FREETHOUGHT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5632, 18 April 1879, Page 3

FREETHOUGHT.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW/ZEALAND TIMES. SlB/hrl am. instructed; by the / J;P.'to ; forward the enclosed for publication.—l am, &c., I ;!■ Thomas C/ Williams, j ■: Secretary to the J.P. ■TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sib, —TheJ.P. sat in Court. Mr. Inspector, go bring me Charlie. Charlie, see.what’some fellow sent;me.to-day, addressed to T.; C. Williams, Esq.; J.P., Hobson-street, Wellington; in the corner, “ A Well Wisher.” ; r “ Wellington, 17/4/79. “Dear Mr...Williams,—l am sorry that I have had) to. write to you bn such a subject but rtaly you; must stop writing to. those papers; for;as soon as there is. a bed long eneough for you at the asylum they will unyou there. ; : , r I mTiat confess I:never .read such childish rubbish in all my life. I have heard of people in old age becoming children, again, and I must say I believe you to be in second baby-hood. Take my advice’and get.out’ of ;the papers, birr, r :.d‘l am,;eto.,■ ’ r,'-> ■; : , .Pittier" of •■Totia. Family.” Charlie, X wish the fellow who sent me this had attached his name to it ; I would show him what'sort'd/rubbish the J.P. can write. Charlie, don’t you know ’ it takes a wise man to make a fool ? Why, the fellow can’t even spell his words properly.; : Nice, pretty fellow he to pity the J.P/s family, to > talk to the J.P. about .the'- asylum/ . Mr..’ Well-wisher, fall in !—attention ! r-To the right wheel ! No you don’t. To the left wheel ! No you don’t. Back wheel ! Get away, you dirty , fellow. Now, Charlie, I am going to have a very: serious korero with you/; 1 No ehafif no hymns this time. I want to go to the root of ; the matter/ : ■ /Let’s suppose a case. ; Let usi suppose that you and I are cast away /like /Robinson Crusoe' upon some desert ' island. There are grapes growing on the island. ‘We | ’manage; to; save a Bible,; hymn book, and; prayer book. Or say we have no;books. We' save a little! seed wheat as Crusoe did with other seeds, and some clothing and tools. There, /are! goats' on the island .to. give us milk and; meat. , We have each ten.children„ Your sons marry my daughters, .my. sons marry yourj daughters. You and I marry them. , There is| no Pope on the island,i no Archbishops,' noi Bishops, no Priests, no Priestly absolution, no Priestly anything. No terribly Holy Communion. You baptise my children, I baptise yours. We teach our,: children and grandchildren to fear God, . and be kind to and love one another/ ;; Honor their fathers and mothers and that kind of thing. Head to them out «£ the Bible. / Teach them their ickle “ Gentle Jesus meek a’,mild,’!:; ;To say their catechism and the Lord's Prayer, ri To pray,- that their sins may be forgiven.f»r, Jesus Christ’s sake; Occasionally we meet, and partake;'together of bread and wine in remembrance, of Christ, i When any of our- children or grandchildren are sick we pray for them, and with them. They pray. They die, we bury. them., In the .course of time wo- have buried i eay twenty;: Now would any Pope, Atobjiishop, Archdeacon, or Priest dare to tell. ypu and me that our dear children and grandchildren did not die Christians? that they could not; be saved ? Charlie, were . a Pope to tell me they, did not and could not,,- 1,..; should .say, Most Holy Father, the Pope. ;j Attention !: Who horn’d you a.most holy J ~.Wereyou not horn’d; in ,_sin like my, two little; friends Charlie and Gebrdie ? Attention l' Go get shaved. “Hush your row an’ a’.that,”; Now, Charlie, understand, me.- I don’t/for a moment wish; to say a.word.’, against our;haying Bishops, Archdeacons, Priests and Deacons, We ; must have Churches with Church.gpyernment,,,. St. Pail says, “let aU be. done in decency and order-”..- It was.gra.nd to see St. Paul’s. Church/ Thomdon, on Easter Sunday, filled from top to toe. The music .was grand, Clever little fellow, that Parker. : What Christianity wants is to oneised, unitised, simplified, purified; clear away all the dross, mist, and U%•. , Charlie,

there are two great stumbling-blocks to Christianity. The one tho doctrine as taught of everlasting punishment and everlasting fire. The other, that we are bound to believe every word in that good old book the Bible as though written by Cod Almighty. Get rid of these two stumbling-blocks, then fall in Christianity. Advance forward !—I am, &c., Thomas C. Williams, J.P.