THE TEACHING OF THE MISSION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 2

THE TEACHING OF THE MISSION.

io mi. KDiroit. Sm,— Tt (iccuis to me that the subject in ittei of Mr Main's lett-r is of a natino that cannot bo discussed in the columns of .1 uewsp.ipei. At tin* same tune there appeir> nothing parti^ul.uly offensive to piopiicty in lefeinng to the reprint of Aichdeacm M unwell'-. letter, which appealed in your last issue, and also to Mi Tiewheellar's letter as touching the s-.uiie. Now witli legaul to Di MaunseH's letter, it is curious that Mi Tiewheellai and n y self should ,u live .it di.iniutiic.illy opposite conclusions. Up regaids the Archdeacon's, teichmg as "d-cided," while I, for my p.ut. am dm en to the conclusion tint the veneiable gentium in is smgulaily doubtful a> to Ills own position. If that were not the 'j,hc, it is difficult to see the necessity for the spin's of questions ho piopotind.s on the in lin p tints or th" Missioned t".iching; .is, for example, " Who taught liiin to do" this v "On \\h\t authority does he make ' so and-so ' ''Wheie do we lcun' that Tin; Archdeicon evidently does not assume- the eh iracter of a teacher. He cleaily iccognise.s the fact that some points of his theological training ha\e escaped liis lncmoiy, and he spi»k«, information. In tlni he s*'ts j good example. But m another aspect his ex-ample, I ri'-pi'ilfnllv submit, U bad. For this unson : Though lie hiis now no specific sphere wheiein to exercise his Aichubnconal functions, he still hold-, office in the Church,— an office, be it noted, created speciillyto assist the Bishop m maintaining discipline and oider. In view of this it h not ea>y to regard hislettei.so highly extolled by Mi Tre whellar, in any utliei light than that of a grave niegulantv. And the iiicgulauty consuls in this : That he, an ecclesiastic, on a matter purely eccle-.iastic.il, completely ignoies the existence of his supenor. For theie docs not appear in l.is l.ttei the slightest e\ idcnce tli it he has made Mi Mason's letter the subject of a representation to the Bishop, albeit tint letter is but a confirm ition of reports cm lent respecting the teaching of the Missionor. It is un possible to doubt that a piotest lodged with tlie Bishop would have received the attention de.tunded by tho appaient gravity of the cue. But even if lespmse had b^en t.udy, the Aiehdeacon's position is *till nnre indefen-üble ; because an appeal once made, tho case was no longer one with which he was competent to deal, officially 01 otheiwise. | It must be assumed, therefore, that Dr. Mannsell has acted solely "auctoiitatr hho.' This at onco leduces his denunciatory epistle to the level of a personal opinion, and it goes precisely for wh it it is wm th as Mich. Xor is its \aluo at all euli meed when wo consider that it is piacticilly a reflection upon the powers ot discrmim i tion e\erci>ed by his own Diocos-ui, the Bisliop of Lichfield, and the Patriarch of the Anglican Cominuuiui, with whoso consent and appioval, and furnished with letteis cotnuieudatory from whom, the Missioneis aie working among.st us. It is impossible to conceive th.it anybody but Aichdeacon JLiunspll, whose whole life has been h muted by v.igne shadows of " Popery "" — it H, I siv, impossible to concei\«'tint auyb idy i'lmi would be giultv of «uch folly as to suppose that the Archbishop of Canteihuiy, Bishop Mnclngan nnd Bishop Cowie aie all in league to "Rmnani-e" tho Chinch of Kngland in geneial, and this branch of it in p.u ticular. Not a bit of it. The f\ctis, Sir. that the tenchinpr meted out to Churchmen in the colony has so long been of .such .scimble scamble stuff that anything really "decided" Htaitles us by its veiy uvidness, just as it startled Churchmen at Home thii ty years ago. Is it reasonable to expect that Knglish clergymen whocomoheio to \isit us, will \ary their teaching, as the storekeepers do their prices, to suit the tunes. '■C<elum, non anmiani mutant, gui trans maroctirrunt." No, I submit, Sir, that tho splendid oneigy and strength displayed by tho Chinch to day in Kngland, is mainly owing to " decided >v teaching. In couiso of time it would revivify nnd imigoiate us here. But such results" aie not likely to be the sequel to the Mfkly efforts of men whoso chief nim nfiptmrs to bo tho rtchiovamont of a facilo notouoty, to Hay nothing of a safe income, by nn ostentation* parade of "bioad and hlxnal " mows. Let's havono moieof that soil of thing.— Yours faithfully, H \BKT.

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