[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SP/at - n.1'022] SIR,—I venture to
send you a short quotation from a sermon by the late Provost of Trinity College, Dublin :— " One of my early recollections is hearing a charity sermon from one of the most popular charity-sermon preachers of the day, Ludlow Tonson, who was afterwards Bishop of Killaloe. He com- mented on what was then an ordinary form of grace after meat: 'Lord, relieve the wants of others, and make us thankful for all Thy mercies.' That is to say, you thank God for what He has done for yourselves ; and, as for others, well, you hope God will take care of them too. *Nay,' lie cried, 'you ought not to say, "Lord, relieve the wants of others," but "Lord, teach us to relieve the wants of others." And those who tendered prayer for others as a substitute for active exertions on their behalf had no right to expect that such a substitute would either be effectual or
be accepted." (Salmon : Cathedral and University Sermons, pp 119, 120.) St. Peter' Belfast.
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