The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-12 00:00:00

WESLEYAN HONE MISSION.

Sermons were preached at the Wesleyan Chapel.
Maldenstreet, on Sunday. by the Rev. W. Andrew, cod.
on Monday evening the annual meeting was held in the
chapel, but the attendance was small. Mr. Bile occupied
the chair, and was sappost id by the Rev. W. Andras,.
and the BAIT. J. S. Simon (dsputstion)• The meeting
having born opened in the usual way.
This Ciellnlea said he remembered felting the chair
at • similar occasion two year, ago. When Mr. Andrews
asked him to lake the chair that e,esing he at drat
healtsted, anti he thought people would may be would do
for ,he Foreign Missions that which ho would not do for
this Home Missions, and that decid-ul him. Now he did
take • eery great interest in the Foreign Miasiuna, and,
although be did not say it o praise bitoelif, he worked
bard for it. He also felt • very groat intersit in Home
Mission. But he worked 0 the prociple that if ear.
thing was worth doing at all it was worth doing well, and
he would like to as. someone t okang 'be matter up
warmly, and doing it well. 030 bunir-d and twelve
voted& had been sureseribed to Porticos Mioska• but he
dii not know that there had been • tingle suberription to
the Horne Illi.loa Foot at should be barer to
subscribe to the fund if anyone would take the oaks of
seeretare. (Applegias)
The Rev. w. ANDairws thee reed the report, which
showed the prom income of lobe society for WU •es
Os 7J. Tee espesditsre during Mae sem period
was MAN le 10d., so this there was • dedriwg ol

AM go. IL The sohocriptions, eV... from Me Weyinoutit
Braoch amounted to ramie more then AU. Upon the
ouncludes .4 the rep .1.1. tar. ileoireere made ma appeal to
thew, present to hood their Hipp .rt to • Imer•lng fe.,1999.
T. Rey. I. H. Small. the depute{ on, t mon edire•oed
th• meeting. He was very piee..•4 there 'hat eight.
bail,, POI hailer whether he eeight not to •Fo'n4lit• toy
lb. absence a the R9V lb. Hood. but the lett .r was
Priotren.ed from commit in cormairocie of his ...k in
monneetion with the forthci.allit Andlnellied Council in
America, and could not lea,. L Dago. The Coalman
bad spoken of his lime for Foreign Weston'. Ile (the
simmker) also romembered when he lahnured in Wrest
tmt Vita was so throarthout the circu t, and he lied a
vivid r.ooll,ction f mittiu•i u.ablinill and •plemlid
liberality. He iensemb ral .he A lit that Meth ahem
owed to the count, e D 'met in ointlibuting It, quote of
great men lot. rolgrio,l• moment* of poet days. They
own all familiar with the fact that the Wesley' were
D,reat people. The gran Mother f John Wesley rood to
work near the spot where that chapel stoat. D irset had
furnished the() .ngremollonalists with John Anvil. James,
I .4 Blandfor I. who formed the Evangelical Athena and
toe 00iiiirenntiona1 Un.oll. anti at the last Wioileyea
Wafers...cis Shalt sl,u y gays them an excellent chair Ban
In Charles Garrett. fib hid born struck with the remarks
able way In which D rat peiple found their way to
L.n los. and. uncross% other oircurnstmeea, the rer.
g Dilemma mid that on •isitiog Monster perk Ciepel he
found that the nucleus of the church was formed by •
. head pi at ...swim who had wig:aged from Portland.
The ....unit of me gentlemen's address referred to the
work of be society in our large town&
The meeting clued with the nou4 rotes c 4 thanks.