Church Dissension.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 4, 5 January 1914, Page 5

Church Dissension.

KIKUYU CONTROVERSY.

REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION.

THE ARCHBISHOP'S REPLY.

[By Electric Telegbaph— Copyiughtl

[.UMTKD .fitEBS AbbOClA'llOft.j (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, January 5. Mr lan Malcolm, Unionist M.P. for Croydon, wrote to the Archbishop of vJunterbury suggesting that ho might intervene and stop tup dangerous controversy in the press. The Archbishop replied: "1 entirely share your feelings regarding the mischief arising out of the exuberant and sometimes heated controversy. My disappointment is great at my efforts io expedite the Bishop of Zanzibar's return being fruitless, iam at present without specific information as co the exact request he desires to place oefore me. It would cause me genuine satisfaction if the controversialists lay down their pens, and await such form of action as 1 must take .n dealing properly with what is reierred to me.''

'SOLID BODY. OF DETERMINED PROTESTANTS." l ßy HiLEOTRIC IELEUEAPH —COPYRIGHT J i'IMES— Syonby Sun Special Cahj.es. (Received 8 a.m.) London, January 4.

The Roman Catholic "Tablet" says: •'High churchmen have attracted so jiuch. attention of late years that it was becoming easy to think that they were in a fair way to become a domiiating party, but Kikuyu has reveal?d a solid body of determined ,Protestants. It would seem from the attitude of the seculai papers that the jreat Protestant heart of he naion s much less alfeced by High Church \civities than had appeared to be ;he case." ASSOCIATION SYMPATHY. London,. January 2. The Council of the Church Association, writing to the Bishops of Mom>assa and Uganda, expresses its symlathy with and support of their ackm. THE RIGHTS OF LAYMEN. London, .January •'<• The Spectator says "If Dr. Core's Bishop of Oxford) threat of disruption wine to evangelicals giving the sacra.. neat to non-conformists proves to he ; -deliberate view, we are compelled .) admit that he could not remain in /he Church. Every layman has a tatutory right to receive the Commnion in his parish. Church law iievents those desiring to be includd in the Church being driven forth n the grounds of religious opinion. he vast majority of the English laity, ven those of high church views, -nows that if the Church is narrowed o the episcopal sect the establishment could not last a day.