Unfortunately，whenColensofollowedthisadvicehisadviserbecamethemostuntiringofhispersecutors。WhileleavingtomenliketheMetropolitanofCapeTownandArchdeaconDenisonthenoisypartoftheonslaught，Wilberforcewasamongthosewhoweremostzealousindevisingmoreeffectivemeasures。
Buttime，andevenshorttime，hasredressedthebalancebetweenthetwoprelates。ColensoisseenmoreandmoreofallmenasarighteousleaderinanobleefforttocuttheChurchloosefromfatalentanglementswithanoutwornsystemofinterpretation；
Wilberforce，astheremembranceofhiseloquenceandofhispersonalcharmdiesaway，andastherevelationsofhisindiscreetbiographerslaybarehismodesofprocedure，isseentohaveleft，onthewhole，themostdisappointingrecordmadebyanyAnglicanprelateduringthenineteenthcentury。
ButtherewasafarbrighterpageinthehistoryoftheChurchofEngland；forthesecondofthethreewholinkedtheirnameswiththatofColensointhestrugglewasArthurPenrhynStanley，DeanofWestminster。HisactionduringthiswholepersecutionwasanhonournotonlytotheAnglicanChurchbuttohumanity。ForhisownmanhoodandtheexerciseofhisownintellectualfreedomhehadcheerfullygivenupthehighprefermentintheChurchwhichhadbeeneasilywithinhisgrasp。TohimtruthandjusticeweremorethanthedecreesofaConvocationofCanterburyorofaPan-AnglicanSynod；inthisasinothermattershebravedthestorm，neveryieldedtotheologicalprejudice，fromfirsttolastheldoutabrotherlyhandtothepersecutedbishop，andatthemostcriticalmomentopenedtohimthepulpitofWestminsterAbbey。[486]
[486]ForinterestingtestimonytoStanley’scharacter，fromaquarterfromwhenceitwouldhavebeenleastexpected，seeareminiscenceofLordShaftesburyintheLifeofFrancesPowerCobbe，LondonandNewYork，1894。ThelateBishopofMassachusetts，PhillipsBrooks，whosedeathwasabereavementtohiscountryandtotheChurchuniversal，oncegavethepresentwriteravividdescriptionofascenewitnessedbyhimintheConvocationofCanterbury，whenStanleyvirtuallywithstoodalonetheobstinatetraditionalismofthewholebodyinthematteroftheAthanasianCreed。ItistobehopedthatthisaccountmaybebroughttolightamongtheletterswrittenbyBrooksatthattime。SeealsoDeanChurch’sLifeandLetters，p。294，foraveryimportanttestimony。