THE FAITH OF A LIFETIME
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR' SIR,—I did not identify George of " George is a Christian " with Septuagenarian. Septuagenarian's splendid letter left me in no doubt, but it made me want to find the essential among his many qualifications.
His second letter has revealed it as acting and feeling along the lines laid down by Jesus, with belief and church attendance as accessories which might or might not help.
I should now take it that George is a Christian in so far as he acts and feels along the lines laid down by Jesus.
I am doubtful about Mr. Walker's " something else " akin to what St. Paul got in his vision, because it would mean that very few could be Christians, and because in St. Paul's case it did not save him from a diseased attitude to sex.(" better not to marry but better to marry than burn ") which has had the most disastrous effect on the church, and almost blotted out the attitude of Jesus.
The practical importance of having a clear and right meaning for Christian is immense. If Christianity comes to be under- stood as right action and right feeling, it may yet change civilisation and save it without major disaster. If it means only conscious belief and outward practice it will be of little or no
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