DR. JOWETT AT DURHAM CATHEDRAL.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,-I have read with pain your description of the Rev. P. T. Casey's action in protesting against Dr. Jowett's preaching in Durham Cathedral as a piece of bigotry. It was nothing of the sort. There are probably thousands of Churchmen like myself who feel the Dean's action in inviting Dr. Jowett was an abuse of his power and an insult to their susceptibilities as Churchmen. We cannot forget that thirty years ago Noncon- formist ministers were deriding Holy Orders, and boasting that the only hands that had been laid on their heads were the hands of their mothers. We cannot believe that it is only to act as overseers and administrators of the diocese that Bishops are solemnly consecrated—Archdeacons merely in Deacon's Orders might do this—but for the handing on of those Holy Orders derived from our Lord through the Apostles. And this belief is in consonance with the very solemn words of the Ordination Service of the Prayer Book, and we cannot believe that there is any other sufficient reason for the existence of Bishops. I am aware, Sir, that these are not the views of the Spectator, but I am sure that they are the views of a large body of Churchmen and Churchwomen, and I trust that in fairness you will have the courtesy to allow me to state our views and protest.—I am, Sir, &c., GEO. A. M. WYNNE. Ingoldsthorpe Rectory, King's Lynn.
[We cannot continue this correspondence.—ED. Spectator.]
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