3 DECEMBER 1927, Page 16

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Sra,—Two points should not be forgotten in estimating the value of the votes cast in favour of Prayer Book Revision

(1) In all cases the-question was presented as a vote of con- fidence in the Bishops, with a Bishop in the chair, supported by Suffragans and Diocesan officials ; (2) in• all cases the 'vote has been a vote of communicants only ; no non-com- municant is eligible for membership of the Diocesan Conference.

It is not uncommon to speak " contemptuously of non- communicating laity, but parish clergy of experience will testify that they include some of the most conscientious and 'honest of their flocks, to say nothing of a large number in many parishes repelled from Communion by its assimilation