The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-24 00:00:00

GARDEN GATHERING OF THE B.P.G.

By invitation of the Rev. H. Everett, a large
lumber of lanai and gentlemen aseembled at the
Itet,tory on Friday afternoon t hear an addrees from
the Rs,. Corte Rir. (deputation from the society). It
was a glorious summer day, aud it will, we are sure,
be a Imittiad it was much more agreeable to listen to a
inissimary address beneath the shade of one of tie
tree in the pleasant grounds attached to Me Rectory,
then in the close and .tuffy atmosphere of one of Lh
ball, of th , town. We hope the enemas which
attended this experiment will in Inc. the Rector to
make it an annual gathering. Tan meeting opeced
with the hymn ' Thy kingd on turn., 0 L ,rd," Mies
Blanche Smith accompanying. on the hereerelemt

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The Itecron said the first thing to do was to thank
them very oinomely for their kindness in coining there
in response to the invitation be had issued, and be thought
it was alm Incumbent upon him, before he intro laced
the god missionary who had been kind enough to
come down from London to a Idress them, jaiit to
explain in one or two words why he was ighluoed to
call that meeting. They doubtless knew as well as he
did it was a very difficult thing to get together •
missionary meeting. They found more or less every-
where (for he suppowsd it was the suns) a great
difficulty In getting a meeting together, and especially
In the summer months, They were all ready to
admit the Town Hall on • summer al ternooo was not
what they might call altogether • lively place,
especially when they saw that hall full of very empty
bench.. (lieu, beer.) Well, he had heard in some
parts of England, people had been induced to take a
little interest in foreign missions by I sort of ;rudest
party, or. se ho ventured to call it, • "garden gather-
ing." He ha I hesrd it hal been succe.sful In other
pl s, and lie Coot ht ti himself be did not me at all
why be should n it try it there, and if it et.ccewded,
an I people liked it, aid if they coil get people
! together by this Mean% there was it ; rem in why .
aloud' not make it an aniniol thin,: He wee noite
! certain they would mgr. with him i saying be could
' not have bit upon • hetier d iy than this—the day on
which our gracious Queen—God bless her—seceded to
the throne—(applause)—and should they continue
thi. gathering as an annual event. he did not think
they could In better thin ideray. ix u;an the 20•11
of June. % pi.latate.) 111 hal been very tr-
tutiote, ho thought, in securiog the service. if
!qr. Hone, who had been for 12 I etc ye.. • hard-
working missionary 'nit is lioiti•h liaises. Hi was
given to understand there sirsc another xsotlettian
present who cam, from a i thee c S 'nth
Africa, aid hie tolie 44.1.41.1 h ip tti ti h .ve in-
duce I him to say a few woe le to them, bill be told
him he ha I ben 1,, Encleaid now a iii many
years, and did not like to he c Ind terel ; ssztly as a
ml at 'nary, aid hi would rather d a listener ;still
it was r tther a funny colucid one they should be
fortunate eno igh in getting xentlmen from than.
two con 'emits. He (the Recto.) we nit going to
tempt.. up to their time at all ,what they w into I, he
thought, in all lb so missionary meeting. wos
nosn who ha I hero out and ewe wh ,t the wick w.„—
a min veto i had been engagod In It himself, end who
Ii iii Cause home hi t-II th ni irtly what was
going on, and what progress Chrl-tisnity w is making
In them f osicu countrim. Nit% Fiore lx,p,iened to
he an agent of this grand 01 I ..ici tit. of which he
must any he was very foci, aril .4 ahlch he knew •
great many other. Were also focd—the S wiety for the
Propagation of the G .p-I. They kn.w in the
Church of England they were f ittnnate in haying
two grand societles—the Chu:eh Miwilonar, Society
and the S.P.G., but what always vele I him woo t
hear people speak of these two sochtin as if they
were rivals in any way. They were nit rivals—they
were sister isooletiee—(hear, hear)—and he hope I and
trusted would always go out hand in hand. (Hear,
bear.) Be believed where their agents met together
In foreign imuntries there WAS 00000 anything like
rivalry between them ; therefore let them help them
both. They were both doing a grand work, and there
was no man in E iglaad appreciated the Church
Missionary &elegy more than he did, but it so
happened from early associations, and one thing and
another, he heed found himself particalarly Identified
wit's this society, and ever since ha had hien an
ardent supporter of it. R the company a hearty
welcome, and was eepecielly pleased t m see his clerioal
friend. oresset, many of whom were warm eurporters
of the Church hti.slonary Society, (Applause.)
The gay. Con. HORS, who delivered a highly
interestieg whim., said he was glal to hear what the
rector heel said in regard to the feeling existing
between the missionary societies abroad; he could
assure them if there were any iii-tinetions between
them at bone, there w 5 oett unanimity to he met
with amongot the agent. ;;I the two groat eocieties
atonal (Hear, hear.) He di I not ;pop,ie to talk
about the general work cif the ;tied iy. f tr they could
get that from books al PaPers, hut he thought the
kind of information most valuable on occasions like
this was the information that could only be given by
the speaker himself. He cams from a colony little
ksown in Englead—Bridah Guiana. He gave • brief
geographleal dallePtilie a the cokes, it. aid

physic features, and the varied population to be
Oast with. The •peaker, who a genuine missionary,
dealt with his subject with gr.: eaue.tness and
feeling. On one ucc.ei•os he to k • numb..r ..f ho
eta leuts for a trip up ilse river, I the
iniodotiary district ot witch hi had oha g.. •
gathered a congregation together a, oue of the .it.le
chapel.. At the hack of his " Panel% " VO.r. 0i e..
thaa 300 m 11.4 of very dense If 'reel, and he count Out
help woo lering where the u invocation cense from.
'there in that out of the way spot wore represeniatirea
of ail nations if the earth—from &HOPI. Am,, Attic 6,
and Americ A. and he only wished some .4 tie people
at house, who talked about saies.ou• iii to, light,
Ilippaut way that they were accuetotned Ii io, could
have been present. They would have seen • picture,
as it Wore, of what would one day take Wee' all
through the world. Very often people did toot take
home to Unmade. the results which 1111.040 from the
work, and he asked every o intribut to the auciety's
fund. to ideality themeelvee with leery good result,
and thank God they had been portly iustrousentral in
bringing it about. 'fifty word I then, he believed, take
courage and do more for the future. He then gave an
account of the first punting of the gospel .eel in the
colony. Wtmo the Dutch settled there teen p-
acti ass with the untie.e were characterised by the same
un•cropulout and bad treatment which had att.o led
their settlement in every other plat*. Neither the
Hindoos or the negro. had the slightest knowledge of
the truth till the Eagleeh gentled there, and, t the
honour of our nation be it said, no stoner
did they settle there than they began to take
steps to instruct the poor heathen in the knowledge of
the ble..el g ispeL There we. a highly di ified
population there, thotiowle of 11ia... and Chinee
having been introit..al by the plahtsrs on •0041112'; of
the mimes. .f the hatless. At least half of the
Indians ware Chrietlaus, and such had been the
iheuence of their ceiuduct on the other., that they had
renounced the worst of their old barbarous rile,, The
two fl arrant clim a which in J.,e gone by we. go
•00111100—rilligioui murder and the " relidiotte rite" of
intOxiC•ilol.l—aad been almeit entirely reLoaeceo.
At the 14611•441 i tim• they ha I nit one siagle aide.n
who w. not • Curia ian ; 70 or ILO yea.' sgo there
wee not one. He admitted there were aus.aug these
said Cbrietiors tame of the gremseet ropes dab. oh the
face of the earth. They had bad ant g.oieiike,ae
they had at home, but he might say they 1.1 • eery
large number of Chriatiaariamong thaw husublr blacks
who would put lastly in thie country to the
Ile Was plea*. ti see the to.= toy 01 Sir 'Vhoosa.
Billowy in toe Nineteenth Century to the character of
the African Curiatiaas, thou greed feature being their
media*. to contribute toward. the .upport 01 their
own Church. They meet bear in mind U there was
one thing more than soother that was the besetting ale
of the ADJ.>. Christiana in British G.laata awl the
West Inds. generally, It was their thorough 161 /144.
H. mentioned an amusing laatance. One day be saw
• women hard at work, ea he thought, in her house,
and &hie being • very rare wourreuee, he hiked her
what was the matter, and he found out she wee short
of firewood, and was tearing up the boards of the
1140 f ; whereas if she had only walked access the road,
she could have hal sis much wood ae eh* could
hairy. She would prefer pulling up the fkor
to walking twenty pods or so. When, then' ire,
Gum people overcome their besetting em, or tried to
overcome It, In order to owlet in the eupport of their
church, they might depend upon it the E 006166 WU •
very powerful on. He gave .o intersetiug act ,tint
of his hoapitol and echoes' work, and with regard t
the latter mentioned for ten year. past the, li4Vtlfn.
meet hal given them aid towarde the educatioe of the
children. There were no lees than 36 .choole
Government assistance. They Lad ala, • training
college, at which there bad been 4 number of young
natives trained, and were now engage I in ml .4 ot try
work. Twelve years ago there wall !Alt 4•llmie.ionsr.ri
Wong and without help, awl lie ignoraut of the
language ; through Go it bleoing they had now lour
European mi..l..n.riew beehies natives, . barge slumber
of whom were of their two training. He mentioned
the Church in the colony we rapi tly becomiug self-
supporting, and la.t year the only c .1, they curie u ion
their a wiety for their misaion.rie-, echoole, training
college, &0., wee the small sum ..f £llO. There were
three °hue.. in Georgetown, bula ..y the C
Alter giving other interesting fecte in connection
with the work, the rev. gentleman c included by 'batik.
ing them for thin attention.
Toe Micros, hiving made a few rework., piloting
for more annual subscribers, thi weeting iertnin it, 1
with • hymn and the B triedicti ,n.
After the meeting, by the iu,itati of the It, ct
the ladies and gentlemen present part iok ~f fre•h-
men..