48 RIGHT REV. BISHOP E. GRAHAM INGHAM, D.D., ON 



Professor Langhorne Orchard had much pleasure in proposing 

 a very hearty vote of thanks to the Author of the valuable Paper 

 to which they had been privileged to listen. Not only " the plain 

 man in the street," but every member of the audience had found 

 something worth learning from its " plain thoughts and" findings." 

 This Paper beautifully illustrates the great truth that acquisition 

 and conservation of Empire is not a matter of chance. God is the 

 Governor among the nations, the Most High ruleth in the kingdom 

 of men and, giveth it to whomsoever He will ; He putteth down 

 one and setteth up another. As He is the Author not of confusion 

 but of order, He selects agents suitable for carrying out His purposes 

 of blessing to the world. Unquestionably true are Burke's words 

 (quoted on p. 43) : "A great empire and little thoughts go ill 

 together." We recall the ancient promises : " The Lord shall make 

 thee the head and not the tail, and thou shalt be above only, and thou 

 shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the command- 

 ments of the Lord thy God ... to observe and to do them," 

 and " Them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise 

 Me shall be lightly esteemed." 



Honour and obedience rendered to God's Word is honour and 

 obedience rendered to Him. It is pointed out in the Paper that the 

 British flag has been and is a symbol of justice, freedom, and pro- 

 gress ; and we thankfully hope that it will continue to be so. May 

 it be also a symbol of mercy — a virtue not less important than 

 justice. Let us, as a nation, awake, as in the Paper we are exhorted 

 to awake, fulfilling our high responsibility to love God with all our 

 heart and soul and strength, and our neighbour as ourselves. 



In the Education of our children — " the nation -of to-morrow " — 

 we shall, if we are wise, instil and inculcate God's commands as 

 more important than all other matters, and as the essential guiding 

 principles of daily conduct and life. 



Thus only can our Empire be conserved. 



Lieut.-Col. F. A. Molony, O.B.E., said : I have great pleasure 

 in seconding the vote of thanks to Bishop Ingham. 



It was news to me that the charters granted to our early 

 Colonies drew attention to the duty of uplifting the native races. 



Bishop Ingham told us that, on hearing of the intended abolition 

 of the slave trade in 1807, Wilberforce wrote a prophecy that God 



