Correspondence

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 478, 3 June 1857, Page 6

Correspondence.

""'. ' -Tothe Editor of tie jyyffeltixfi 'Times. ■/■ ijaving -oeeri;long,<s.h;xce,.p.W;are>.of ilia .limited; spaceyou jjausfc necessarily.hav^e to. spare .Jbr.eachr.coiTesppn^ent, I have, generally aimed -as muckas; possjbje ; .at>i>re.y,ity, .when'intruding ;Qn, -your columns; i),or wou]cl;,l trouble you v Again, .did, not; .the spepjp us", sophi/siry , of J^r, v .J4c,o,,b^Q^ -for) some reply: 911, ijejiajlF .of $6 principles. I adyc^cate. ,T^rgv. geatjenian, Ijke I too many-p.f his pplieagiies, cam, not (I had ali most' said w7Ziiqtj.diuw.an < jrd|istiri(;tJpn between !' the fundamental principles pfc 'rejigifluif Vtruth • and the-peculiar teioets of; se6tariari;l[o,gffiatj.sin. ißecaqse>:circiiriistanGes vfe/r.so ,-isplit-, up. ;i>i*fi ■Ghristian rchureh; fchat it (.Would be.idiiS<sult\to I define the \forious divisions^am .1 to infer that Mr.: Jacobs >would- rather give 'to . eaeh-jthe a'igbt vpf educatingfthe;lanibs'>of>their;own flock at the. ['expense of those :whp •niig'ht 'liot-agree with I ieither.'ihan lp.se his. ,'ShareV^:^s a chiifchmah of '! thest^t'e'endb.winent'p'''6r?3oes'he;iraagihe that ;,.^the.Qause, of God and li^k^it, j"fe|ll jib]^dytin<ied ( ,^y sfcate' to.' sch f oo)|, Svihere^'pu^jpliiidren .shall be ; taught jn all' crenels from ..Pppieiy to;,tj ; njtariaiii^m«P:,, V :■■■";•/; •' i. Would,not,the state. qp -the contrary be,fps>teringitraining .schools for sectarian ibigotvyr-" that'e^'il genius by-which thisriair world of ours ' hasbeeh epiivertedinto a theological bear gav- '' den"?' -Will the advocates of ihe'dsnoniinatiijnal I;^y'i^errf shut thejr 'oyes to; tlrjs'P "that each, party f'inay get^htsif share pf!the prpselytes add '.the \ic t asli, for : tjiis r \ appears to be.th^/principal.cpti- |; necting.,jjulc ,dh,urch ,ar\d. ( State.,. I ney^r ..willingly,impute wyong to :fny maxij hut these thoughts,,'are „bvpught;_ to. my :;nlihd 'by the (peculiar manner, in 1 which MrI Jacobs bewailsHhe sepavation.,of .Ch'ivch f)« ['•State.■ '1 icati'jnot'see^y what'modeof reasoning he has disc6vered that; because the Steteis a .divinely, ordained institution, it has a.rigHt to ,lend- its''patronage to the' tertchers pf ihis oi'.that ,'tigf.of &bgmas;!; .' ■■ ' : "'■" "" •'•"' ; "., :\ .. -j—ilsl-'thfivft tip ' neutral n:rnnnd übonlgjijch' il" —*

men ■ ■may-meet, and which the State may religiously defend, i withpujt dipparagjing its divine ordination by playing " Jaclj^o' both 5ide5,?.!.'„....1. believe^tHere^ U; Biitthe' spiritual tfeaeliers bffjtbje people miisfc taroiwi down'the barrier^ that bloclc dp the-approaches'<to- ify by puttinga restraint? oH'theirrapaciousiongingSiforJthe and'; fishes/ '■: Sir;' Ithave-nbi wish to1 be personal; noi to '.wound the feelingsof-any/man, but I can1 only judge of fa#« as I find fchenr, and Ij'muat ,sa»yj,' the '.moifesb 'division of rthe' .(Joveriimen,t grant, as laid before the Council, looks exceedsingly Hlie/theriongirig'fG; which I allude. I liarei.nb vdoijbt fchathylthus speaking my sentiments I shall incjMf.the a^ger/iof'eVerjr'clerfcal gentleman \^h"d! inajr happ^en^to read; this letter, either in the . QQlpnj ■ or;. out of, jt^.but. as they are the •h6nest'> cduy'ilctibns'of niyiniiidy I dare to &pffAk-ikhe timth, -thbiigh it ,yr.ere,ifi; ,ths tfe,eth:bf tjljpPojyflnqujsitjißn^..,;,, ,•■,,■;.,..• , -. ; ...> 7 v It, jb .^o: gfl^sip the ."-, gallons a^<^ t)je,gapC" i-Grune,. is, i^e, jand; ridiijig- ■ .rampant through all classes of civilized society, in, spite ,of ■ all ,<iff f .-i;elig49U^,(teaghnjg. fTOm; f?clvpol and pulp^. iS isice;Chi:is|ifaj}itivy w^s. ,made ; %o.ynio the Anglo-Saxon race. ' Is this a djyinely ordained ? ta^e; pf,4}huigs t Qr ? way. ' jjwS ,f?#ers infer •that there is sometmng vsrityig-^radwallij j^o^-fte^ther.yi,t}ie:^each.in§: .or,m.,that and has been taught. ' j^-thie..con sciences of -those -to whom aar ; e of hisp.e,9P,| : e.^cid!elilie^e^ion / ..';........ „., „,,o „ ,; v" T.b«!.f«arf|'ilieji'f tthe. hungman'ii .^)i»P |;' "'■ !-'; ''''To'iteej), tliewruVc^'in order^'' '(' "" ....•, ■But' the' terrors 'of'lh^'^gap.^an^ the gallows," Math, the Jiel], in ; .the..'background^ .has hitherto failed 'to malce mankind wi^. yj.rtu^is., or happF.- >To && ,% .-"jthjs/jcohsum'matidn so .devqutly to '^e.'^i/slied 1" 'has long been_ my endevour, and'" so long' v a? th.e.cp«^j,tiQn|O,f th.eh«man race requires amelipraiion, j, will.dp .Battle j,n its cause, toth with' ypice ,anS.pen/ while I