Immediately before he came to Sydney he was "permanent chairman" of the Anglican Evangelical Group Movement - at that time an important liberal Evangelical society of clergy formed in 1906. Stephen Judd notes that he "believed in a much wider spectrum of opinion in the Anglican Church" and it is significant that he quickly appointed moderate Evangelicals Albert Talbot as Dean of Sydney and David Davies as principal of Moore College.
This individual's prior position was "permanent chairman" of the Anglican Evangelical Group Movement, a liberal Evangelical organization for clergy established in 1906. Stephen Judd highlights that he advocated for diverse viewpoints within the Anglican Church and quickly appointed moderate Evangelicals Albert Talbot as Dean of Sydney and David Davies as principal of Moore College.