that he would he. d d if any one of them should get in. I ask how can a man in the face of proved facts turn round and deny it. Mr. Earle rays he was simply upholding his rights and privi leges. If these wei'e his rights and privi leges, why not uphold them to the last ? But Mr. Earle sees that what he terms his “rights and privileges” the public look upon as apiece of brow-beating, and will not have it. Now, when he sees the blunders he has made, he is trying, in his usual shuffling way, by lame excuses and falsehoods combined, to take the guilt off liis'own hack, and saddle me with it. It is with reluctance that I expose the man’s actions, but I feel compelled to re fute the false accusations brought against me by him, for the sake of self-defence; and if Mr. Earle is not satisfied, I shall be most happy to meet him in the'face of a public meeting, and prove to him the truth of my statements. —I am, &c., The Offending Schoolmaster, S. Patterson Guiney.

THE STORY-TELLER.

THE DISRUPTION: A TALE OF TRYING TIMES.

CHAPTER XXl V—continued.

“Hooly, Laird, hooly. Though I’m but a puir tenant o’ yours, I lia’e some thing to mind far abune the clods o’ the valley,. And wi’ your leave, let me say, as fang as I bring my rent oot o’ the Stiffriggs mailin, I baud niysel’ accoontable to nae man for what I turn my thochts to. And it’ll neither be for tile-drainin’ nor guano that I’ll gi’e up the freedom o’ the Kirk o’ Scotland, or cease to contend against pawtronage and Eraustianism in a’ shapes and forms.” “ True, true, Ringan—perfectly true; but you ought-to use your freedom with discretion: You should take time to consider- if patronage be really such a bad thing as you call it, and if you are not kicking against a very just and salutary system.” “ Time to consider ! The only thing worth considerin’ is hoo to get soonest quat o’t. Hav’na I had its pernicious effecks every day o’ my life stinkin’ under my vera nose? and hoo can the system be Anything to me but an abomination ? Consider truly ! Troth Iha’e nae need to consider muckle aboot pawtronage.” “I understand what you mean, Ringan, but you ought not to condemn the system for one unfortunate appoint ment Our worthy friend Mr. Calm sough here was put in by patronage, as well as Dr. Snapperdudgeon.”

Haud ye there, Sir John, and alloo me to put you in mind that the parish petitioned for Mr. Calmsough, so his appointment canna properly be said to ha’e been an act o’ pawtronage; but Dr. Snapperdudgeon’s settlement was a forced ane and just a fair sample o’ the system.” “ I must beg, my friends,” interposed Mr. Calmsough,“ that you will refrain 'from personal allusions, for though I am flattered by your good opinion, I do . not wish to be complimented at the expense of my neighbour. Surely the merits of patronage may be dis cussed without special reference to individuals. For my own part, I approve of the system, because I think its general tendency is in favour of peace and good order, but I will not let my judgment be biassed by particu lar instances, either good or bad; there must be exceptions in every sys tem.”

“Spoken like yourself, Mr Calm sough,” said Sir John. “If our anti patronage, and Non-intrusion neighbors would follow your excellent example, there would, at this moment, be no danger of the venerable Church of Scotland.”

•‘Under your, favor, Laird,” said Stiffriggs, “ the venerable Kirk o’ Scot land is in nae danger. The Establish ment is in danger to be sure—the height o’ danger—but the Establish ment is no the Kirk, gude be thankit!” ‘.‘Come now, Mr. Sfimperton,” exclaimed the Laird, “You are spin ning your distinctions too fine. If the Establishment is not the Church of Scotland, pray what is or can be, the Church of Scotland ?—tell me that.”

“ I grant ye, Laird,” replied Ringan, “ that the Kirk o’ Scotland is estab lished ; but the establishment is no the Kirk. The Kirk o’ Scotland was the Kirk o’ Scotland—the national Kirk-—before it was established, it’ll be the national Kirk lang after it has ceased to be established. Tak’ ye my word for that, Sir John.” “ I’ll take no man’s word for any thing of the sort,” said Sir John; “I can conceive of no national Church but an established one; and depend on it, my good friend, there will be an end to the nationality of the Church—an end to its efficiency, it’s unity and ail that it is most valued for by the Christian people of Scotland,, the day when its connection with the State is cut asun der, if that black day should ever come.”

“ I wish it were the morn,” rejoined the farmer ; “for I’m sure the goodly tree that John Knox planted in the land will never flourish till ance it be free o’ the poisonous creepers that have twined themsel’s round its stately trunk, and crushed its sappiest branches.

“ You are poetical, Ringan,” said the Laird, in rather a jeering tone. “ Weel,” answered Ringan, “ if I be pottical its because I’m speaking the truth. There’s naething sae pottical as the truth, ye ken. The Psalms of Davit are abune a’ ither pottery, just because they’re the even down truth, every word o’them.” “So then Mr. ‘ Stimperton, your object-is not Jo reform the Establish-, ment, but to break it ujj altogether? ”

“ No, I never said that, yet Laird; but it’s because I dinna see ony chance o’ reform in’t worth the speaking o’, that 1 wish the gude old Kirk o’ Scot land to be dune wi’ the endooments, and a’ the trammels they impose on her.”

“ Well, I’ll tell you what will be the consequence if the Church ever be so infatuated as to fling up the endow ments, and shake off her state connec tion. She will become .a beast of prey in the land—a public scourge—a vam pire—an insatiable mercenary—a fo mentor of animosities—a sower of dis sention in communities and households —a den of superstition and hypocrisy —a community of dupes and knaves. The spirit of charity will depart from among us, and all the bitterness of theological strife take the place of heart-felt religion. All this I venture to predict, though I am neither a pro phet nor a son of of a prophet.” “ Time aboot is fair play, Sir fohn ; and I’ll talc’ my turn o’ predicting noo, if ye like. Here then is my set o’t: - If the Kirk o’ Scotland remain under the Erauslian bonds laid on her by the Court o’ Session—if she submit to be controlled in her ain affairs by the ceevil Government —if she surrender the veto, and bow her neck to the yoke o’ pawtronage —if she let hirelings con tinue to occupy her pulpits for a bit o’ < bread —dyvors that wad digrace the sddger trade, let abe the sanctuary —if she continues to berry puir folk for her support, and let the gentry keep un righteous possession o’ the tiends (tak’ ye that, Laird !)—then, I say, she will become a bye-word and a reproach ; her candlestick will be removed. ” “ Her fiddlestick !”

“ She will sit in darkness and desola tion —her best people will forsake her, and she will be like a dead tree cumber ing the land. But if she has the virtue to come out of her bondage and leave the flesh pots o’ Egypt, her latter days will be more glorious than the first. There’s my prophecy, Sir John ; and them that live ither ten years will see whether you or me has come nearest the truth.”

During the rhapsody, Old Gideon Montgomery sat grinding his teeth, and hardly able to control his rage; but Mr. Calmsough threw oil on the troubled waters by remarking mildly— “ It appears to me, friends, that it is an extreme view of the case to suppose either that the Church of Scotland will remain as she is, or renounce her Es tablishment privileges. Something be tween these extremes is, I think, much more likely to happen. The Legislature may probably yet concede a modifica tion of patronage, and draw a more marked line between the provinces of the ecclesiastical and civil judicatures, and thus remove the grievances most complained of; or should this not hap pen, a partial, not a general, secession from the Establishment.may take place, and thus leave the Church in peace and harmony, though for a time weakened in strength. These are my views, friends; and, so lar am I from apprehending evil from the present crisis, I anticipate that great good will come out of it, both to the Church and country at large.”

(To be continued —commenced on July 26.)

Sunday Evening Lectures.

In these days of advanced thought —when any agent in the enlightenment and instruction of the masses is hailed with satisfaction—when the education oflhepeople is looked upon as a matter of paramount importance by statesmen — it is somewhat remarkable to hear of one of the most Liberal Governments in the Southern Hemisphere stepping in to prevent the delivery of a lecture on the planetary system, simply be cause it was proposed to be delivered on a Sunday evening. Yet this is what the Ministry of New South Wales is said to have thought proper to do. It is alleged that pressure was brought to bear by the Government on the lessee of one of the theatres in the New South Wales capital to prevent Professor Proctor delivering an adver tised lecture. There was naturally great excitement caused by this action of the Government, which result was not to be wondered at. We have no wish to see introduced into these colonies anything approaching to what is termed the “ Continental Sabbath,” nor to see the sacred day robbed of one of its attributes, but we cannot hold with a Ministry that will use its in fluence to prevent the delivery on a Sunday evening of an instructive lec ture by one of the ablest astronomers. Only an ultra-Sabbatarian will object to the use of a theatre on a Sunday night for the delivery of a scientific popular lecture, and surely the “ unco guid ” people of the elder colony are quite able to distinguish between sitting in a theatre to hear an astronomical lecture, and sitting there to witness some trashy burlesque in which an extra dis play of limbs and a shower of double entendtc are the prominent features. We are quite prepared to be told that if people wish to hear scientific lectures, they should go on other nights when such are delivered, and thus avoid trenching on the Sunday. This is quite beside the question, as in large towns the Sunday evening is really the only one the masses have at their disposal, and the masses of the the present day are not of a ln’ghly evangelical cast of religious feeling, That the people wished to hear Pro fessor Proctors lecture is demonstrated by the fact that a thousand persons, djsgusted at the embargo placed upon him, went to his hotel and loudly

cheered him. The course of action followed by the New South Wales Ministry is the more unintelligible, seeing that Sir Henry Parkes is the head of that Government —one that so recently threw the whole, weight of its influence into the scale against priestly intoler ance on the education question, and did not hesitate to deprive the Church of its endowments that it might aggran dise the cause of education. Can it he that the wily Premier r s tacking to catch once more the ecclesiastical vote in view of the general elections ? We cannot believe that such is the object of the movement, nor can we believe either that the great good done both in America and England in the cause of instructing the masses by the Sunday evening lectures of many great lights of science has been overlooked by the Government of New South Wales. Men will only be ruled as they deserve to be, and when such a strong feeling is manifested on the part of a people as the population of Sydney have d:s played against their Government for the unusual step that lias been taken, there is every chance that a revulsion of feel ing will take place that will be fraught with danger to the stability of the Go vernment now in office.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 18S0.



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