, 1 unmindful of their charge, were slaking: their own thirst by a different process. It will be remembered that when the Auckland Bishopric became vacant on the death of Bishop Cowie. or. Moorhouse was consulted as to the choice of a successor, andvho very heartily recommended the selection of Dr. I Neu'gan for the position.