19 MARCH 1927, Page 16

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is much to

be wished that disputants on both sid about the exact nature of the gift in Holy Communion won keep in mind the great words of Hooker : " What this elements are in themselves it skilleth not. It is enough tlia to me that take them they are the Body and Blood of Christ What other cogitation need possess the mind of a faithfu communicant than this, `-O my God, Thou art true, 0 in soul, thou art happy' ? "—I am, Sir, &c.,

JOIIN GARDNER-BROWN.

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