. Correspondence on church and religion of William Ewart Gladstone; . asional visitantand external observer; nevertheless, the experiencesof the old Margaret Chapel are never to be forgotten. There is one noteworthy point that I do not recollectto have found in the volume: that is to say, the closeconnection of the chapel with the Evangelical partyin the Church. I think that my first visits to the chapel were incompany with an Oxford friend of the very highestpromise, Mr. Anstice, Professor of Classics in KingsCollege, cut off by a very early death. He was a deeplyreligious man, of Low Church
. Correspondence on church and religion of William Ewart Gladstone; . asional visitantand external observer; nevertheless, the experiencesof the old Margaret Chapel are never to be forgotten. There is one noteworthy point that I do not recollectto have found in the volume: that is to say, the closeconnection of the chapel with the Evangelical partyin the Church. I think that my first visits to the chapel were incompany with an Oxford friend of the very highestpromise, Mr. Anstice, Professor of Classics in KingsCollege, cut off by a very early death. He was a deeplyreligious man, of Low Church sentiments. He tookme there when Mr. Dodsworth was the clergyman, andI remember hearing him preach a most able sermonto show that the total corruption of human naturewas capable of an orthodox sense. He changed tothe Tractarian side: and I had an idea that Mr. Oake-ley came there to uphold the old Evangelical char-acter of the congregation: but of this I am not at allcertain. My own visits to Margaret Street were almostwholly on Sunday evenings and occasional week-. THE LAST OK THE FESTIVAL OK JHE ElllllANVAT MARGARET CHAPEL, APRIL 8, 1850. 1894] ITS CONGREGATION 409 days. The congregation was, of all I have ever seenin any country or communion, the most absorbed indevotion. It must be admitted that many of the best-knownwent into the Roman Church. Among those who didnot were Mr. R. Williams, the banker; Mr. Walker,the engraver; Mr. S. Wood (uncle of Lord Halifax), aman of a singularly elevated spirit; and Mr. GeorgeRichmond, , who, I think, of all persons now alive,would have most and best to say about it. I am not,however, quite sure when he began to be connectedwith it. The New Version was used, I think, exclusively:and the singing was the heartiest and warmest I everheard. This continued for some time after the settle-ment in the present noble church. I do not recollect ever to have seen in the churchany persons belonging to the aristocracy, exceptLady G. F
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