SYDENY. UNKNOW

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 262, 9 May 1888, Page 5

SYDENY. UNKNOW

} ii- 1,.».' )-\u;\, in hi*- ictonli \ i.-ilaLion <hai"e „< >M Audit, w ( athedi.d laid lal ■>! i e-s upv.n the rauea-e or Sunday i!(-u',!!iuii in Sm'ui'n. Ho stahd th.ili Smui.M >i'M v i » <\ul'o, whuh \\a»ot gloat ini])i)- 1, uirc to the moial .mil .-octa! sse'taie ot Uiihi.MHiN, and "i tlu- most \itul con^c|iu in o t > l!i«. -piutual hie ot the people, \» a- lv in.; muLt mined in S\diU'\. W lule poiiitin^ out. lliat tiic clement of bin k! n i)l)-L)'\anco ua-- to bi v main tamed by vjnutual iniiuenee alone, and th.it Hie law ot (he 1 . 11 1 \ < 1 ( u'd in t iiclp ii it it >\cnt !)e\ond tin ot public opinion, he -^aid tl>at \i<ii'ious action was iciiuhlml to i unedv -onir ii) the I'M^tmu t\il^. Thoe \\a^ an e\ee>^.i\e amount, ot Sunday tunolliM«_ r , and too niiii'li di-poMtuui on the pail tit the uimij; }M>ople to Micutico the lcli^iout, contention ot hmnda) to lwoioaniu^oincnt, -einefime-- ot a demoiali>in^ kind, ib \i,i> ,ilmi a ia,tttei of no'.oiiet's tliat tho Sunday elo-'in^ Kn\o-\\eie ila^iantly c\adcd, and tli.il nip h Sunday duinkenness \\ot, ilie ie-ult. : and mobt --l^miieanb and most unpietedented ot all Mas the needles pl\in<i ot tiade and the opening of all lilacer- ot anuu^enieiit I ) an extent not tolerated in any oilier colony or in I'li^laiul It should lie the aim of the » Ici to .md niemiiei.N ol the t'lmrch to ell, ice all this; to bi ing homo to all, not ineioi\ in the way of teaching, but in living icalit^, f he true hphitnal st!H'lU\ of tht. Sabbath; lo claim for humanity tin- piecious bvwn ot weekly rest. and to dtlend it agaiiibl all .sclh.sh demands ; to dwouiaue the inoidinatc love oi aunis( nients and all needless labour ; to .set Ihetr tact- against, fhe eveesshc and in(feaMiig piactKc of tia\ ollinti on the Lord's i )ay ; t,o uisi-t upon tho observance of the S\n.d.\\ i losing laws; and to agitate for llecktt ingot thtatie- altogether on Sunday. \\ it.h legal d to the latter point, lie stated that (he (knruimeut. had done precisely le oppos-ito oi n hat was asked about 12 months ago, when fieelhonght Uctuits weie .singled t.ut toi ho.stilo tieatment, whereas a piotest wab entered about all kinds oi unnecessary Sunday trading;.