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The New Zealand Evangelist
[tractarianism on the wane]
Tractarianism is on the wane. Good men will rejoice at this. Ecclesiastical changes are not the only ones that have occurred in Christendom. Wearers of miters have died! Wearers of crowns have, lost them, at least one notable instance of this has occured, Louis Philippe, the King of the French is again an exile! grasping at more, he lost what he had. The dog and the shadow over again! His case illustrates the revealed fact of a retributive providence, “Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth”.
The whole of Europe appears to be in a disturbed state, and war is spoken of as imminent. In this state of things it is plainly our duty to pray for the preservation of peace. War is a tremendous evil, evil to both conquerors and conquered. Let us pray then, “Give peace in our time O Lord.” To those of our readers who do not read the newspapers, it will be gratifying to hear that there is a prospect of peace in our Colonial border. The formidable Heki is quiet, he has had an interview with the Governor-in-Chief, which was friendly in its character and issue. Let us hope that we “shall learn war no more.” Let all do their best to prevent causes of offence. The native inhabitants are not perfection, but they are capable of improvement; in fact, they have improved, and will improve if the right measures are adopted and persisted in.