SIR,—May I, a minister in the Church of Scotland, whose
sympathies are as much with the Thirty-two Theologians as with the Thirty-nine Articles, say how much I appreciate Monica Furlong's article? Some years ago, an Anglican priest said to me, 'While we cannot invite you to Holy Communion, we cannot turn you away.' But who, in these cir- cumstances, would ever want to gatecrash? We; in the Church of Scotland, are (happily, we think) not restricted in welcoming to the Lord's Table all who sincerely believe in Him, and I know quite a' number of Episcopalians who are content to communicate along with us—although, naturally, preferring their own- particular -form. The Churches have so much common ground to stand on ('One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One God and Father of all . . .'), and it seems a very great pity to en- danger that ground by seeking agreement where, in the nature of things, there clearly can be none. Meantime we must just go on trying to understand each other round the conference table: there at least gaiters are not de rigueur
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