TOLERATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 961, 27 November 1879, Page 2

TOLERATION.

[To the Editor of the Herald.] Sib, — The modern scriptural religion is presented to us m various phases. We have all descriptions of denominations, such as Church of England, of Rome, Congregationaliats, Baptists, Preßbyterians, Wesleyans, Christian Disciples, and Jews and others. Why m the name of the best Prophet named m the Holy Writ, has the desire of the mass of people to get to the Heaven they long for, split into divisions such as these 1 Would it not be well that each division (we cannot include the Infallible), should at any rate amalgamate for one common purpose, viz., that of giving each community a full entree to their places of worship as well as using the different forms and music and hymns, selected suitable to each occasion. Let each pastor cave m to the other, and have no narrowmindness as to whether the church or chapel is consecrated or not, any interchange places every Sunday. The Church of Rome, being a foreign one, and owing implicit allegiance to a Sovereign Pontiff, whose church government is m Italy, an inferior portion of Europe, will not allow itself to be included, because she does not hesitate to aver that her ways are those which are the royal road to Heaven, and that those who are not m communion with her are heretics and doomed to everlasting perdition. The interchange of pulpits has been tried with great advantage both m the Home country and m Victoria ; m the latter colony a better nor a wiser man than Bishop Moor house does not exist, and he has tried the interchange. The Roman Catholic Bishop there, as well as Bishop Redwood m Canterbury, are well known as being m favor of all progress, but of course their wings are clipped owing to their stringent regulations. It would be well that your readers should consider this very important subject. Much good might be done by the associated strength of all the denominations. The cause is for the common good and the welfare of all. Why should not the public take up the subject, and deal with it on its merits. I am, <&c, } Cosmopolitan.