ARE WE THE CHIEF OF SINNERS?

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 10

ARE WE THE CHIEF OF SINNERS?

.".Sir.—Last':Sunday the. great preachers' '6f'.,-Me v 'finglfs£ / .jChtirch came up, to'-seo arid to preach to ,us lost: souls in prison, arid ; we..:weTe' thankful to.them-for;their consideration; ; ; JuSt a change of, preach-"-e'rs or- voices - 'is 'interesting ■to J such''as we .'are,' nnder : lock;and' key in "gaol. : 'We' Htp 'the.' black •■ sheep -'.of this Dominion, land our.'-fold;is. not an, inviting.'.pliice.,to comevto. .; ; ,,B,ut ; are -we .the chief ;of; sin-. rier's?-v-If/so';; then it is poor compensar tion'we''get,'for ; being-;'the chiefs. : ; . Now, Mr. Editor, before r..gbt'put', .'in'; . this; ;place;/l;'rised .; to. r read" your". paper,. arid, so' '1 • din ;'just dropping' this' note on; the- road' for -you, and "will you; give, it 'a show? 'According -to the newspapers I 1 .think/the .'parsons'::shpUld go up to; Parliament iHpuse and feive a.fewgoad.stir-. : ;;Wn'g; isermohs, : :and "preach.'•' to .'-.those .men: sitting in. high:-places—l mean the--If in-. ' islets : .Qf/.the get.;, ; - twenty. ■ pound's, a-.week;, and-.ride, in.- special, car.riages on: -■.th6.:•iailwa3 > s' , in; the • streets';".'-; These, ; hieri 'make''-,;the: laws, arid if; we don't'obey, them; then" .this, is' otirY.h'oirie.■'*. I .think; the. preach-" -ers:'yiould : ga'Hb" the ..lost souls : in f; 'Par--gajiibling goes 'on 'amdrigsfc-Vthose.' in -high -places— • . they can "drink arid "get drunk' if they wish,. arid. who. dares-.to' arrest-them, or 'eipose'-theniX, : .Ministers .rind members..of..Parliament l.looki.'.back . into, your!, own lives.;: / Are, they "perfect?. And. now youlive:in ;greatness;.-.-Brit:-you .'should;;also '\ look into .the future, ! 'fbr. there niay ."bail an evil' day before you.-.; But I hope you" will not come . here. y'T came into this, world pureyas an angel;; but I have;degerierated" t iri''life,: and- must "diev in a prison Cellv-^I-ara/etc.'/': ■'■.■'•■ ■■'■■'••'-.-'

;;;/ ; ,f j'/i/rJy";. PRISONER. ; ' [We'h'ave'orii'itted"portions of the. 'above: letter,', which,;-purports to come frohv an lnriiate of/one, of. his Majesty's gaols. Df.-'Findlay?g";"pfisoii''',VrSorm'',-e'ffdifts do not ,ai>pear to-have elevated ..the Government in. the. eyes, of,ouf. cofrespondeit.];, ■,:■', ■■;'.