THE NEW BISHOP OF DURHAM.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."3
Ent,—As a constant reader of the Spectator, and one who has always welcomed its breadth of view and fairness of tone, I was surprised to find no mention whatever in your columns of last week's issue (August 24th) of the appointment to the important See of Durham. The Bishop.Elect, Dr. H. C. G. Moule, is widely known, respected, and loved by many hundreds of Cambridge men, having been for some nineteen years Principal of Ridley Hall, formerly Dean and Tutor of Trinity College, and latterly Norrisian Professor of Divinity. Through his numerous devotional and theological works his influence is more widely extensive, beyond this island. His elevation has given satisfaction, first and foremost to the Evangelical party in the Church of England, who recognise in him their ablest living exponent ; scarcely less to many High Churchmen, who readily acknowledge his scholarship, toleration, and real piety ; and last, but not least, to thousands of Nonconformists. His past career gives confident expecta- tion that he will prove no unworthy successor to his great predecessors, Lightfoot and Westeott.—I am, Sir, &c., A CarraciamsN.
[It was not from any want of appreciation, but purely from the pressure on our space, that we did not record Dr. Moule's appointment. Lord Salisbury's choice was worthy of all praise, and we rejoice to think that so eminent a divine and so sound a scholar should succeed Dr. Westcott. The Church of England will be stronger for the presence of Dr. Moule at Durham, and we regard with no little satisfaction his accession to the Episcopate.—En. Spectator.]
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