Criticism of an Archbishop A. correspondent following extract "Christian." sends us the from the Not for a long time has there been anything quite so pitiful as the "Catholic" criticism the Archbishop of Wales for his action in welcoming to the Lord's Table Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd George upon the occasion of the Archiepiscopal enthronement at St, Asaph. The act was one of Christian courtesy, and involved no sacrifice of principle on the part of anyone, Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd George did not cease to be Baptists, nor did the Archbishop "sell the' pass'"~to an enemy. Nothing could have been more natural than the act, especially in an hour when the Premier and the Archbishop, who had been in conflict for a quarter of a century, finally harmonized their differences in fraternal Christian love. Yet the "Church Times" speaks of the "lawlessness" of the Archbishop, and writes of the whole incident in terms which are more suitable for the chronicling of police-court' incidents. With singular inconsistency, it is admitted that the Communion was that of "the Lord's Table," and that the clergyman is "not the host." But the criticism offered suggests the very opposite of this. These unpleasant in-Breatest obstacle to Christian cidents show very clearly that the
friendliness, cooperation and fellowship proceed not from natural but from artificial barri erected by the sectarian sp And not until it is exorcised will any progress be made. That the Lord's Table. which was meant to unite all believers, should become a sort of chomping block for bigots, is a tragedy of the worst order.
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