27 JANUARY 1900, Page 29

THE WAR AND THE CHURCHES.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With reference to your reply to Mr. Pratt in the Spectator of January 20th, it seems proper to point out that Luke xxii. 35, 36, gives the authority of the Lord Jesus for war in self-defence, since His Kingdom was rejected. "W When I sent you forth lacked ye anything ? They said, Nothing. And he said to them, But now he that hath no sword, let him sell his oloke and buy one."—I am, Sir, &c.,