Faith or fear? an appeal to the Church of England

Anson Harold 1867-, F. Lewis Donaldson, Donald Hankey, William Scott Palmer

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• Church of England

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TORONTOFEAR?FAITH OR
EnglandAn Appeal to the Church of
BY
«DONALD HANKEY, A Student in Arms,"
HAROLDWILLIAM SCOTT PALMER,
ANSON, F. LEWIS DONALDSON, and
CHARLES H. S. MATTHEWS (Editor)
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1917COPYRIGHT
First Edition, August, 1916.
Reprinted September and Deccmler, 1916.
In Mouoriam, DonaldHankey, March,With 1917.—
PREFACE
The basis of this book is fourfold : a common(1)
devotion, of its authors, toshared by every one the
Church of England, the spiritual home of them all,
in which in has found theeach his own measure supply
of his spiritual needs a common sense of the really(2);
tragic failure of the Church to meet the needs of the
nation in the hour of crisis through which it is passing,
which has set them to discover, if it may be, some of
the causes of that failure a common feehng that(3);
unless the Church reaUy repents—that is, changes her
whole mind, her whole outlook upon hfe, for that
surely is what fierdvoia involves—the National IVIission
of Repentance and Hope, to which her leaders have
summoned her, can result, in the long run, in nothing
but failure and disappointment a common(4);
conviction that if the Church has the faith and courage
to undertake this drastic business of self-reformation,
there hes before her a reaUy magnificent opportunity
perhaps the most magnificent which has ever beenvi PREFACE
given to her by God in the course of her long and
chequered history.
basisOn this common each author has made his
contribution to the book, in complete independence
of all the others.
While this book was passing through the press the
Westminster Gazette on June 21st, under the general
" "title What is Wrong with the Churches ? pubhshed
"a remarkable article on The People and the
Church," by Sir Harry Johnston. In that article the
""writer speaks of the partial frankness certainof of
the leaders of the Church in discussing the relation
of the Church and the People. He goes on to
declare that the reason why people stay away from
"Church—a reason which no professional clergyman or
pastor will admit—is that much of the traditions,
teachings and precepts of the Christian Churches are
entirely out of date." Those who read this book will
see that its authors are to a great extent in agreement
with this writer, and at the same time will probably
"acquit them of the charge being only partial inof "
their frankness.
It remains to add that no one of the authors is
in any way committed to the opinions expressed by
any other. What measure of agreement has been
arrived at is the result of almost completely
independent thought and work. The writers are