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Rh more work in the metropolis. Notwithstanding his very active participation in the affairs of the Church in the general sense, Bishop Barry has found time and opportunities for furthering her interests with his pen, among his many publications being The Teacher's Prayer Book, Side Lights of Science on Faith, Notes on the Gospels and the Catechism, The Ecclesiastical Expansion of England, etc., besides several volumes of sermons. From his college days onwards he has been a zealous supporter of the cause of Religious Education, and in the seventies he brought his ripe experience into practical use as a member of the London School Board.

In London Bishop Barry is well known both in the pulpit and out, and his services are much appreciated. In times like the present, when at the Round Table Conference there is undeniable proof of many parties in the Church—Extreme Ritualists, High, Broad, Evangelical and moderate Churchmen—it is difficult to gauge precisely the particular school to which an individual belongs. In this, as in many other cases, the prelate or clergyman is keeper of his own conscience, and therefore the best judge, but with regard to Bishop Barry it is quite safe to assert that he has never posed as an extreme man, one way or the other, and that he has consistently followed after the things that make for peace and goodwill among men.