THE " CHURCH TIMES" AND " UNHAPPY HEREFORD: " [To
me Enrroa or roe " Ehoscuron."1 Ste,—The nomination of the Dean of Durham to the See of Here- ford is a source of satisfaction to wise and of dissatisfaction to foolish Churchmen; and, as the latter are more vociferous than the former, those who stand outside the little world of eccle- siastical disputes may be disposed to attach more importance to the agitation which is being set on foot against the appointment than it deserves. From a political as from a religions point of view, this agitation, which is personal and artificial in character,
is a negligible quantity. Its significance lies in the evidence which it gives as to the temper and aims of the party by which it has been engineered. In its issue of December 14th, in a leading article entitled "Unhappy Hereford!" the Church Times, wbich is nothing if not candid, and proclaims designs and policies which the more cautious adherents to its programme hesitate to put into words, lets the eat out of the bag with com- plete ingenuousness. Dr. Henson, it tells us, "well knows that in a disestablished Church the position of himself and those who range themselves with him would instantly become precarious." Habonos confitentem ream. We shall have only ourselves to thank for the consequences if we give " Life and Liberty " to fanatics who avow their intention of stifling the one and crushing the other in such a manner as to reduce what was once the Church of England to the level of "a waspish ,sect glorying as none other in her rigidity and exelusiveness."—Lam, Sir,
A LIBERAL 'CRCE6HMAN.
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