THE REV. MR FRASER'S RESIGNATION.
(To the Editor A
Plß,— Al'ow dip space in your valnabV journal to c>m{>lim><'>t Mr Fnoer on hi* im<( penden* and uue fi h action in reep ot, t^ "hurch r fflj.s I >tterip«, art unions, and other questionable means of raisini; tabernacle* t" the wuribip und glorification of God. We denounce gambling at races, w« abhor the totalisator as an invention of the deti', we pass laws againet sweeps, and imprison Ohiueie for plasms fan-tan; and still we do' lot think it « f iy ha-tn to rai*e money witi< whioh to b'lild chu'ch^s by these re y sum means. Where ia the on*Uteucy here? Ti>i-» system of ererti' g pi cea of worship on he *' t^o to one, bir o e"pri>nipl- mu«t b rev iltine i" the eyes of G ><1 ; and I mail tai that no OhnstHn can c un'ennnce such ai uniiolj proceedi'ig. Whit uexc, I wonder P I »Upp>*e we wM be baring tha pews pu' up to auction, or our churches let for public dances and privite theatricals. If people honestly wmt church 'c, they night to pay ftf t them To'untdrilv, and not have toe money extracted from their pocke's in a manner chttMCtefi.tic of the butting tiap or tbe gambling ealoon.—l am, &0.,
CAXiXIV.
Lawrence, 26 h December, 1887.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1416, 28 December 1887, Page 3
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