27 APRIL 1929, Page 15

IN DEFENCE OF THE FAITH

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—Mr. P. H. C. Prentice, writing to you on behalf of the " pure worship of all ages," and desiring " the true worship of the heart," is asking vaguely for what a multitude of people before him have, almost in the same words, required of the Churches. Nearly all of them make their protest in negatives, thus, " I don't want ritual," " I don't hold with dogma," " I can't agree with organization." None of them seem to have any positive idea as to the kind of worship they would recommend ; and yet, in all conscience, there are plenty of religions to choose from ! Your correspondent is evidently in pursuit of something, but what it is he does not know and therefore cannot explain.—I am, Sir, &c.,

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