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wily Senegambian bowed again, as he said, "Good morning, Judge, what will you have?" "Wrong again," said the Bishop, "I'm not a Judge." Making another effort, with a profound bow, the waiter said, "Good morning, Bishop, what may I serve you?" "Right this time!" exclaimed the Bishop. "But why did you address me as you did?" "Cause, sah," said the astute Negro, "I knowed you was at de head of de profession whatever it was!"

The key to Bishop Polk's pastoral influence was his realization of the importance of personal character and the power of personal sympathy, and these, in turn, were the fruit of his own simplicity towards Christ. "There is no pattern of human life worth following," he said, "but that of Christ himself. Take to other for your model. If you do, you may rather acquire its defects than its excellences. Only in him will you find nothing to avoid; only in him will you find all that is needed to correct and complete your own life." Hence, the Bishop's disciplinary character, his practical wisdom, his gentleness in dealing