17 APRIL 1915, Page 16

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Sut,—If "H. T.'e" reference in your last issue is correct, Canon Fleming must have been an older man than is usually supposed. Some seventy years ago I heard from my father's lips the story of "a man going to see his wife desires the prayers of the congregation," as a tradition, not as of then recent occurrence.—I am, Sir, Am, C. THOMPSON. Baventhoipe, Sutton.