[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Dr. Glover in his
reply to my letter is " utterly wrong " and his present path has already led him to a position akin to agnosticism, with the one exception of belief through Christ. The man who says or in any way suggests that " without Christ belief in God . . . drops out of men's minds," whether he uses the phrase " without Christ " in the Pauline sense or in any other, blinds his eyes to the findings of comparative religion, wipes out the Old Testament and asserts that no clear vision of God can be found in the universe or in the human soul. In short, he affirms that this is a Godless world or very nearly so.
Personally, I have learnt most concerning God from the teaching of Jesus, but I also find God elsewhere :
"I have felt
A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts,"
and I know that :
" Earth's crammed with heaven
And every common bush. afire with God."
Further, I was once in daily association with a Hindu, who was as prayerful and as saintly a man as I have met, and lived with God, if ever man did. Obviously, there are no limits to the sources of divine revelation and some men have come nearer to God " without Christ " than many people " with Him," and will be worthy to hear the words, "Conic ye, blessed of My Father."
I accept Dr.. Glover's statement that he had no intention to associate the Unitarian Faith with the position of Celsus.— President of The General Assembly of Unitarian - and Free Christian Churches.
Essex Hall, Essex Street, Strand, W. C. 2, [Owing to pressure on our space we have been compelled to hold over several letters on this subject. —Eu. The Spectator.]
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