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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 21, 15 January 1879, Page 2

Sir,.— -You have hitherto from tim«allowed me a little space m. your co^: luinus. {or an occasional letter on, publicmatters of a seeuJar "uatufe ; is it too. much for me to ask you, to... accord mefor once, a, similar favor m regard to an, entirely di^rtvu,^ subject?' Iv yourissue o| Jan. &%i\ ;'"•{ ioMee-^TUtfler tue. : beading '•'■ VVellingtoij. Gossip' -''^-ifiJifc " ti.que frojivyour CXw.n Correspondent oa Henry Yarley^jie Evangelist *J Jjaviug; had a Utt^e previous, personal knowledge, of Henry, Yariey •.au.d of M.is "work,. tliougU n.p,t irtditidually acqilaiuted, WitU him,, X W'n X.teU ivy, Woqd^wari^. with iudfgatiou on reading th.c" critiquereferred to— a critique who&e spirit au<4 „ lone is clwracterised^ it appears 'to me,, by tl\e^ uiost pTeiudiced.aud^iitter hostility, Sir, m repiving to." you,r corral, pundent, I cannot de^Tid td h.is-leve^ nor take any hpticfe of liis. sneeriiig all«* r sious to Mr. V^arieiy.'* *;unct4iou>. 4e?. Uyery" and 'VoleajjinqAs-uwiner," to tiip size of jiisi Uands : ..'aniiV;e«fr^; hi*.. " massive v htrad " a ll^ *' lnuftoiiV'ehop whisker," .farther than to, reiuiud your Own. that for ought he "tnowa the Apostle Paul Biiuself— 'the great con* tra.st held up b.^ your correHnpndent to stare Mr. Varley out "of countenance— may ! have ; beer^ aliiiqted i» a c . man * tier — =ui ; «y lravl* been siinilaily crititrßed'by many a inpckjng *' Your Utt" 2000. years a.go v .. j-t i.«t no. part uf lipr task to.. endoirs.e evei-ythiqg;' tuat Mrv VarJejsays; and d.oes ; indeed. -I lAay.go further, and say tUat persbijaitly i^teougly.disapprove of. same, of iiis procedure nevortheleM tUU oue tiling would I state, that dtVwg a i-eceqt visit to th^iluine country, it was u\y privilege O|k several aeea.suo.ns to heaf.deury.^Yarloy address lar^e audiences, , a«id tiiese ad-., dressen weru ch.ai*«uteristid .by a. so* lemuity a»Td irftpre"ssiveness wiiieh my lneuiory faiisi ioiuCbtcli to tUe^ittßrauee^of atiuost aiiy petoon tti kHOui I fiay* eyery Hstfti^d. w -i^aur corre-sßoiident finda. -faUlt- fcJatisfiH'Afr." VaMey-" r ' works not \yitii "ins luiuds as' x*aul did,. •am uau.in foi-^i a puumee ; the otliuc jua iiuc nor s^/iaj,.' J'Hv 11 ' x<i(.^^>-

pondent forget that Paul never enjoined this course on others, holding "that they who preach the Gospel muatjiTeof the Gospel," whilst Paul's master Himself declared that "the laborer was worthy of his hire?" Bu. perhaps- your "-correspondent is n> •? aware thac Henry Variey ioas a wprivc. frith, his hands Thais sun ecuett m the batfclie" oF iit'e— is,- iii poiiit yr fact, a .Bucifess'fui biisiut'RS yiau ; ajid 1 am .sure ?'Ybur Own" will agee with me that •were Paul hiuiselt to reappear oji the •ceneJThis. Uhnstiauiiy wuuid nojt require even your curves jjuuiieut tQ dofi. fiifr" black bi-oadd'JoUi," (.ear his " pink ©rcpnation " i'rpw its buttou-hole, or to -array himself iv sheepskin or goacikin bauiiiuient*, however us mi umiir Other circumstances tiia. pri.niive style Of aitiieuiay have ut-en. j.' '■>'»"■' cunespondent ggi-s ou io saj — * 1 \\a»u to see of our race ttasiiod ami fcotafprted. I want 10 tee Hie Pariahs of_<>ur..civilisation~rtthn:ii is rotten to jtfl very^coiv— hare anoliier and a fairer chance." ? 4- ? hese words have bet-n wriLtftt of coursp on the pr.-sump ion that Mr. Varleyriu his work amis at no such result. Poes your correspondent ever i 3?ead anyof the Alelbourne newspapers ? Is he piitirely ignorant of the fact thai '*! fh|» Yarley " (as he coiiteinpiuously him) iv his n.»bie endeavors to reclaim the Ma^dalens "of our race," and. by reaspjj of his fearless denunciation* of tba social evil and its abettors* (even pointing tjie.ui out by name, .'•^brought down on hjs own head a slorni of the fiercest hostility m Tasmania, and I be.lie.ye to a Ksser extpnt it} Aus- . traliaj' And dpes your puiresppndeni -pot; see that by t)m course of action _ Mr". Varley, ljkp other refonners^-such ' ;^or instance as Huuspll — pf necessjiy • threw his personal property, and perjiaps even -hw personal safety, into the etitle^ and, risked the l>.>ss of all 9 In ..the. face pf j-hqse fq.t-ts, hwever injich "fre may disapi>roye of some pf tiie ac-tion's-of" this man, will your correspondent, not join with me ii) conics^in^ •bursiflveir the' reriest *' featheivbeds " when conrpared to such 4 ilou^hty and ■^well-tried soldier of the Cross? In - .conclusion, Sir, and to speak si piously, Jet me earnestly recommend your correspondent, and all those who like liioi jnay feel inclined to reyjle Henry Yar)ey, to pause. They tread on dangerous ground. It may be that tins is alter jul a messenger o I Him who has said — ; 't.Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets uq harm," — I am, &c. t Geq. J. Bbtjce.