The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-12-09 00:00:00

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MR. EDWARDS AND THE ELECTORS
OF WEYMOUTH.
Ms following 'attic ha. boos roadvod by Mr.
R. N. Howard lama Mr. Hoary lidwarda, M.P.
P. Berkeierequero, led Desember, 1884.
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Ms Soar 111, You will be deobUfte surprised at
the very ers ad ineesure of 114w11.tr1bu14044 sod I No'
" salt Ma lhavltahllN but I ere detereelnwl not
tomato m from my coartitaraw, who bare fog he
ass meaty years &ea in. soca wow 'assort end cu.
Idomos. I kayo Dover courtsd soy other roestltoenel.
sad never shall Bat le the hope end rasectation of
still hewing the honour of ropesisaties tAssa le Pa it.
moat. I latoad to odor myself fir the Melaka of the
orwaty it wide\ Welassaue is Ineorpersted, eat a'
wldatt la all probability It will be decreed tit" a n•r",
and Uwe the news Mucked to It. the " Wet zi.ith
Dletrich"--Youre (malaria's.
HUAI f 111/WALD&

BAPTIST ANNUAL TEA AND MEETING.
Tbe annual tea meshing In crioneotion with the
Baptist Chapel took plain on Wedneeday afterooott,
when about 130 eat down to an szoellent rousse. In
the 'regime • public moieties', we, held is the chapel,
wider the presideocy of the Rev. Mr. lsr•E eid, MA.
He waa supported by the Rae. Mr. Faller, • pestle-
maa of ooloor from the West lodise. and Messes.
Dennis, Fowler, sod Homphrey. This Wooden**
wee large, sod the Rev. Mr.-Foller, who delivered •
homooroori sad latereattag address,kopt his beaten
In °outlaw's's seers of laughter. Hs gave • t.lling
demulptlon of the people of room of the Al imo
Islands, and spoke from penes& knowledge of the
isooversion of some of the savages. 11. gave as
account of • klog's funeral, wises 400 men were
beheaded and their heads thrown lot° the grave, and
four young women were boiled with the corpse, and
said mob was the habit of the savages, tley went
about killing people. They believed in witchcraft,
but they knew not God. Now they bad several
Christian churches, and the king and Ilk brother were
esen In the shurch every Sunday. He bad seen his
own wife brave 900 savages, and sail when la lies
timat forth with Moir lila. la their band among thee
savages, and brought tome of them to the f
Christ, their labours were indeed not in vain. In e
chapel of 50) he mid 400 would be found De
rimed and cleaned, aod he caused won, womiecoont
by describing the appearance of some of the attires
wins they were first clothed. He also awoke ,d the
Improvemeat In their bower, end said lila own house
and his chapel, which would seat 300 people, were
Wit by himself. The people were following the
example, and were building boats* of brick.; they
bad no larignme of their own, bat now they bad the
Bible translated In a language that had never bees
before wrktes. Me tencloded by reading a loiter
from one al his young friends In &Hoe, vrritt n Is
Ilagriber, saying that the aeld was ripe for harvest, sad
they preyed God that He would help them to gather
It It. This woo • people who 40 years ago could not
read, sod knew not God. He then rings few hymn.,
fret in liselish and then in the native tongue, mum-
log hie seat amidst applause.
Mr. Dhow male • few observations, remarking
that their faith bad teen strenethene I by whet the,
bad beard that evening. lie had beard •great many
man speak, but never is his lite before had he been so
Intense 1 am he had that evening. He prop mei a
vote of thanks to Mr. Fuller for his wory elsie addres..
Mr. Rooms secooded the vote, saying that he
remembered when Mr. Fuller's lath. r came there 44
yam ogo. aod he bad Um honour of noeiviag him at
his boom. If their faith had ever been low, let it
rim sad let whet they had beard Whooloto theca to
greater wait.
Th• RIM Mr. VOLUM mikoowledgei the vote. and
the nieetleg closed with the elating of a hymn.