But we do get intellectuals in as well. We had a doctor who looked after me and she is a very good doctor and we have other people like engineers'. Sir Fred is speaking here of his impressions which can possibly be on the optimistic side. Careful surveys however have been made and these reveal that, far from dying, the Kingdom of Christ is very much alive in some Communistic countries, such as Russia where persecution and oppression have been rife. We freely acknowledge that it is not Puritanism that will fill the earth.
Biblical truth is destined to fill the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Since Puritanism, as the term is used in a wide and popular sense, is pretty close to biblical truth, we should not be talking so pessimistically about its wreckage. Spurgeon referred in his early days to those who were intent on daubing up the windows of truth and who mocked Puritanism. But the day would come, said Spurgeon, when they would be confounded to see Heaven's light breaking through once more.