Our Balclutha correspondent of last week wr ites: — It is said that we might as well be out of the world as out of fashion. To avoid being outof fashion, I suppose it is absolutely neces sary to have something to say about Bishop Jenner. There can be no risk in saying that, as far as this part of the province is concerned, Ritualism stands no show whatever. The only question that requires settling, is the very simple" one, "Is Bishop Jenner a Ritualist 1" If he is a Ritualist, and says he is not, then I hold Ritualism is not his worst fault ; if he says he is not a Ritualist and really is nut, then I hold he ought to sign himself " Dnnedin," with as little delay as possible. It is hardly reconcileable with Doctor J enner's high standing in the Church, to suppose he would be guilty of prostrating the sacred principles of truth for the sake of gratifying such a feeble ambition as is sug gested in the third-rate dignity of the office he aspires to. It is true that some people would prefer being king amongst beggars, than beggar amongst kings. If the ecclesias tical taste of T>r Jenner inclines to top-saw yerism in his holy calling, and if his worldly devotion to a mitre blinds him m the path of duty to a higher emblem of sanctity ; then, in God's name, let him be discovered and have done with him. On the other hand, persecution, as a sin, follows very closely upon the heels ,of hypocrisy. If Doctor Jenner is unjustly charged with hypocrisy, it behoves those who are guilty of the perse cution to make every reparation that one chriatian can expect from another.
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