SIR. BLYTH IN HIS BLIND ALLEY.
Sir,—l am afraid Mr. Biyth is of the class vho .do their .reading wrongbido upwards, there was not; one word in my letter dealing with the " evidences and reasons for my beliefs," or of tlio " dogmas of Christianity." My sole reference was'to " unwise agnostics or" free thinkers." Mr. Blyth- admits that ; there are such, and calls them' " scoffing, disreputable freethinkers," etc. Having admitted the fact, I think it would have been well 'if ho had stopped there. Mr. Blyth cannot possibly know what amount of thought ■ ; I have given to my religious beliefs, nor, do I I think the columns of a newspaper the proper nlaoe to give them expression. Among his other stretches of imagination he says: " Truth should be . followed even -though it leads into a blind alley." Now, how could "truth" possibly- lead anyone into a "blind alley?" The remainder of his remarks bear strong evidence of a burning desire to be thought a profound thinker and deeply'read, but "signs are not wanting that lie is still floundering in that " blind alley" and " fool , ■paradise" ho so graphically portrays.—l , jn etc., J. L". Kirkbbide. Sentinel Road, July 3. 190 "5. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12317, 8 July 1903, Page 7
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