TOKOMAIRIRO PRESBUTERIAN CHURCH.
■Lfj'i j •:'.'.' 'A i! A;'- , o'6 | 'THE > ''BDiToi-. ;.:,A7-7: -■• ■ ■■<;,' 1 n ' Biri, A'Twb ; letters;- Signed 3" A 'Presbyterian",'" , ' appeared in the" coltirims of: ybuHcQuteiiypor'aryj ; ;the| c 3fucej Herald,' lately,, taking 'the^kgy.Mg i 'Chishdlm* and cmembors of* jliis-. Session. to jtask.. • 4 or jrieglect- of their duties. That writer infornis r • >xxs that" his. .motixe -pr ebjeqlj jf or ; .pubjish.ing tli'ern, ,is, to doeoodiS'tam.fav, from..denyitig~tbaViiis 1 vintentiojv may .be as good ;as he prof esses, it to 1 - Ue',A .. wifl-j presume to,^y^ , , jthe Elders are/ipe"rfect7. t <^ ' perform all .'they bright' or can "dp -f buiLi think' " A Presbyterian ." hais'iiotf a : dopted ? the l irule kid .
"dpsTOlby^Chrisfe'f or-effecting. his. s gop.d.,and^ pious end.. How often earnest men, like the writer; doj for a good cause, the' right thing inAwrpng. ! wayi Tlie style in which these letters ; arq;written, and' the remarks) regarding Mr Chisholm,are, ,in ! 'my opinion^' calculated ;to, , wound ,;a pei-spn's ;f ccl T ings rather, than . correct dny { faults he. may be . supposed to have. A pel-son -so. prof essedly anxious for the gopdof;Christ'sLcause as the. author" :of these letters, 'must be considered to be a good Christian, yet i Imust take the liberty of inform.ing him that, the Word of ' God' gives no warrant ' bub fprbids any .Christian, to sky, or do anything that may hurt the feelings of any one, whether a .Christian or, n0t. , ,. I consider that some of. his . expressions'' Regarding 'Mr Chisholni are neither extremely Christian nor logical. Some of .them • Treftiind me of Lord Chatham's : reply to Walpole. .- 'Are we to suppose that : to f be a • young man is cither a fault or a-'defectj or; may .not a. |bpy| at school far excel both.ju- intellect; [and^- character.! 'many gray-headed -men. . fl ani, not intimately' 'acquaih ted with ;Mrj Gilbert, of., whom so much. ;Has been : said ; in • these) epistle's;' 'but'' so far as I have-knbWn or beard of him, he is well deserving ~ pf respect and regard, both as a -man and as : 'a : Christian,: , zealous for the advanebment'of the Eedepm:er?s kingdom : but I fluostion if ail-that " hisfriond,, the ; writer' : bf Hhefefe'J epistles, has/said ; in. b|s f avoi- and on Kis : J beHalf > i will - benefit him ; brassisthim in any respecfc; : iJAs.I ,wish to. say "a few ' words regarding' • ! -,^remarks; t made; ,in , 'tbesoiottefs, but ,do not wishf,tp encroach on your valuable .spacer I .defer till next issue pf .ihe. 'Leader th'e'rj insertion, by , your, kind favor.' -I 'amj'&ciV'-n -, . .:' ..., A', : ' '"■ A i.y - -..,.., : "'* ',*' '' '"■ r ' ' j; ' ;;: ' : ' ; --Pax; ''
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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 94, 27 April 1876, Page 5
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414TOKOMAIRIRO PRESBUTERIAN CHURCH. Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 94, 27 April 1876, Page 5
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