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"Still
bent to make some port he knows not where,
Still standing for some false impossible shore." (Matthew
Arnold)
These words
express perfectly Bill Loveless’ feelings
during the first part of his life, as that
life ranged through
a unique variety of activities and careers.
A better quotation for the latter part are words translated from Aeschylus.
“ Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.”
Signifying well the feelings of purpose and ultimate religious conviction which
both Bill and his wife Betty experience as they take together in 1961 their “plunge
in faith” to train for the Ministry of the Church.
This book tells the whole story - both before their “plunge in faith”,
also what happened afterwards. How, too, although Bill receives great opportunities,
he has to learn a sharp lesson in humility. The book also deals with his retirement
in Lincoln and refers to the notorious row amongst the clergy at the Cathedral.
Back in Cambridge, now aged 81, Bill finds that the only religious quietus
is to trust ever… and however simply… in Jesus Christ.
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