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Of the two prelates who might have been expected to breast the storm , Tait , Bishop of London , afterward Archbishop of Canterbury , bent to it for a period , though he soon recovered himself and did good service ; the other , Thirlwall , Bishop of St. David 's , bided his time , and , when the proper moment came , struck most effective blows for truth and justice . Both Tait and Thirlwall , trying to make some headway against the swelling tide , were for a time beaten back by Wilberforce , who insisted on the duty of the Church to clear itself publicly from complicity with men who , as he said , " gave up God 's Word , Creation , redemption , and the work of the Holy Ghost .