HARD ON THE BISHOP.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 48, 26 March 1886, Page 9

HARD ON THE BISHOP.

Beaixt it ia too bad of the Protestants to treat their poor Bishop* in the way they do. This is how an English writer deals with a well-known prelate's garden-party, and please take notice that it is not from a Catholio paper we make the quotation : " His palaoa is an imposing pile, approached bj a floe sweeping drive, well-kept lawns, profusion of flowers, and endless greeneries. As we drew near, the reverend prelate was engaged ia doing, with bis wife and daughters, the honors of a large garden-party. Had some excellent iced strawberries and cream, and was introduced to a distinguished member of Parliament, who, so I understood, had written a powerful pamphlet in defence of the emoluments of the establishment. TheBUhop is a well-bred gentleman, with a soft Toioe, peculiar hat, and it seemed to me, many superfluous buUon-holes on his coat. Told him I bad read his sermon on ' Dives in Hell,' which much pleased him. We then talked about the early Christians, and he instanced St. Paul an his idea of a modern buhop. Distinguished member jolniog us, argued that the defect in St. Paul's position was his obvious want of £5,000 a year and a seat in the House of Lords. I think the bishop was about to agree with him, when the conversation was interrupted by the handing round a tiay of pine-apple cream. Asking thebishop if he had been in the neighbourhood of the fever-dens in the Bast <snd, he assured me that he had not ; but that he always saw in such places the benefioent working of a wise Proridenon, who allowed the plague to come upon the land lest we should rejoice too greatly in iv fatness, and forget that we are but wanderers and pilgrims; leaning on broken reeds. Saying this with much feeling, and, at the same tlmo, helping himself to a second p. ate of toe pine-apple oream (which, by the way. was excellent), bo sighed tjeutly, and took a hand, at lawn-tennis." — Exchange.