15 SEPTEMBER 1990, Page 31

Witnesses to virtue

Sir: Candida Crewe tells us ('Knocking on heaven's door', 1 September) that Jeho- vah's Witnesses are 'sincere, kind, gentle, law-abiding and happy'. That she also finds these virtues to be counter-balanced by the failings of slight sanctimoniousness and extreme naIvety should not evoke too much censure. If the majority of us shared them, what a much better place this world would be.

Gilbert Longden

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