▁Scotland ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Free ▁Church , ▁merged ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁reason . ▁Non eth eless ▁the ▁steady ▁decl ension ▁continued . ▁▁ ▁The ▁non con form ist ▁churches ▁showed ▁not ▁just ▁a ▁decl ine ▁in ▁membership ▁but ▁a ▁dram atic ▁fall ▁in ▁enthus ias m . ▁Sunday ▁school ▁attend ance ▁pl um met ed ; ▁there ▁were ▁far ▁fewer ▁new ▁minister s . ▁An tagon ism ▁toward ▁the ▁Ang lic an ▁church ▁sharp ly ▁decl ined , ▁and ▁many ▁prominent ▁non con form ists ▁became ▁Ang lic ans , ▁including ▁some ▁leading ▁minister s . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁falling ▁away ▁in ▁the ▁size ▁and ▁fer v our ▁of ▁con greg ations , ▁ ▁less ▁interest ▁in ▁fund ing ▁mission aries , ▁a ▁decl ine ▁in ▁intellectual ism , ▁and ▁persistent ▁compla ints ▁about ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁money . ▁ ▁Comment ator ▁D . W . ▁Bro gan ▁reported ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 : ▁in ▁the ▁generation ▁that ▁has ▁passed ▁since ▁the ▁great ▁Liberal ▁lands lide ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁religious ▁and ▁social ▁landscape ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁decl ine ▁of ▁Non con form ity . ▁Part ly ▁that ▁decl ine ▁has ▁been ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁general ▁weak ening ▁of ▁the ▁hold ▁of ▁Christian ity ▁on ▁the ▁English ▁people , ▁partly ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁compar ative ▁irre lev ance ▁of ▁the ▁peculiar ly ▁Non con form ist ▁( ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁from