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ECHOES OF OLD COUNTY LIFE. 



But Bishop Wilberforce, with the usual twinkle in his 

 eye, replied with the remainder of the verse — 



" Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits 

 Where men profanely talk." 



And the Bishop drew to one side, and proceeded to 

 walk on. As our friends across the Atlantic -would say, 

 " The Bishop had him thar ! " 



Another story used to be told about Bishop Wilber- 

 force, which, authentic or not, was believed to be so in 

 the locality of Aylesbury, and was held to be a righteous 

 illustration of episcopal displeasure at unworthy tale- 

 bearing. An evangelical rector represented to the 

 Bishop that, among other such enormities, a neighbour- 

 ing broad-church sporting parson actually proposed to 

 ride a match at a county hunt race meeting. " Does he, 

 indeed .-* " said his amiable Bishop. " Then, I bet half-a- 

 crown he wins." 



