16 MARCH 1907, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE"SPECTATOR."]

can testify in my own person as to the openness of the Church of England ; for, having been confirmed, while at school in Germany, by a Lutheran pastor, I never experienced the slightest difficulty in receiving the Sacrament of the Eucharist during all the time I lived in England. Unless, therefore, rules are stricter now than they were thirty years ago, I believe " Presbyter " is mistaken when he thinks that "no one is permitted to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the Church of England who has not been confirmed