THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND MRS BESANT.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1484, 7 January 1882, Page 4

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND MRS BESANT.

Mrs Bksant having felt aggiie\ed at some rcmatk-3 made by the .Bishop of Manchester in a speech h j i eoently delivered cleiiouiieing .seculai i!»m ■ib " bieaking down the puuty of J'juglibh family life, 1 ' asked his loidslnp to prove his assertion. In his itsply ln-» lordship remarks :—"I: — "I say adsisudly, on the authority not only of the clergy, but of laymen who mixed ainontr the woiking classes and know their thoughts, that the sanctities ot domestic life d\ c not valued by men who adopt the atheistic and secularist hypothesis. A book that has been condemned as utterly immoial in its teachings and tendency, ' The Fruits of Philosophy' — for which, I believe, with whatever intention, you ai c responsible — is still publicly sold in the streets of Manchester, and was not long ago taken by a clergyman in Burnley out of the hands ot a young unmarried female Sunday scholar, who wa3 thus taking poison into her native. In Manchester, not many months since, foi fey-seven men were apprehended by the polio", cng.iged in the most detestable pi actices, and I say distinctly and firmly that if men's faith in a God and righteousness is destroyed, and they are taught that there is no hereafter and no account to be given of their lives here, these doctrines and their natural and necessary outcome will destroy the moral health of lite at its root and make purity an impossible virtue. I feel bound to lift up my voice against these terrible issues wherever I hay c the opportunity. The spreading canker of impurity in all clashes of society, of which medical men sadly assure me, i& the one thing that alarms me for the future of England."

An excellent fodder for stock-feeding purposes may be obtained (says the Leader) by cutting lucemi, rye-grass, or prairie grass in their green state, partially winnowing them in the field, and then stacking them layer and layer with wlieaten or oaten straw and hay. An old straw stack may thus be made into valuable fodder by taking it down and rebuilding it in alternative layers with sorghum, maize,, tares similar fodder plants in their green condition,