PRAYERS IN CANADA.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 304, 8 December 1936, Page 5

PRAYERS IN CANADA.

Professor Issues Sharp Statement. Press Association —Copyright. Montreal, December 5. The crisis was the subject of prayers and sermons in many parts of Canada. Bishop Manning, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, asked for God’s support and guidance, especially at this time> for their brethren of the British Empire and the Church of England. The Rev. Clement Rogers, professor emeritus of pastoral theology at King’s College, London, before preaching a sermon at Trinity Church, issued a sharp statement to the Press that the Church of England did not recognise the remarriage of divorced persons. “We do not recognise bigamy. I think that if she were a respectable woman English people would have welcomed a commoner to the Throne. Some think it is no shame for a woman to put aside two husbands in the hope of a more brilliant alliance. I think this disastrous business has done a great deal of harm. Such a marriage between the King and a commoner could have done much to draw England, and America together, but this situation will put us apart.”