THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND NONCONFORMISTS. [To THE BETTOR OF
THE "SPECTATOR."] Sna—With shame and bitter sorrow I read the letter of a "Pres- byterian father" in your issue of Tune 8th with referenCe to the conduct of a chaplain at the front, who refused to administer Holy Communion to a young officer, and that on the very eve of a great battle, because he happened to be a Presbyterian. As an old clergyman of the Church of England, I say, May God forgive that misguided chaplain for his cruel and insane conduct and open his blinded eyes. It is a comfort to know that not for one moment does his action represent the true spirit and feeling of our Church.. Alas! such things do incalculable harm to our cause and set multitudes of people against us. If this should meet the eye of that aggrieved father, I hope he will be assured that both he and his son have the deepest sympathy of right-minded Church- people. Such action does not look much like travelling on the road to Heaven, but if the chaplain gets there, one wonders what he will do among his Presbyterian companions. Above all, such conduct is absolutely opposed to the teaching of Christ Himself, Who said, "He that is not against us is on our part."—I am,
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