THE TRUE ECCLESIA.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.")
Bm,—It is a great oomfort to many of us to know that the Spectator is there at home, always ready to take up arms against all narrowness of view and outlook, and to encourage the breadth of heart and sympathy that characterizes the narrow way. Surely it is the day for opening the closed doors and for throwing off the narrowing vestments of cold formality. Surely it is the day for the priests and prophets of the nation to realize the full meaning of the much-wronged word ixiatesia, and to understand that the " crutcalling " of the Lord is a nation and not a cult ; and further, that the true minister is he who serves the Church and not he who rules it. It is by no means the fact that the singers of the grand Te Deem are they that most acknowledge Him to be Lord in heart. When our choirs sing the Benedictus with understanding, and the scales have fallen from the eyes of the congregation, the aisles will ring as they never rang before. Our Church service contains the secret, and surely it is up to the priests and prophets of the people to read it and
to make it known.—I am, Sir, &o., L. L. In the Field.
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