From "The Life of Faith," a well-known British Evangelical Periodical, under date of August 25th, we clip the following item which, in the paper referred to, came immediately after the editor discussed recent affairs in the Church of England.

"Turning from such ecclesiastical matters, it is a pleasure to offer affectionate and hearty greetings to those devoted servants of the Lord Jesus in all parts of the world who are content to be known by the simple name of "Brethren." This honored section of the Church of Christ will this year celebrate its centenary. In the year 1830, the Rev. J. N. Darby (as he was then known) persuaded many people in Plymouth to associate themselves with him in a fresh and unfettered observance of the Lord's will and way. Darby himself had been a curate in Wicklow, but he felt constrained to leave Anglican communion through his association with several devout people in Dublin who met statedly for public worship, and called themselves "Brethren." It is quite true that in the course of the years separations and divisions took place, but, even so, in every part of the world the Brethren, in the worship of their assemblies and in their zeal for the evangelization of the world, have borne a noble witness to the truth as it is in Christ Jesus. Without exception, they have been loyal to the Bible as the Word of God, and, for the most part, they have been devoted to the truth of the Lord's Second Coming. In some ways it is unfortunate that there is no central organization to whom felicitations can be sent, but we should like to take this opportunity of expressing our Christian love and good-will to our devoted fellow-believers among the Brethren who share with us a like precious faith, and who are fellow-heirs of those spiritual privileges that belong to the household of fath."

I am sure that every right-thinking person associated with the Assemblies of "Brethren," so-called, throughout the world, would reciprocate in the fullest way the cordial good-will and the Christian affection manifested in this editorial. In a day when the apostasy is becoming more and more blatant and the lines are being more clearly defined between those who accept a supernatural revelation and those who reject it, it is a precious thing to find Christians who do accept the Bible as the Word of God, drawing closer to one another, instead of drifting farther apart. Such an editorial as this could hardly have been written fifty years ago, for at that time many Evangelical Christians looked with suspicion and marked disfavor upon the "Brethren," and the latter were largely to blame for this attitude of their fellow-believers. In their zeal for certain truths, it is to be feared others of equal importance were sadly overlooked. It is one thing to contend for "the faith once for all delivered to the saints." It is quite another to hold the truth in love. In one's very zeal for separation from evil, it is possible to impute iniquity where there is none, and to forget the love that thinketh no evil. But our ever faithful God has not left us without chastisement. We have felt the weight of His rod upon us. Our very divisions have witnessed against us, and we trust are producing a spirit of lowliness and a yearning for more fellowship with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ. While we desire to stand as firmly as ever against the apostasy and to keep our Assemblies clear of moral and doctrinal evil, we yearn for more communion with those who love the same precious truths that mean so much to us, and would desire to be helpers of the whole Church of God. It is cause for thanksgiving that this new attitude is making itself manifest, and the editorial above referred to is but one evidence' of the readiness of the people of God to recognize whatever is of Christ in one another.

May He who is our common Saviour and Lord bind us closer together in love and devotedness. We salute the editor of the Life of Faith and all associated with him, and assure such of our deep appreciation of their brotherly attitude.