THE ALLEGED NONCONFORMIST DECLINE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I will not attempt to follow the points of Mr. Horton's clever retort : many of them—including Cicero, Home-rule, and Rev. G. S. Reaney—arc beside the real question. It remains true that not a few serious Nonconformists cannot share his optimism. They are deeply concerned about the position of their work among the poor; they feel Collectivism to be anything but "a tonic" to Independency ; and they entirely doubt whether the ecclesiastical effect of the New Criticism, which Mr. Horton has so ably popularised, will at all correspond with his desires. Moreover, they believe that the expression of these opinions ought not to "embitter and exasperate" Mr. Horton, or any other good Christian ; and they claim to be no less loyal than he is, to that branch of Christ's Church in which they were born, and in which they hope to die.—I am, Sir, &c., THE WRITER OF THE ARTICLE.
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