The proceedings at the Church Congress on Wednesday were of
great interest, the mincipal subjects discussed being the new Education Act and the relation of Church and State. On the latter subject Mr. St. Lee Strachey read a paper, in which he urged that the Church should properly be regarded as the nation on its spiritual side. Under a democracy it was more needful than ever for the State to concern itself with the things of the spirit, since the State was brought into more intimate relations with the people. But to enjoy the right to be the national Church, the Church must be comprehensive. It was founded on compromise, and "must be able to include within its body all who were willing and ready to be se included." The Establishment was attacked by assailants from without and by traitore from within, the real danger being from the-latter,-Who regarded the national citadel u *Liftable, and *fished to substitute for it the tabernacle of a denomination. The Church must be defended, not on Selfish pleas, but by pointing out how much the real interests of the nation would be damaged by separation.
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