PROFI3SOR SALMONDS LBOTURIS Havo again been commenced. This winter* oourse la to consist of fifteen leoturos, •till on the Christian evidences, and the large attendance at the first of the course ■howa the interest they exoite. Mr Bright, of " Free thought " notoriety, was present on Friday evening, I suppose to get lomo new material for his attacks on " Christianity aa it is." There cer tainly is a strong under current of Soepti oism in Dunedin, and all lovors of truth 1 must be glad to find that " Free thought " ii not the ezoluaive property of one side. The unhappy divisions in the Christian camp unfortunately lay the oitadel of the Faith too open io attaok, and a very shallow sceptic can at once got followers. Professor Balmond has now the confi dence of very many of all denominations, and Church of England people, Baptists, Wesleyana, Congregationalists, even one or two Roman Catholics, wore present with the Presbyterians in their handsome ohuroh on Friday evening* to hear him. I may mention that a good report of the lectures will again be published in the " Christian Record." 1

PRBSBYTBRIAN HYMNODY. The amusing episode of the " Millar" protest at St. Andrew* Presbyterian- Church, when the new hymn-books were introduced for the first time, hut given occasion for one of the beat rhytniug satires I have soon. Doubtless your readers will havoseen it in the " Saturday Advertiser," under the title of " Tweede dum and Tweedledee." It is, I imagine, from the pen of Mr Thomas Bracken. One of the small party who applaud Mr Millars protest informed me gravely that Presbyterian ism was essentially a thing of " protest, of agitation, and of fighting, and he gloried in it." One could not help being reminded of Matthew Arnold and Philistinism. Truly there are still Philis tines in the land.
