Original Correspondence.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 95, 4 May 1876, Page 5

Original Correspondence.

TOKOMAIRIRO PRESBYTERIAN pHURCIf 1 •TO THE .EDITOR. . ■ Str,— Will you kindly ..oblige, by sparing * y smalt space in the Leader fona oij" two;^ .regarding some statements made by' ••* A.Pr^by?.^ tet'ian,'' iv a letter to the'" Bruce Herald .bfTthe j 18th ijlb., a out the Rev. Mr Chishom ancl s6nie ■: of his. Kirk Session. In that letter he says that-! the sermon 7 preached by Mr ; .Chisholm ' on. tlie previous' Sabbath was the best sermon iie'ovekv* preached, and which he (the writer), would very *j much like to seo'in'typo,* and; circulated- 'largely^ 'throughout the leugth and breadbh of'.tholhuid.-; Could yon 'believe;, air, that af ber such ; {v'lugh^ euloa;iuin on a sermon, ,tho writer would inform?, the public bhat 'that, y'cry ; sernion' wis.unmhtg takeably preached most vigorously athisfirsb^ letter, and thatdie, himself, .was. treated likq a*i| Jshmael or religious Bohemian of modern tiiii3S.|| He seems .very serious about theTniatter,- 'in^t" refers to a higher judge than man for a Meci^ioni on his motives. I wonder that he sho\il}l uttt-r WJ single complaint regarding the direction of' ihifcj sermon. Why, sir, consider the A position idfit| man, for whoso benefit alone -the best isdi-jivm ■'& minister .ever, preached, vWas dqlivei-ed.f JgYhufe humble aer yaht- never attained the . high ."posmli^ of having a sermon , preached, for.his.h,enefit ( -e^ clnsivoly. ' It is a pity, however^ that .he' !s_i|£|a ployed the term , ecau3^ei"'U^a inistakeably.it is a niistake jonhis part, to 'suppoifjl thab Mr Chisholm, iii hir&ermonj referred' eicii^M to him or'liis. lebtei-j or. personally -to fl'i*^'oii'e;£j^H any p'arb of Ttne sermon ' applied l'^to dum^-feareM sure that, whether -he . 7-it dKbdfcf -i.^llß unintentionally so on the part : of;3 Mr jQfafehollijjM He seems to think in-tlio lnfitter; (Qf-^iaidx^^^B God andmani.hkpefhaps-waikfl'aa t pQrfeo^ly^M most folksy yet; he has npver ffi-thc i "oj^t.,np»' Y^pß ho expect in thef utjiria .tp ''•b^»7"^k'e t 4.'^QJi^*^m \ extremely narrow ai.nd . c^e //-~-"li| "" unepguid "i 'of fhias^^fdf*^i^ac^raine -^i^^| ,opmi(*i\s of ;the, initust'er aiid some p^g wßß bkmemore th^an name; anlle'tH^^^^ 'an#tmol"it^ Veepiii'th.e^ba^^ T^it^'disetfy^ !- ; Mkj«'eii^ ;gui9,^" not even himself." AyWiioAS'\!A4fii'^^^