SACERDOTALISM.
[To THE EDITOR or THE "Srrcreros.1 Sin,—Canon MacColl's letter in the Spectator of August 6th is very valuable as showing the curious one-sidedness of the school to which he belongs. Because all means are available to God—because He works indirectly as well as directly—the conclusion is jumped to that means are the rule, and a theory of mediation is set up which directly contradicts the teaching of the First Epistle to Timothy, of the "one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus." To go straight to God through Christ is the height, and, to those who have felt it, the necessity of faith. No doubt it is possible, and it is good, to believe on the authority of others, as the Samaritans who believed because of the word of their fellow-countrywoman. But the higher faith is theirs who were able to say : "Now we believe, not because of thy speaking, for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world." Means are good, as a candle is good in the dark. But to tell us that means are needed to reach and see Christ, Christ who is at all times seeking us, Christ the light of the world, is to tell us that we need a candle to see the sun.—
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