518. — Your leading article last week was a model of
the sort of enlightened moderation which one- now expects of many Anglican churchmen. It was also untrue. Is your explanation of how most men arrive `most securely' at' religious conviction relevant to the slightest extent to the beliefs of the great mast; of Christians? More particularly, is discretion and un- spectacular performance- of duties going to bring about increased conversion? Recent experience surely makes it unlikely.
Education and civilised behaviour are, one hopes, developing; at the moment the passions upon which Christianity depends are becoming leSs important. It is hard to see how, if prosperity and security continue, Christianity in England can fail to Continue its decline.
It is, of course, possible that the Anglican Church realises how its power may increase with misery and catastrophe : at least this is one explanation of its continued political affiliations.—Yours faithfully,
30 Anerley Hill: SEIQ
D. R. SCEATS
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