I also consider the institution of an exclusive priesthood, though having been of service in some respects, as retarding the progress of Christianity at present.

I desire to see a lay ministry.
'I will not give you more of my heterodoxy at present: perhaps I need your pardon, connected as you are with the Church, for having said so much.
'There are causes of decay known to be at work in my frame, which lead me to believe I may not have time to grow wiser; and I must therefore leave it to others to correct the conclusions I have now formed from my life's experience.

I should feel happy to discuss them personally with you; for it would be soul to soul.

In that confidence I am yours most truly, 'A.

I.NOEL BYRON.' It is not necessary to prove to the reader that this letter is not in the style of a broken-down old woman subject to mental hallucinations.