THE REV. OSBORNE JAY.
[To THE EDITOR OT Tax " SprcrAros.']
SIR,—Kindly grant me a portion of your space that / may make an, to me, important avowal. In my letter to you, pub- lished on January 2nd, I expressed my belief that the Rev. Mr. Jay as a minister of religion was a failure. I was led thus to express myself by the very sad impression I had derived from the perusal of "A Child of the Jago," a book utterly destitute of one ray of divine hope for humanity under its "Tag° " aspects. I desire now to withdraw the word "failure." My change of opinion or belief is owing
-very much to Mr. Jay himself. That is, I have just been studying his story of Shoreditch, which is a species of auto- biography of himself during many of the years that he has been the Vicar of Holy Trinity in Nichol Street. The narra- ,tive is to me, after "A Child of the Jago," very refreshing. No one who reads "A Story of Shoreditch" with sympathy .can, I think, for a moment doubt the depth and reality of Mr. Jay's Christian faith, and that it lies at the root of his many enterprises to raise the condition of the people around him, and bring to them the rich blessings of pure and un- -defiled religion as he views it. The clubs, the classes, and other agencies he creates and fosters for their good are all subordinate to this.—I am, Sir, &c., 45 Mecklenburg Square. CHARLES L. CORRRAN. [We have been obliged for reasons of space to shorten Mr. Corkran's letter.—ED. Spectator.]
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