REPLY TO "A CORRECTION."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 402, 11 January 1909, Page 5

REPLY TO "A CORRECTION."

:'■; .■/■'■' (To TH3 Editor,) •' .', ; v _ C. £>lr,—rKindly allow- me. to,.removo : a misapprehension from- of : the Bishop of. Wellington and the Rey,: T, H. Sprott. ■Both. gentlemen were courteous onpugn \to reply to the: invitation 'to. bb present at the laying of the .foundation-stone of. tho.-Uni-tarian Free Church.. The two replies w«re; .read: by me -without any, comment whatever, ahd , .l bejieve , that the audience perfectly.un•derstiOo'd that; no .sympathy was. extended: or intended.., Your reporter,;in listening to.suoh a ; lame- number of sympathetic communications from,clergymen and:professors;gf worldwide .' reputation in. Great .Britain .fcnd; the .Continent of. as well as from men occupying the highest positions in Now Zealand, would: naturally conclude that no great harm: could be done' by including the Bishop of Wellington and; the Rev.- T.. H. ■ Sprott, of Wellington, in\ such- a distinguished;compirny. '<■'; ;:/;-■ r.:;:, ; •■;'..-■.■:■;■ vs.'i- ■■ : -'\:'.;'■:;:.: ;■ Hoivoverj I rejoice to know that many Anglican thinkers and theologians; are to-day in almost complete agreement with the theologioaVi and religious views and convictions about to be presented in our new church. If -any. Anglioan doubts this statement I may refer him to 1 works of , ,leading 1 Liberal : .ChurchmGn'as. Canon: Oheyne, " Dr. Hastings i Raß.bdall, and many, others, and moro' especially to that- interesting publication,- ."The Liberal Churchman."—l am, etc,, ■ •'■-. : " ; ' V W. , TUDOR JONES., ? : '[January.B;'':.;'.- ;: •■■;■■■■ ■...'-'■' : "'■..: -,' - ; V P,B,—The same remarks apply to our good and/ gonial friend Father ELeogh.-^W.T, J.