MORE DISCORD!

Temuka Leader, Issue 1994, 14 January 1890, Page 2

MORE DISCORD!

ro THE EDITOR. T e S '"C M T ■' Thi, time from w ?° uc “omupondant might; ha,ve gi ve n the full name for which the "W" stands, seeing tTat he was in possession of my name and description ,* but since he prefers to remain wicog (?) I aha ll school myself to M im f 3 , 3llCh - ■ ln yOUr abl « leader on the Hospital question a week aa 0 you gave it as your opinion that a certain writer must have had a doctor at his elbow think k,^P enned ® certain article, and, I think, there must have been a minister not very far from H.P.W.’s elbow when he wrote that letter. I fi nd it ha believe that it is not a certain rev. <y e ntl«S® a 1 aa }, d A a l' H g With all the time However, Mr W., 1 shall try to stick S m an t Jf re f“ BUoh - , l thinK aa bat tenng a man of straw with urgumenta, I think

H.P.W.'s action is a case in point. His letter is certainly not a criticism of anything I wrote. I must say that I don't know what "A Tt Deum for Union" would be. 1 know what union is,, but I did not mention union in my letter at all. , And I may say that I don't desire union with the Church of England on any terms. The upbringing; of the Episcopalians is essentially different from that of the Presbyterians, and as their services would not satisfy us, ho neither would our services satisfy them. But, though H.P.W. does not think so, we can " Brithers be for a' that." There is a wide difference between brotherhood and union, and H. P.W. has much to learn if he doesn't appreciate it. Let him take a stroll round the garden and orchard of his reverend host. He will there see the stately apple tree side by side with, say, the insignificant-lookingand rather prickly raspberry bush. These trees are very unlike in foliage, stem, and nature generally. But the same kind Mother Earth nourishes,and the same great, warm, genial old Sun pours his impartial beams upon, and the same gardener, no doubt, tends and prunes them both. la my meaning plain to you, sir ? I think so. in the garden of the Lord there is room for a large variety. The Episcopalian apple tree puts forth gorgeous blossom,

while the plain and perhaps univiting Presbyterian raspberry makes but a small disphy. But what about the fruit ? I don't think much of the minister that refused in such a churlish nay, neither do I think much of the advice about tho mantle, etc., etc. The action of H.P.W, in basing an argument upon the conduct of that minister is like the man who would refuse to eat ribstone pippins because crabs are sour. Nothing "but rasps for H.P.W. ! He can see no good in the

I pr sant because the past was dark and intolerant. Wake up, Rip Van Winkle 1 Open J" 1 " 1, eyes, mm I It is the year of grace 1890, a»d Claver 3 and Dalziel are rotting m their graves; and, unless you are their representative, their deeds have perished with them. With these errata 1 close, and nothing that my bigoted triends can concoct shall

tempt me to trouble you on this subject again ; ]. In my first letter omit “ hale” from ffiy quotation from Burns. 2. In H.P.W.’s letter read Strafford for Stratford. Yours, etc., James Aitken,