WOMEN IN THE CHURCH [To the Editor of TIIE SPECTATOR.]
S IR, —You write editorially under the above heading, "it is increasingly difficult to find a sufficient number of candidates for ordination in the Church of England." In view of the following facts, I think you will admit.this is hardly accurate. I believe I am right in stating that Diocesan Candidates Committees have more applicants than they can deal with, and Theological Colleges, have waiting lists . To quote figures—in six months-, in one of the (numerically) smaller Dioceses, eighteen men have been turned down or held over. The real trouble is lack of money. Bishops rightly will not lower the standard; most Of the applicants cannot pay for their pre- paration; Dioceses cannot afford to help adequately ; and it is frequently difficult to place men when ordained, as parishes cannot find money enough to pay them.--I am, Sir, &e.,
HON. SECRETARY, Diocesan Candidates Committee.
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