21 DECEMBER 1895, Page 15

DR. GAGE'S CATECHISM.

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:. 1

SIR,—IS it not time that our opponents made some definite accusations against us P Mr. Arch last spring charged the clergy with using charity money for church decoration, and when pressed could not give any tangible or definite instance thereof. Dr. Rigg asserted that Gace's Cathecism was used in thousands of schools; not a single instance has so far been revealed. We, the clergy, would willingly condemn the

culprits if we knew them. Broad-cast and indefinite accuse. tion is easy; but it is also a low and underhand method of controversy. Why do the political Dissenters so persistently use it P—I am, Sir, &c., Witcham Vicarage, Isle of Ely. J. G. CHESHIRE.