Church and State Six years ago, within a few days,
the Church Assembly passed a resolution requesting the Archbishops to appoint a Commission to report on the problem of Church and State. Its report is now published in a small blue volume of large print, and the evidence in another, the two together representing an amount of work which even Royal Commissions, notoriously dilatory, would usually- reckon to discharge in a year. This question of pace is worth noticing, since the Church authorities still neglect it ; for the revised prayer-book itself was lost largely through the immoderate time spent over its production. But having said that, let us cordially recognise the strength of the Commission (presided over by Lord Cecil), the lucidity and thoroughness of its own work, and the extreme interest of much of the evidence which it collected from a remarkable body of witnesses. Its findings are unanimous. It is unfortunate that for . obvious reasons the report, appearing at this particular moment, cannot be accorded the space in this or other journals that a discussion of its , important recommendations merits. ..
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