15 JUNE 1901, Page 16

TOLERANCE AND INDIFFERENTISM.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1

the Spectator of June 8th a correspondent uses the phrase " we who are tolerant mainly because we half-believe." This condemns us to an endless choice between earnest

bigotry and tolerant indifference. Will - you allow me strongly to protest against such a despairing attitude ? We want most positively to assert that so far from personal conviction and generous tolerance being incompatible with one another, the two are necessary each to each. " It is the natural feeling of all of us," said F. D. Maurice, " that charity is founded on the u31certainty of truth. I believe it is founded on the certainty of truth."—I am, Sir, &c., OSWALD YOUNGHUSBAND,

The Mission College, Gloucester.