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New Zealand Tablet, 14 December 1911, Page 2535

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An Exclusive Church An old darky wanted to join a fashionable city church, and the minister, knowing it was hardly the thing to do and not wanting to hurt his feelings, told him to go home and pray over it. In a few clays the darky came back. ‘ Well, what do you think of it by this time?’ asked the preacher. ‘ Well, sah,’ replied the coloured man, ‘Ah prayed an’ prayed, an’ dc good Lawd he says to me, “ Rastus, Ah wouldn’t bodder mah Raid about dat no mo’. Ah’ve been trying to get into dat chu’ch inase’f fo’ de las’ twenty yeahs and Ah done had no luck.” ’ —National Monthly. Bishop Julius Speaks The following Press Association message, in which Bishop Julius defines the Church of England attitude in regard to the sacramental wine question, appeared in Monday’s dailies: —‘The following letter has been received by the Press Association from the Acting Primate (Bishop Julius); “My attention has been called to a- statement attributed to the Rev. R. B. S. Hammond to the effect that when national prohibition is carried the Churches will cease to use fermented wine in the sacrament of Holy Communion, ‘ as his own had already done.’ As this ambiguous statement has been very widely circulated, I think it right to say that the use of unfermented -wine in Holy Communion is absolutely unlawful in the Church of England, and no action of the State will be allowed to invalidate this blessed sacrament. It is fair to Mr. Hammond to say that he distinctly repudiates the statement attributed to him, and that he is fully aware that the use of fermented wine in the Holy Communion under national prohibition is expressly provided for.” ’