[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
am amazed at Dr. Mackennal's letter in the Spectator of February 17th. Let a Wesleyan minister answer a Congregationalist. In my public prayers I continually ask, in the plainest terms, that it may please Almighty God to grant victory to the British arms. A few weeks ago I preached a sermon on the war, asserting my strong convic- tion as to the justice of our cause, for which I have received the warmest thanks of my people. Judging from my own experience—from the opinions of those with whom I am connected, and the opinions that I learn by correspondence, —I should say that the great majority of Wesleyans in this country have the firmest belief that we are engaged in a righteous war, and that they continually pray that God will grant us victory. Only a few days ago two Wesleyan Synods, one at Capetown and the other at Durban, adopted unanimous resolutions, declaring their conviction that the war is righteous, their entire approval of the policy of the Imperial Governments and expressing their earnest prayer that the military operations may speedily result in the success of the British arms. In forwarding the Capetown resolution, the chairman (Rev. Ezra Nuttall) added that the Synod regarded with the utmost detestation the calumnies which were circulated concerning Sir Alfred Milner, and assured him of their esteem. It is true that a similar resolu- tion was adopted a little while ago by a Congregationalist assembly in South Africa. But we Wesleyans are a homo- geneous people, and we trust the judgment of our brethren
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