[6] Ordained in 1906[7] he began his career with a curacy at All Saints', Poplar[8] after which he was Priest in charge at St Nicholas, Blackwall.
In 1918, he accompanied Dr Cosmo Lang then Archbishop of York as chaplain and secretary on an important mission to the USA.
On his return he joined and became chairman in 1919 (president in 1922) of the Life and Liberty Movement begun by Dr William Temple and Dick Sheppard in 1917.
However, his strengths lay in writing rather than in administration of a newspaper and after four years he resigned and returned to a country parish.
"His strong and attractive character and undemonstrative piety impressed all who knew him and gained him a host of friends".