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==Bishopric== After being offered, but declined, the [[Bishop of Manchester|Bishopric of Manchester]] in 1885 and after his wife's death, he was in 1888 made the first [[Bishop of Wakefield (diocese)|Bishop of Wakefield]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Elderwick|first=David|title=50 Shropshire Celebrities, Past and Present|year=1989|publisher=IMPRINT, Newtown, Wales|page=56}}</ref> and in the north of England he continued to do valuable work. His sermons were straightforward, earnest and attractive; and besides publishing several volumes of these, he wrote a good deal of verse, including such well-known hymns as ''Who is this so weak and helpless'', ''Lord, Thy children guide and keep''<ref name="EB1911"/> and ''[[For All the Saints]]''. As bishop he consecrated many churches, including the [[Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove]] in 1892.<ref name="Wainwright 1996">Keith Wainwright, ''Crigglestone Backtrack 4: past reflections of a rural parish'' (c. 1996) pp. 54β47, in [http://www.experiencewakefield.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=2190342 Wakefield local studies library] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140420093111/http://www.experiencewakefield.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=2190342 |date=20 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="LT 27 May 1893" >[http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/viewrecord/bl/0000336/18930527/025/0004?confirmed=1 ''Leeds Times'' Saturday 27 May 1893: "Chat in the porch"], genesreunited.co.uk; retrieved 21 April 2014.</ref>
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