THE CHURCH AND THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Ste.,—I have been expecting to see the following quotation from the Letters Missive of Edward VI. in this connection:— "Forasmuch as the great and Almighty God hath given unto mankind above all living creatures, such an heart and desire, that every man desireth to join friendship with other, to love and be loved, also to give and receive mutual benefits; it is therefore the duty of all men according to their power to maintain and in- crease this desire in every man, with well deserving to all men, and especially to show this good affection to such as being moved
with this desire come to them from far countries For the God of Heaven and earth, greatly providing for mankind, would not that all things should be found in one region, to the end that one should have need of another, that by this means friendship might be established among all men, and every one seek to gratify all
This quotation, which is given in that excellent little book, " Order and Growth," by Mr. Llewelyn Davies, seems to me to appeal strongly to the best spirit of the Church of England. It is a sound basis on which to build a defence of Free-trade, in that it reminds us that a sense of a common humanity is implied in the idea of a Catholic Chnrch.—I am,
Sir, &c., ARTHUR E. T. NEWMAN. Granboro' Vicarage, Winslow.
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