A note-heading in front of me wakes memories of the
London College of Theology, the Inter-Collegiate University, the Universite Internationale, and other similar bodies regarding which I possess a well-stocked dossier (including more than one lawyer's letter threat- ening proceedings that never materialised). This time it is Protestant Evangelical Church of England (English Episcopal Church) featuring more than one of our old friends—among them the Primus, The Rt. Rev. C. Leslie Saul, D.D., Bishop of Hayes diocese, and "Missionary Bishop," the Rt. Rev. J. C. Ryan, D.D., both of whom graced the London College of Theology, the latter becoming Chan- cellor of that singular Bayswater academy, and linking it in his own person with the (non-existent) University of North Madras. I thought they had both gone into merited retirement, but the date on the note-paper is July 6th, 1949, so clearly I was over-optimistic. To complete the trinity of gaitered Fathers in God I should mention another top-line entry—Bishop of St. Bees Diocese, the Rt. Rev. F. D. Bacon, D.D. Someone has been working overtime at con- secrations.
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