7 AUGUST 1926, Page 3

King John brought upon our own country the same horror

when " all administration of the sacraments . . . ceased over the length and breadth of the country : the church bells were silent, the dead lay unburied on the ground." What will be the effect on Mexico to-day ? Let us be thankful for the comparative peace and con- tinuity of religion at home. They have been notably illustrated by the dignified celebrations in the diocese of Hereford which was constituted by Archbishop Theodore just twelve hundred and fifty years ago.