THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher, was in the Faithful City at this time 50 years to address the Worcester Diocesan Conference.
The Journal for this week of 1953 reported the main thrust of his speech as being the great psychological impetus that had been given to Britain by the Queen's Coronation. The nation was at a stage of "quite exceptional inspiration and opportunity.
"There is no doubt," said the Archbishop, "that throughout the nation, and indeed the Commonwealth, the Coronation has brought us to a sudden recovery of the kind of hope and confidence which we had begun as a nation to lose. Since the war, Britain has suffered a rather disillusioning period.
"In a moment, by the Coronation and all that went with it, the motive, tempo, and feeling of the nation has really changed.
"There has entered into the minds of the people a realisation that God is the hope and glory of queens and nations."
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