THE REV. MR BROWNS' LECTURES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1956, 28 September 1888, Page 2

THE REV. MR BRO WNS' LECTURES

TO THE EDITOR. Fir, — Now that the Rev. Mr Brown is In ABh* urton, end the mindr. of a gre-it ninny pomp's are being exercised over bis lectures, vrould it not be policy on the part t f cm 1 '«al clergy to attend and dispate his orc'uslona. and prove him la the wrong, if they can. It certainly would be more manly to do so now rather than rait till hn In gone. Surely the subjects are of of suffiaient importance; and ns the clergy are supposed to be our guides m religious mutters; I, for one, think It their boncdi'n duty to stand by their teaching, and I should certainly not fall to take the responsibility of what I considered to be my duty were I a clergyman Mr Brown'B arguments are, to say t^o leaot, v*ry etrong, bat arguments on tho other side by those who are able to deal with it mU'.ht btiag rest and satla-f.-iotlou to mipy. Tbo questions are fraught with vory grave importance aud I think wa all desire to be set ri^ht if poeolble. Pardon tae for taking np your valuable space with this matte.'. I am, e'o More Ligbi. Ashburton, September 28sh, 1888.