- William Saumarez Smith
William Saumarez Smith (1836 – 1909) was an
Australia nAnglican Archbishop . He was the eldest son of the Rev. Richard Snowden Smith, was born inSaint Helier ,Jersey , on14 January 1836 . He was educated atMarlborough College andTrinity College, Cambridge , where he graduated B.A. with first-class honours inclassics andtheology in 1858. He was Crosse theological scholar in 1859, Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholar in 1860, and on two occasions won the Seatonian prize for poetry. He graduated M.A. in 1862, B.D. in 1871, D.D. in 1889, and was a fellow of Trinity College, 1860-70.Ordained
deacon in 1859 and priest in 1860, he was vicar ofTrumpington , 1867-69, and principal of St Aidan's Theological College, 1869-90. He was consecrated bishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia atSt Paul's Cathedral, London , on24 June 1890 , and became Archbishop in 1897. At Sydney his episcopate was notable chiefly for a great increase in missionary work, and the home mission fund was also established. There was some advance in education; Moore theological college was reopened, and theChurch of England Grammar School For Girls was established in his period. Smith was always accessible to his clergy and always glad to keep in touch with his parishes. Though an extreme evangelical he was broadminded and an advocate for the union of the churches; and though essentially a man of peace, he spoke strongly against gambling and other evils. He had a dislike of ceremonial, a passion for accuracy, and was a fine scholar and linguist, interested also inastronomy andbotany .He died at Sydney on
18 April 1909 . He married in 1870 Florence, daughter of the Rev. L. Deedes, who died in 1890, and was survived by a son and six daughters.He was the author of 'The Bible, its Construction, Character and Claims' (1865), 'Capernaum, A Seatonian Poem' (1865), 'Obstacles to Missionary Success' (1868), 'The Disciples, a Seatonian Poem' (1869), 'Christian Faith, Five Sermons' (1869), 'Lessons on Genesis' (1879), 'The Blood of the New Testament' (1889). In 1911 his verses were collected and published under the title, 'Capernaum and Other Poems'.
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/capernaumotherpo00smit "Capernaum and Other Poems"] , a digitized copy of the first edition from
Internet Archive .
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