[TO TUB EDITOR OP TDB "SPECTATOR.")
you allow a Nonconformist to point out one omission in the correspondence which appeared in the last Spectator on the question of Confirmation? Most Noncon- formists have what they regard as the equivalent of Con- firmation is so far as that ceremony is intended to be a 'voluntary reaffirmation of the vows made at Baptism. This, in Wales, is called "receiving into full membership," and it takes place at the desire of the candidate after a course of suitable preparation. No Nonconformist Church that I know of would allow persons who are not already communicants in their own or some other Church to communicate with them. But members of all Churches who may be present at the time are invited to approach the Lord's Table by all, except by a section of the Baptist Church. Is not this the practice which you would commend for the Church of England P Should not the careful instruction, the voluntary application, and the Particular Church's recognition be accepted as an equivalent for Confirmation by the National Church am, Sir, &c., [We cannot print any more letters on this subject, but next Week we hope to publish a final article dealing with any issues of importance raised in this last batch of letters, and with the problem as a whole. We regret that owing to lack of space a large number of the letters sent us have necessarily been rejected.—En. Spectator.]
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