Editing Cosmo Gordon Lang (section)

===St Paul's Cathedral===
Lang's appointment as a canon of St Paul's Cathedral required him to spend three months annually as the canon in residence, with administrative and preaching duties.<ref name= L149>Lockhart, pp. 149–50</ref> Following his appointment as canon, he was also appointed treasurer of the cathedral.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27331 |date=9 July 1901 |page=4569}}</ref> His preaching on Sunday afternoons caught the attention of [[William Temple (bishop)|William Temple]], Lang's future successor at both York and Canterbury, who was then an undergraduate at Oxford. Temple observed that, in contrast to the Bishop of London's sermons, listening to Lang brought on an intellectual rather than emotional pleasure: "I can remember all his points, just because their connexion is inevitable.... And for me, there is no doubt that this is the more edifying by far."<ref>Iremonger, p. 52</ref> Lang was a member of the cathedral's governing body, the Dean and Chapter, and was responsible for the organisation of special occasions, such as the service of thanksgiving for King [[Edward VII]]'s recovery from [[appendicitis]] in July 1902.<ref name= L149/>