THE REV. J. H. G. CHAPPLE'S RESIGNATION.

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

THE REV. J. H. G. CHAPPLE'S RESIGNATION.

J*'.,/,'.'"/'Sr,-T-^i'letfe/writteii'/in:,a-most tin-' /tChnstian- -spHt.appearea/.'in/'the col-: t : -:nmli's/''of '.TaE'.l)bMM6N'..bn ! ;'Septemh.er: :.-;.l7,'t'rsigned/by/the'-Rev./B/ "BDutson; .It-vj-refeired-to-the.Rev. .JSH. Gr. 'Chappie and ', Ahis'/Tesignation from/.;the//Presbyterian; '/:'Chnrchl-. As an:old;membsr'of the Kirk,' /:anfl' : at -times a', member joi "the various ■'/assemblies;-, and. one 'who,.'.'/ knows../ the f;7 careers/of • hath '■ ; and: [/:Hutson,i/let/:me '/say ;;, .forsthe" past;thirteen' years; ;,has'. done !;.-; gq«l work for the' Church;''and has been': £;loyed ■;: and //respected/. whoireyer' /he/. :has' {':-;been;:/.;By: alli.who iiiowi"Mr;'.'Chappie' jt/has;/:£ained/!/'esteem'}:. I;/;for>'^^Tris. .broad-thinkihgj//culture,.;" and rAschblars'hip.i'/: I/ have:known:/nim/Z for; ,',*/.. oyer./ 25 and,' also', the'/talented,' •:.;•'■■ family of; which "he is aim'ember/ ..;It. is he was hot, trained/for. the Chutch,; ■ji!but/for.'the legal,/prqfesVion,: : :and,/much the family wish;! when: l.i;for/a/start/in/.a lucrative position, he /J sacrificed all/to/deyoie; himself, .to social f-'iwork,:which/he: cliirig' to -for;ten/years/; !.'/!ffien4he;:'tbbk; up/;Work: : for; ; 'the, Presall; thei studies, -//required, of liim,/.'fqr:;which ; he" ; got.spe-': // cial/rflention.;/; Besides : /this; ; /lie/ with :;':vpriyate^tuitioh;;took:''.Greek ) ''.,.and'_did //■this/on his; owii /initiative,/; So-that.'he, W; whit/behind the; "best. ////-At'the/jiresent: time/there is/ nqt : a ;man p-: ini'^ainterbury:-with-: a /wider /influence,; f;;/and;/if/hB /held/up /hisllitttezfinger;, in s/-. St j//'Andrews/'; hisvcbh'gregatiqli' i .:wbuli' //ffollow hini./,/'lt:.is.a poor/thing fb.rv-Mr.-r f?//'Etitson ;to:attack- two.-men lyare'. Very/ antithesisi-: of "each/- other. i//;MrV Chappie's niind.could nbtbe;cramp|/xed.';intoT a /creed, : -ti;/quote/thb/ words t;s/he' : bfteii-:uses;in thb pulpit: ,/;/:>:/::'.

i/// "Ijlsitjasy: //nb;/ :fqrm ■;.'. of, f' ; ';: ; /''fBnt.-OTjtti^plaiiing'. i aHV.// /// //That: :/ : /etrbngly . everybody, knows,'and' /there / / was;,good reason. in. Pres-. //;/by|ery;."held. .Unitarian' views, /and ■ impressed them; / : /Chappie publicly used.the.wbrd.''Liberal //Religion^'"arid - .''Unitariaiiism,'','his. co//to/ their; ://zh6ies,/'ah'd/left him;fe:fight' alone.'ZThe '..:/ 6afne-thing ; ' tio'the " t R§'CtR.~Jr *■■ Campbell,' when /he, jn/an'h'oncst'./way, j ; 7itteeted.dogmasV/ v yindictivfiness ); spite,; /....'ahd/attacksbn his'education, training,'l Z/f/etcij/Zfollbwed'/ him'iv/'Thb^refbrrhs V'im]

; the 'Church will not bo brought about ; by men who have been trained in a ', narrow groove, but by men with an all-round tiaming. Training, forsooth! ! Does'it-not stnke tho Rev. Hutson . that tho same diligent'tkeelpgical traini ing applied in Turkey would have mado j an orthodox Moslem? I make bold to say, after listening to the Rev. j. Chapplo for over seven years in tho J St. Andrew's charge, that ho lias not j been "trained what 'to think," but 1 there is no doubt' Bo has been "trained ! how to think." He has many friends J and admirers, and in a liberal pulpit i would make a name for himself. He is looked upon as the most honest, open, ! i liberal, and straightforward -man in and about Timani. Mr. Hutson attacking him is like a mosquito attacking a bull. Another remark in Mr. Hutson's letter was not correct. Mr., Chapplo ' had never been in tho English Church, , his people wero Anglicans for tho most ' part. He once attended a Baptist Church for, a short time, rather than j go nowhere. No, sir—the Rev. Hutson 6hould keep quiet. It just makes mo gmilo, and everybody in tho , know smiles also. In fact, smiles were loud, i •—1 am, etc., ALEX. THOMSON. , South'Cantei bury.