18 JULY 1903, Page 16

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—" Comprehension is not compromise." This was a golden speech of the late Bishop Samuel Wilberforce; and he applied it to the Chur'ch of England with his usual pene. trating force. Next Sunday will be the thirtieth anniversary of his sudden death ; and we may profitably recall a gnomic saying of the great prelate.—I am, Sir, &c.,