influence of religion is the most effective cure. It is a good sign of
the times that a joint volume has already been published on Religion and
Reconstruction, containing essays by a number of those whose views no
doubt differ widely, but who find no difficulty in uniting in a common
undertaking. The book contains essays by Bishop Welldon, Dr. Orchard,
Monsignor Poock, and others representing different communions, and they
appear to have had no difficulty at all in a joint enterprise of this
kind.

Is there any sufficient reason why the leaders of religious thought
belonging to other denominations should not be invited sometimes to
speak in the pulpits of the National Church? They would not use the
occasion for attacking Episcopacy. Conversely it might be a wholesome
thing if a Bishop or other well-known Episcopalian clergyman
occasionally spoke to the great congregations in such familiar London
meeting-places as the Newington Tabernacle or the City Temple. They
might be trusted not to choose Apostolic Succession as their subject.
Joint religious services have already been held, and the practice might
be extended. The Bishop of London has been seen in Hyde Park on the
platform with representative men from the Wesleyans, Independents (it is
pleasanter to use the old name rather than "Congregationalist," which
may be correct, but is hideous), and Presbyterians, with a band from the
Salvation Army in attendance. Such things do good, and are the best
reply to the orators by the Reformers' Tree, whose most effective weapon
is to sneer--not unnaturally--at the enmity amongst Christians. A
"church" parade for the Volunteers has in a village been held in the
Baptist chapel, and many who had never entered a Nonconformist place of
worship before, felt how real "unity of spirit" did exist.

Another fruitful opportunity for joint work is in the realm of study and