The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1879.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 21, 15 January 1879, Page 2

The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1879.

_ I fc - wUl.lbj^ehJliat^Ou^^lJil^fin Vauley have evoked two letters m his defence, both or' which we mast confess are written m a very calm and temperate spirits While we neither endorse nor condemn the censure bestowed upon the reverend gentleinanVive would again : draw attention to the judgment passed upon -him; by the Ncw\£ea(.and Eoangelist, the recognised organ of the hody of which be is an Apostle. We happen to be personally acquainted with the editor of that paper— the .Jiev, Pr. iJTUAKT. of Dunediu— and we can say with safety, that while hy no meaus brilliant, the; Colony possesses no more truj hf ul, honorable, or charitable gentle* | man, or the Church to. v? laioh he belongs Ino more conscientious, or .scrupulous minister, A man after Goldsmith's heart— who has an open hand, a kind word, and a. warm heart. for every one. Our correspondent, Mr. JiKUCE, hases his estimation of what Mr-. V"a«ley is, from what Mi\ Vaulex was, hut he should reineinbfr that preachers, like public men, do not always remain m the. same chrysalis state, and that time and travel wi.rk great tiansfo.ruia* lions.- This was fully -exemplified m the career of the ex-ltev. - Chajrles Clark;, who while laboring m: hu sacred-culling at home was a model of propriety, and all that a oreauher should he, but at tlie antipodes proved the antithesis, and disgusted his c-angregatiau by bis antics m the pulpit- .Not having heard or seen Mr. Vahlicy, we( cannot say if it is the same m his case. We thoroughly respect the opinions, of the writers of the letters, as we feel that m both cases they are the outcome of honest conviction, still we must confess that, backed up as he is by the special religious organ, and a great portion of the secular Press, we think " Our-Uwn Correspondent" was not without grounds for his remarks. With the details m the contributions we leave '*Our Own " to deal.