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MILTON. 
By the BISHOP OF BURNLEY. 10th October, 1905. 
The President, Mr. W. Lewis Grant, expressed himself as 
sensible of the honour which had been done him in electing him 
for the third year to the Presidential Chair. After ailuding to 
the Syllabus, which he felt sure would meet with the approbation 
of the Members, and expressing the hope that the meetings 
would be found improving and helpful, he said that they were 
honoured by the presence of the Bishop of Burnley, and they 
joined with others in welcoming him to the town. They felt that 
his Lordsnip was not stepping outside the province of his mission 
in coming amongst them to help in their efforts to foster 
the study of literature and science, to stimulate a fuller know- 
ledge and appreciation of the arts. 
The subject that night was a literary one. They all recognized 
the elements of prominent value which were to be found in the 
literature of all the ages. Legacies of untold worth were theirs in 
the works of poets and dramatists. They could quote Whittier’s 
lines : 
‘« Bards and sages 
Plant for their deathless heritage 
The fruits and flowers of time.’’ 
Members would be glad to know that the Club was represented 
on the occasion of the notable commemoration at Haworth which 
took place on Saturday last. He wished it were possible that in 
some way or other they could hear from those who worshipped 
at the Bronte shrine that day something of the incidents of the 
Commemoration, and their impressions of the remarkable utter- 
ances of two able and well chosen men. 
Their thoughts were to be directed by the Bishop to one of the 
kings of literature. It was 28 years since a paper on John 
