An English Visitor's Observations of FBG
Posted by Dick Stanford Over the years my family and I have made friends with and hosted visits by several colleagues from universities in U.K. and Belgium. Recently while cleaning out some files in preparation for a possible move, we came across an essay about a visit to FBG in 1989 by Mr. Dennis Iles who with wife Sylvia was visiting from the U.K. Dennis, who passed away recently, was a lecturer and reader in economics at a U.K. university. He taught introductory economics courses at Furman on two different occasions. He also directed a men's chorus where he lived in the Cotswolds so he was quite familiar with both secular and church music in England. After his 1989 visit with us, he wrote the following essay about churchgoing in South Carolina, U.S.A. CHURCHGOING IN SOUTH CAROLINA According to Billy Graham on his recent tour of Britain, 40% of the American people go to church regularly. This may not be typical of some parts of the United States - the Nort...