THE REVIVAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1441, 27 September 1905, Page 2

THE REVIVAL

TO THE EDITOR Sir,—l seldom I alto rip my pen to reply V' to any letter that fails to oarry tho namo of tho writer, Ihavo a sort of contempt , for any man who makos use of auolbor man's name, calls him a liar, and yet bides up bin own identity. Such » thing -i brands him straight as a mouse, not a i man. He plays round corners Mid in tty dark, and foars-tho light, Now, sir, lam not writing bocauso 1 fear my reputation would suffer at tho hands of " Sadducee" or " Underground "; buS I bavo been asked to rnako an explanation for tho sake of tho work now going on, andin its interests I rnako the following observations, I was interviewed by a; roportor as wo lushed along in a train, and in so short a lime ono cannot go into much detail. I mado tho following statement: "Cortara young men of your town bold private prayer in a drive which was (jointed out to me ou the hillsiiiu." This statement, somehow has lod to tho misconcoptiou ■ that prayer meetings woro hold in tho mines in working houL-s, but surely you cannot ■ charge mo with untrothfuluoss because a ' reporter confuses your drives with your. mines, or fails to catch tho significauoo of tho statement that secret prayer was held, One would think, by the stir this mater has made, that praying as n '% something to bo put down, In tho WOI3U mines it is now a common thing for 'iho V ■ «'holo shifc to commit themselves to the care aud keeping of God. And wbynot? ; Perhaps tho directors nm I ...managers in Wales hate found out that fiober anc Godfearing men aro hotter workmen than those, who arc addicted to iho alcoholic habi, and no amount of argument can •disprow the fact that a straight-living,. cloaii-saulGi}, Godly man is tho best man for this world, : >v to say nothing of the world lo come;:;. . : r. In conclusion, sir, I might say I will be. most happy to tafco a :trip u'ndcrgnunJif your correspondent will .favour, up with -., the opportunity. I will l'iak thoiiro to " ■ malto his RcquauitMQOi aud for thlt mat- - / ■

liiffiSia bo happy'to maet-ojtber him |lf £<P Sftdauoee'^na platform faea to face, any' arguments they may£&s: grand vvortohat is going on in .our midst, IpVlmay sai§m indebted to a.fnend for a mkjomaM- valuable paper, or I would been onawaro ol the attack mado on lif" 610 ' . . : .JAHIS^SON.. Foresters'Hall, Newton,September26. ,