The Bishop of Durham reviews the Scheme.

Speaking on Thursday night at the closing meeting of the General Church Mission at Sunderland, the Bishop of Durham said that just now men were talking on all sides of a great scheme which had been set forth for dealing with some of the social sorrows of our age.  The remarkable book in which it was sketched was well calculated to present, in a most vivid combination, the various forms of work to which Christian men must bring the power of their faith.  It brought together with remarkable skill the different problems which were pressed upon them; it allowed them to gain a view of the whole field and something of the relation of the different parts one to another.  For his own part he trusted that many might be stirred to some unwonted exertion.

The Bishop of Lincoln thanks the General.

“I thank you heartily for the book you have sent me.  The name of it is already well known to English Churchmen, and its object is one in which, we all agree.

“The Cross of Christ is the only effectual remedy for the great mass of vice and wretchedness in our large towns, to which you are endeavouring to call public attention; and we must not be content with presenting that Cross in words alone, but must endeavour to show, by our personal efforts and example, how it may practically be applied so as to purify the lives and quicken the hopes of those amongst our countrymen who are now as much strangers to its power as the inhabitants of darkest Africa.”

The Bishop of Bath and Wells values the book.

“I beg to acknowledge, with very many thanks, the receipt of your letter and the volume of your work, ‘In Darkest England,’ which you have been so good as to send me.  I shall read it with much interest, both from the deep importance of the subject, whether viewed in its social, political, or Christian aspect, and also from its containing the opinion of one who has had such universal opportunities as you have had of becoming acquainted with the wants of the lowest and most unhappy section of our great population.”

The Bishop of Rochester is glad to possess the book.

The Bishop of Rochester writes that he hastens to thank Mr. Booth for sending him his book, and he is glad to possess it, and hopes it may be productive of much good.  He takes the opportunity of expressing his profound sympathy with him in Mrs. Booth’s death.

The Bishop of Wakefield (Dr. Walsham How) studies the scheme with deepest interest.

I have just received your book, which you have so kindly sent me.  I have already bought a copy, which I shall give away.  I am studying your scheme with the deepest interest, and I trust and pray it may bring blessing and hope to many.  May I venture to express my sympathy with you in your recent heavy bereavement?  You do not sorrow as those that have no hope.

Canon Farrar preaching at Westminster Abbey, says we are bound to help the scheme or find a better one.