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Manuscript letter, in which Glover writes that he was meant to go to Manchester on the 6th March to lecture on Euripides and to preach at the Union Chapel. However, since the 5th March, he has been in bed with a cold all day or at least for part of the day. He lectured two days ago and presented four men for M.A. degrees in the Senate House. Next week, he will go to Bristol to speak for Sammy Hughes at the Free Church Council. Carlile will have heard about Glover and his confederates, who at the Cambridge Association Committee did not endorse Aubrey's scheme. Glover sent Carlile a long letter at the beginning of February and he didn't answer. The Vice-Chancellor says that the officials of Cambridge University will have to wait on the King on 2nd April. On 1st July, Glover will receive his Litt.D. from Trinity College, Dublin. This was announced in the 'Irish Times' several weeks ago, but the news has yet to reach England. On 15th July, he will sail to Canada to lecture in Ottowa.

Manuscript letter, in which Glover writes that he hasn't heard from or seen Carlile much since the King's College lecture. Glover is living in an atmosphere of exams: they come to the College to be done and sent to his nearest colleague. Until they are done and there is a result, such exams pervade life. Each candidate is competing for the Chancellor's "Medals for Classical Learning" and University scholarships. College scholarships are for schoolboys; these are for men. One subject set for Latin verse was Micky Mouse, which produced at least two clever pieces. As Glover has not seen Carlile, he could not talk over with him a dictum of Dakin's, denouncing children's addresses and sermons. What does Carlile think about it? Glover has been reading an old edition of 'Psalms and Hymns' which belonged to an old friend at Tyndale fifty years ago. It is very full of the personal relation between Christ and the men He saves - and that is not the dominant note in preaching today. He didn't get Thursday's 'Baptist Times' until Saturday and he saw that the drafts of his addresses had been altered a little, though not, Glover believes, to their advantage. This is a long letter, but it contains several ideas that could serve in the 'Baptist Times'. Could Carlile get or write an article about the Christian theologian, Isaac Watts (1674-1748), and his central ideas?

Manuscript letter, in which Glover wishes Carlile 'Happy Christmas' and encloses a rather foolish interview with L.H. Marshall. Sadly, Marshall has decided against returning to McMaster. Glover was glad to see Carlile at lunch last week and to have him there for the lecture. He listened with interest to the preacher's description of himself. Glover thinks that his broadcast of 19th January did not come off well. He is to work on "The Captain of St Paul's ship" tomorrow. Four of the children are here. Some of them will hear McLaren Cook, who is more popular with the adults than with the children. For children don't like to be spoken down to, or have their ways represented in the pulpit. Sends good wishes to Carlile and his wife.

Manuscript letter, in which Glover writes to Carlile from Kingston, in Ontario, Canada. He is surprised to read of references to a bank holiday heat-wave in Britain. Last Sunday, he preached in Ottowa, wearing an Indian silk suit. The 1st Baptist Church was remodelled during the pastorate of A.R. George; it is an attractive building with good, if unobtrusive woodwork. They have had good congregations, even with the noise of the trams outside and several spots where the preacher could not be heard properly. Despite the heat, Glover's summer in Kingston has been very pleasant. He remarks how curious it is that he should feel as if he has had more friendship in Kingston than he has had in the 34 years he has spent away from there in Cambridge. The university is much changed - larger, more students, more buildings, a better library. But those who were students in the old days have not formed a better staff body.

Manuscript letter, in which Glover thanks Carlile for his letter. Glover apologises for having let Carlile in for such a deluge of letters, but perhaps it suggests that the article was timely, if not overdue. For it has been taken for granted that Christ is so easy to interpret, so apt to emphasise the obvious. Asks whether Carlile ever wrote or preached on 'The Easy Christ and the Difficult Christ'? Glover wants to ask F.C. Byan for an article on the lines of the sermon he preached on 16th December on the subject of 'balance' in the teaching of Christ, the antitheses and clear vision of both aspects of what He teaches. Going back to the Pacifist article, Glover is pleased to find it approved by Rushbrook and Orwin Smith, who does not automatically approve of Glover. He has been shocked by the outburst elsewhere. Lagton Richards fell far short of what Glover expected from him; he would like to hear Ernest Brown speak on the matter. The fact is that Glover grows increasingly weary of the carking of the Baptist Union Council members and their new but not necessarily Christian orthodoxies. Now he must go and listen to L.H. Marshall. They are not any closer to getting a minister. The majority want Rendall for a second time; some want Schofield of Rugby; some, including Glover, would like a man with more experience.

Reminsces about their days together in Cambridge and New York. Sends Foakes-Jackson a copy of his 'Byways'.

Manuscript letter, in which Glove encloses the article which he described to Carlile. Carlile was not obviously responsive. Glover asks Carlile to note that Glover does not say who preached the sermon about wealth, nor where the church was in which he preached it. It was a crude effort, concluded with the point that art is not the first thing to spend money on. Other questions included whether it is a waste to buy a Kilmarnock Burns for £1000, and, if Glover was given the choice of saving a valuable painting by Raeburn or Janet, what he should do.

Manuscript letter, in which Glover writes that he has just spend an ample half hour packing his bags to go to Leeds tomorrow in order to give some lectures on "Reading the Gospels Again" at Rawdon College. From there, he will proceed to Glasgow to visit Waddelow and Adelaide Place Baptist Church, and his daughter, Janet, who is now teaching in Glasgow. She lives in one building and teaches next door, and both are scarcely 200 yards from Glover's grand-parents lived. The good effects of Folkestone have not yet worn off.

Manuscript letter, in which Glover sends a piece for 'The Baptist Times' and comments that no-one would be able to read it if he were to correct it anymore. If Carlile likes, the last two sentences can be removed, but that is all. He continues his letter, despite the disturbance caused by the char-lady cleaning the stairs. Glover must walk to the University Press alone today, since his family is away.