TOPICS.
BISHOP MOORHOUSE. Bishop Moorehouse* of Manchester, England) formerly, Bißhbp of Melbourne, refcentiy at Manchester was entertained by some townsmen, and in the. course of the function, the Lord Mayor of the city referred to the excellent assistance the bishop had given to th,e conduct of business In the local savings bank, remarking that trie ttiStidp ttoUld have nlade a r ii eveii greater name as a commercial man than as an ecclesiastic. "That is not the first time I have been told I ought not^to have been a*parson," he remarked, smilingly. "I remember when I was young I had a coUßin at Harrow who was in the sixthj atid wjii vfery conceited abbilt his. power pt boxing. At last he got. me tQ.pu|; the glpves p.n af tier J had exhibited a sufficient amount of reluctance, aitd .when I had finished him off he said; •tt.is a pity ybu are a parsoiijyou would have done for thb ring.' "
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Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10650, 24 February 1903, Page 4
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159TOPICS. Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10650, 24 February 1903, Page 4
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