THE PORT CHALMERS CHURCH.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2279, 26 August 1870, Page 2

THE PORT CHALMERS CHURCH.

To the Editor of (he Evening Star. Sir, —In a recent issue oE tbe Siar it is stated that on Tuesday evening last there passed in Port Chalmers the happiest evening spent there for a long time- “many a long day”— that is, as we' %night understand, for many years. Aud what, let me ask, was the occasion of all this ? The establishment of ah Episcopal Church there, ’ With your kind' permission, sir, and on responsibility quite apart from your’s, I will just now name one of tlie items which formed the subject of this wonderful pleasure. First—A church is to -be formed there: no doubt a laudable and praiseworthy object. But the question arises, will it not be a lima* naturae, inasmuch as it,has t> appear—rather has appeared—without a head. Then the Wesleyan Church, according to Mr Eu I ', is a daughter of the English Church, and some think he ought to go back to her mother. Whether this is an English “bull” or a Colonial one, we may inquire in a not fgr distant period. Then we have the Rev. Mr Johnston! He think's the disestablishment of the Irish Church had done good to that Church and the Presbyterian both. Whether this might not he making a virtue of a necessity might likewise be inquired. Then he speaks of the revision of the Scriptures. He thinks there is no necessity there—that “let well enough alone ” is the true wisdom. Now, if he had followed my as already mentioned, and not have spoken of »’hqt he knows but little, he had saved himself exposure, and me a little trouble, However, not boing willing to trespass on your valuable space, 1 will reserve my strictures for a future, although not far distant period, when, sir, with your kind permission, I will have some of these genealogies examined—that of the daughter of the English Church, and even of Venns herself; for you know she is sometimes “ The Evening Stay,” and According to the (ancient) heathen mythology stye was produced fyonr froth} and so I am fully convinced, have been the thoughts which gladdened the hearts of tho inhabitants of Port Chalmers on the evening referred to, But, sir, good bye for the present, ■ Scrutator.