[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, — In answer to Mr.
H. W. Heckstall-Smith in your issue of May 27th, I would suggest that there is a ." something else " in what constitutes a full Christian faith. This " else " embraces all that is valuable in the other three, and provides the real dynamic of Christian character and service. I mean Personal Union with the living Christ.
The Methodists have recently commemorated the so-called " conversion " of Wesley, which meant for him a new enlightenment regarding the Christian Faith: He found it in Experience through surrender and simple trust. Previous to this hour Wesley possessed all the three elements mentioned in Mr. Heckstall-Smith's letter, but none of them, nor all combined, had completely satisfied his aspirations.
St. Paul described a similar experience (Gal. i. r5) thus : " When it pleased God to reveal His Son in me." This
experience is the source of, and maintains the Evangelical Christian Faith ; and the New Testament as a whole confirms the doctrine.—Yours, &c., ALBERT H. WALKER. Thornfield, Rossert Drive, Harrogate.
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