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XI
PREFACE.
ORIGIN OF THE BOOK. HELP FROM FRIENDS AND OTHER
BOORS.
I think that I may expect that most readers of this book
will be aware, in a general way, of the circumstances which
have led to its being written. But, as memories are short
and historical accuracy is important, I will describe them
as simply as possible.
One of the most remarkable features of the Lambeth
Conference of 1908 was the presence at one of its meetings
of Dr. Henry William Tottie, Bishop of Kalmar, who bore
a Latin letter from the Archbishop of Upsala (Dr. J. A.
Ekman), dated 2oth June of that year, which contained the
following sentences :
"
We rejoice that you Anglican bishops have for some
time had in view the binding together of your Church and
ours in some sort of alliance. I would ask that you should
deliberate as to the points and the method of such an
alliance with Henry William Tottie, Bishop of Kalmar,
my beloved colleague, who, with your kind permission and
under the orders of our most gracious King, is about to
come to the council which you are soon to hold."
Bishop Tottie also addressed the conference, on which he
made a remarkable impression by his fine presence, his
dignified bearing and his sympathetic and intelligent
attitude.
At the same time the conference received a report of the
committee
"
on re-union and inter-communion
"
(of which
I had the honour to be chairman), which contained a
chapter on the Scandinavian Churches,
1
in which it dealt
particularly with the Church in Sweden.
1
See Lambeth Conference of 1908, pp. 179-182, S.P.C.K.
Report No. XL, c. vi.
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