“The life of John Hunter covers a period of religious history which will, probably, come to be reckoned of great significance – a passing from one age to another, comparable to the Reformation in the sixteenth century. But to us in 1921 it is a ‘time which is just far enough off and just near enough to be forgotten’. We cannot, however, afford to forget it, for a study of its successes and failures will guide us – more perhaps than we are ready to acknowledge – towards the true solution of the religious, social and ecclesiastical problems of our time.”