THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE WORKING MAN.
[TO TER EDITOR Or TEN "SPECTATOR:"]
Sin,—I hope that Mr. Kenrick (in last week's Spectator) is misinformed when he writes that "we clergy who gave our support to the Liberal Party at the late Election are being told frequently that we can no longer be considered sound Churchmen." Surely a man may be a sound Church.- man without necessarily following in the wake of the Conservative Party. My experience teaches me that many such are to be found among both parsons and working men. The Church of England is, and always must be, above party politics, and its defenders must be drawn from persons of all ranks and of all shades of political opinion. An ideal "Church Defence Council" will consist of such, and such only. One of the greatest mistakes is to suppose that the battle of the Church must be left in the hands of the Conservatives. The maintenance of our national recognitiqn of Christianity is a question of much more vital importance than the accession of this or that party to power, and there are many professing the political views of Mr. Kenrick who will defend the Church's position even unto death.—I am, Sir, &a., G. H. F. NYE. 89 Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, S. W.
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