29 MARCH 1913, Page 20

LIVINGSTONE : A CORRECTION.

[TO HY EDITOR OP THE " STECTATOR."] Sta,—In reading to-day's Scotsman I perused with great interest a long paragraph from the Spectator eulogizing Livingstone and his work, and in that article you call him a "Presbyterian." Isn't that a mistake ? His father was a deacon in the Congregational church at Hamilton, and he himself joined that church as a member. Of course, the great thing is that he was a big Christian soul, and belongs to the Church Universal; but if religious denominations are to be considered in relation to David Livingstone, then undoubtedly he was an Independent or Congregationalist, and not a Presbyterian. I suppose everybody would like to 'claim him as one of their own.—I am, Sir, &c.,