THE FIRST CHURCH.
To the Editor.
Sir,— l attended at the meeting of the congregation of the First Church this evening, when the call of the pastor to another charge made it necessary to send commissioners to the Presbytery. Sir, my idea of a meeting of this sort is that it is a Christian mealing: at least, outwardly,—we only judge by the outward conduct, —or in other words, there should be some decorum, some degree of decency. But, sir, I am sure that in that meeting anyone with a single spark of Christian feeling must have been pained. Instead of that feeling regulating the meeting, it might have been any stump meeting, where full liberty of the animal instinct only, showed itself, and I witnessed it this evening, inside of that chunjh, with
disgust. Sir, the behaviour of certain men (?) ana women (?) too, in that meeting was only such as one would expect from a lot of uututored Maoris: all decency was wanting. If it is to bo judged from the talking of a long fellow and the strong smell of police courts. I have not heard the same since I was a witness in a court of justice. “We had all our way,” the individual said to his friends. Yes, sir, they had a victory, a physical one But may they not glory in it. Sound principles will keep their ground ; the moral victory won is worth a great deal to sober reasoners, and they are those who were in the minority this evening. I thought this evening of Him who was meek and charitable, with a brother’s feeling, and then of those who were at this meeting and appeared be'orc the world as His followers ; but who forgot what manner of men they were. I hope that after those who rendered themselves so bitter have had time for a little reflection, they may see that such conduct is unchristian and wanton, and has a bad effect ; that extremes do not tend to union, and that forbearance goes a long way in furthering the friendly feeling which should be tho rule in every church where Christ is the head. —I am, &c., Liberty. August 27.
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Evening Star, Issue 2972, 28 August 1872, Page 2
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366THE FIRST CHURCH. Evening Star, Issue 2972, 28 August 1872, Page 2
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