“SINISTER ATTEMPT”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 355, 16 May 1928, Page 11

“SINISTER ATTEMPT”

MALINES CONVERSATIONS ON CHURCH UNION ANGLICANS HUMILIATED (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P.A.—United Service) LONDON, Monday. The Protestant Reformation Socletv has strongly criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Randall T. Davidson, for delaying publication of the report on the Malines conversations until the revised Prayer Book has been submitted to Parliament. They say the delay has subjected the Anglican Church to unnecessary and unwise humiliation. They describe the conversations as a sinister attempt to unite the Anglican and Roman Churches at the cost of spiritual truth, historical accuracy, and spiritual and civil liberty, which the Prayer Book was calculated to facilitate. Sir John Haslam, a member of the Church Assembly, speaking at the annual meeting of the society, said: “We are told to accept the Prayer Book because the bishops have been working on it for 20 years, but only 5 per cent, of the bishops officiated for that period; consequently, one jury heard the evidence, and another gave the verdict. Who are these bishops Who think themselves fit to follow Dr. Chavasse, formerly Bishop of Liverpool, and Dr. E. A. Knox, formerly Bishop of Manchester?” “They are bishops of the devil,” answered a voice from the audience.