SUNDAY IN SCOTLAND.
One of Professor Blackie’s stories illustrates very wellthe extraordinary strictness with which “the Sabbath” is still observed in Scotland, A young man going to church one Sunday with an old gentleman in Skye, ventured to remark, after they had walked some miles in silence, that it was “ a beautiful day.” “ Yes, indeed, young man,” answered bis companion ; “ it is a very beautiful day ; but is this a day to be talking about days ?”
The London Times declares Sydney Taiwhanga’s Maori mission to have been a decided failure, and condemns the Land Association scheme, saying that the creation of a lot of idle annuitants would certainly not remedy the evils complained of by the natives.
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Patea Mail, 18 September 1882, Page 4
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117SUNDAY IN SCOTLAND. Patea Mail, 18 September 1882, Page 4
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