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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 58, 17 May 1884, Page 2

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(PBOSC OUB OWN COBBB8P01TDKKT:)' > Buia^4K^l«. '■■■' " See how these Christians iove«asl other." Mr Gordon ~Forlong, to obtain a following, fraternisei with the wesleyan congregation on his return fromDuneiin, sets the tm» of thm pulpit, snidthfi>B> when a ministertis appointed whom Ad dttoi not tli ink orthodof, »c<!ording r to" his c peculiar views as- to what orthodoxy ,' means, he use* his position to sow des- | cension amongst what had previously | been a united congregation, and in this : ; ' way he obtains his ends. The Wesleyaa - ! Church is closed and Mr Gordon ForloiUt reaps a rich harvest of flatterers for the ' time being. From what I can gather, • Mr ForiongV idea on .religion is that h* I ia the embodiment of sJbt&at is religions and ebristia»Jike, ; «iid'Mwkequentiy.aU who differ from hinT^and' jsfuse^lcy^ay *htsi dn,e sn^ gores 'dr/BPjtos straight. Thtf propß^*Cn^phjßj|^^ has come in for a&^B'peraflrjnnoonf^or ; volrihg divine assistance togttstra^^^ a diabolicnl Jthmir^ l^ftlfHPffl profer-rting-,Qhristian fa somewhat strong. , „The doptor hold|outtbnt faint hope of Mrs Scott's recovery,, who. waa. injured last 3aturd*yv^i; .IHi XO« WatTJf I have* jost bee/v^for|Q^eo j»Eih^adj(w death of Percy fiftfixcns^ seeona^ son of t Robert ,a^^.jr §$m health, but in the a » a niTy jy, yp^glawpd ef feeling ill and the jlootor was sentfor but the poor, boy was ..dead before ha peached the ; houses, 1 "; ";' '-* ,-fik' jLi* • ; »7iiP6cfc^p i^tf^r HOJS,]& u? dimensionrf are 15 rlS.but with Salvation and Blue Ribl>on Armies in full^wing, it , will berifßfeless aniia'jjreotwa^of^irblio ' mon«»y. It would" pby' the Government better in the long fan to employ thproujgh good temperance lebtnrers, for,' tfie more' the people are convinced of ijhe aidv«tni tages of temperance; the less trsrthero will be for hospitals, asylums, and police supervisions/ Ked uce the drinKihg habits . of a people and you reduc^ the necessi-. v ties of charitable aids. Drink is the one great curse of our Anglo-Saxon race. Wha,t ib all this taik about hard times P . Who are the people that are hard upP I will guaimtee th^t ifan unbiasedrpertoflj- , travel from pne epd of Js.ew .Zealand to 7 the o; her and ' investigate jthese cases, of " hard -upness," he would find that it \jbs . the drunkard and'lonfer who were mailing; [his ery-r^ncfl 4h&h"6nt'at sober workman^ There is plenty of euiiiloyman^and^there is a fair amount of money in circulation, [ts üboui time the " ery of hard times " wns ffi'ven up. The. times hare never been better since 1879 and 1880. Pep t .« .. have money to spend on 'luxuries; ana .. aniusem ■nisaiid thai i* a'sign of retffia**" iug - -^ '~" -' . "