MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 96, 11 August 1876, Page 2

MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY.

The violent -discussion and" striking' arguments brought to bear upon the quej. tion of the running of Sunday trains is the' Province of Taranaki, forcibly remind us of a certain class who were said fo "hate each other for the love*.of God." Although in the opinion of the God-fearing people of Taranaki, it is a desecration of the Lord's Day to run a train for the put. pose of healthy recreation, they can no harm in an interchange of epithets, which Mrs. Moriarty or her sisters « Billingsgate would pause before puttini into use. But they do not even stop there but in defiance of the dictum .of- Dj Watts, apply " their little hands " to | purpose totally at variance with what thej were originally designed for. The folio*! ing, from the "Budget," will show tin Christian feeling pervading the community and the determination of both parties.)) stick to their opinions at all hazards : Zeal in seeking signatures is character istic of the opposers of the Sunday tnuw There was even a case of a knock-dow Mow yesterday afternoon, administered a limb of the law to a physicist, j appears that?-at one place where signature were being solicited, chaff was bein banded about freely—the work " sneak occurring. One gentleman signed.fi stopping the trains. A known opponei was asked to sign. He signed the pap with the words " Devil's drive hard." T1 solicitor of signatures naturally felt ij dignant on seeing what had been don and thanking the gentleman who ha signed his name properly, turned round! the other, and with appropriate gestra called him " a sneak." Blood rose. "J! a sneak." An explanation was about! be demanded, when a well-directed ai evidently unexpected blow floored the mi of physic. He gathered up himself ai hat, and acting on the precepts taught! the Christian party, but not in that ca acted on, " went on liis way." He d not give a return blow—he showed m« anxiety to get his hat. It is carryings to extremes when blows have to be! sorted- to. There are few, however,.! admire pluck. Another case of zeal reported,- where two ministers solid and argued to.no purpose with a gent man who cared not to sign either m Then immediately afterwards came one the church officers, who also desired plead liis cause, till shut up by bnßj plainly told the gentleman would iB,

waste time and be hindered any lon® Engaged in the embitterment of feeli are representatives of the clergy, phri and the law. It only wants an army m and the cup would be full.