THE GAOL CHAPLAINCY (?)

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 216, 15 June 1877, Page 9

THE GAOL CHAPLAINCY (?)

To the Editor of the New Zealand Tablet.

dinarian viewg upon this subject of Congregationalista and other very liberal Dissenters, but how a dignitary of the Church of England (who is supposed to believe in the Creeds and swear by the Thirty-nine Articles) can reconcile it to his conscience to thus dele« gate the most important functions of his ministry, I am at a loss to understand. No wonder that the rubbish talked by Mr. Bright, and the blasphemous maunderings of Walker, attract delighted audiences when those who aspire to guide the faith and practice of the people show, in the most practical manner, their disbelief in the efficacy of the systems of which they are the official exponents. Providing a chaplain of no known creed or persuasion at their joint expense, for those who need spiritual consolation most, is a proof beyond contravention that the Dunedin Ministers regard faith as a matter of no importance ; and I should like to know what their stand-point is for holding their positions, and making a very good thing out of it. — I am, &c, X. Dunedin, June 13, 1877.

Sib, — It is very interesting to observe the pleasant unanimity with which the denominations of Dunedin consent, through their ministers, to consign the pastoral care of the sick and erring of their flocks to Mr. Torrance — a gentleman dogmatically connected with no religious sect. lam not altogether surprised at the latitu-