The nation rejoiced in the freedom of thought of which the great charter was the Reformation.

But during the hundreds of years that have elapsed since that Reformation, some enormous changes have been brought about in the daily life of the people of this great nation.

The people are being educated, and the Church must sooner or later face the fact that as education spreads church-going decreases.

Why is that, I ask you ?" "Because men are growing more wicked every day." "But they are not.

Crime is steadily decreasing as education is spreading, and yet people will not go to church.