Revival in a Secular Society
SIR,—Dr Bryan Wilson's article on Billy Graham must have disappointed your many Christian readers. It was the familiar analysis—dispassionate, de- pressing and defeatist—of religion in contemporary Britain as seen from the outside. But we who belong to the Church, and are even more perturbed by the muddled values of our present society, particularly in relation to sex, welcome with enthusiasm any fresh attempt to confront our apathetic fellow- countrymen with the eternal Gospel.
As St Paul said—and he encountered even more secularised societies than exist today—'In every way Christ is proclaimed I do rejoice.' No one can doubt that Dr Graham is an honest person trying to present the enduring truths about man and God that are being neglected at our peril in the twentieth century. His methods may be vulgar, but we whose souls are still fed by the glories of Cranmer's im- mortal liturgy are constantly—and rightly—chided for being out of touch with the religious needs of today. 'We piped to you, and you did not dance, we wailed and you did not weep.'
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