FREE SEATS AT ST. MICHAEL'S

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13110, 8 May 1908, Page 9

FREE SEATS AT ST. MICHAEL'S

TO TDK EDITOR OF "KITE TRESS." Sir,—Your correeponderufc "Anglican" admits that iiio princoipJe of frcescete ie a srocd one. touA saye a clnmih canrot b"o supported on that .good primciplo. Now, it was pointed out at tho mooting ho infers to t.hirt, out of 58 ohtiTt'lics. in tlbe clioccso of ■ Ghrriotcihiirch, ori.y -about ton nwcipt ip«yment for scats. I eihouM tliirJj this is convincing prd'cf im am oiwoEiii 1 © direction. St. ■Mitft-i'Cii'sj the irc-tiner thuroh of tibe dioceee, is ono of the n:bovement'kxn.ed ten. Surety ebo eihould have set n better example to her cliiMrcin ir. this respect Jong ogo, instead' of be<in,g on-e of flbe la«t to maJco her FX'ate free. "Ajigldca-n" has, no doubt, kcmmi, as I liflvo, p-coplo tunned out of by scathcildere, even the toluiitfl.ry h-rs conrnicniced, T\-oi-en they are a.U snpposcjd to ho free. and tlho fa«c<t iha.t 4)bout htiJf tho f~c<ii<'iliO'!id'ors belong to ot'hor pnnVhcK wnd nttcoid •3b. Mkihacl's &oniotimc6, ivlsdlo at otiber tim«» their seats are bloe&od hy tinrkpte ngainst -would- I !*} occnriiprs, shoivld sot even "Anglican" agiairsb tJjo system of rented soa-ts. "With retfor-c-nce- to "Airvslican's" rcmarlfs aibouit tho cost of liivin<2 and cheap rclijrion,, I think it -n-ould ha.vo ljoon- kajidor on Ji-is part to lisuvo left tfne>ni uinvri'tten.. IVewbly eomo of tlhcee ho refers to contribute Rβ much in pro-portion to their income to the emp-nort of tho church as ho docs.—Yours., etc.. GHiUBCHMAN.