THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—While, along with many other readers, I am grateful to you for publishing the present series of articles on this subject, it has struck me with astonishment that no article is included on the great Reunion which has recently taken place between the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland.
Yet the heart of Christendom has been thrilled by the event. The secessions of the eighteenth century, the Disrup- tion of the nineteenth, left chasms which have this month been closed, and the reproach of generations is swept away. The great principles of National Religion and Spiritual Freedom have been both vindicated and reconciled. The Duke of York was present as the King's Commissioner, and in His Majesty's name expressed deep interest and satisfaction ; and at huge gatherings which crowded a building seated for 12,000 persons, congratulations were offered to the United General Assembly by the present Archbishop of Canterburyand his predecessor, as well as by delegates from Wales, Ireland, the Continent of Europe, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and the United States of America. Yet any reference to the matter in the Spectator has been so slight as to escape the eye of a diligent reader. Why is this ? I trust it may not be imprae. ticable even yet to interpose a special article in the series on the Reunion of Christendom which might tell not so much of aspiration after unity fondly cherished, but of a union actually achieved.—I am, Sir, &e., ARTHUR POLLOK SYM. 18 Wester Coates Gardens, Edinburgh.
[We owe an apology to our Scottish readers. It was our intention to comment on the Union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland—one of the greatest events which has ever taken place in the religious history of Great Britain, but owing to the news of the death of Dr. Stresemann reaching this office as the paper was going to press the matter had to be held over. Next week we hope to rectify this omission by publishing an article on the subject by Lord Sands.—En. Spectator.]
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