MR WILL'S MISSION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 785, 23 June 1864, Page 6

MR WILL'S MISSION.

{To the Editor of the Daily Times.)

Sir —There seams a very decided difference of opinion regarding Mr Will's qualifications for fulfilling (he mission on winch, tie has been sent to Scotland. What the grounds of scepticism on the part of Bfr Will's opponents are. we are not aware ; but if, as we understand, MrWill has been instructed tv choose the best men he can indiscriminately from the Free and UP. bodi?3, we leave theU.P. ami the liberal Free Church men of Otago to say, after perusing the following statement of faet3, which we bet? of you to give insertion io, whether or not, fair phiy be oue of Mr Will's qualifications: - A probationer of the U. P. Church, with whom I am well acquainted, called upon Mr Will, and intimate;! his willingness to proceed to Otrtgo, should Mr Will consider him a suitable person. Having referred Mr Will to certain gentlemen, ■ among whom were Free Ohureh Professors, the probationer left Mr Will, informing him that he would communicate with him in a day or two. Without so much as troubling himself by calling upon any of the gentlemen to whom he had been referred, Mr Will wrote the probationer to the etieut that —" All things considered, I do not see my way to hold out any hope that I may send you to Otago at present. You will be much better of some more experience and application to study." We trust our friend was truly grateful for such gratuitous advice. Paternal Mr Will! Now, it could not be that ¥r Will detected heresy ia this young man, for we know him to he thoroughly sound in doctrine; nor could it be that he displayed any degree of ignorance in his short interview, for we believe him to be possessed of as much general information as, in all probability, Mr Will himself. He is about twenty-six years of age, and has been ecgaged in evangelical work for some years, and accordingly is by no means devoid of experience, although perhaps, not possessing- as much as sage Mr Will. Why then was that candidate rejected so summarily ? We think we know the reason. 'Tis because he is a licentiate of the U. P. Church. Can Mr Will's most strenuous supporters defend such glaring injustice. I am, &c., U. P.