The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-08 00:00:00

IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS.

On Sunday last three sennens nen presekei In en
Mary's Chun* In aid pf the feeds et lie Ma aline&
Miesdass. Thoes In the moraine me etenine by sr, Mac
H. Townsend, M.A., easodailen warelery. sad that In the
aftersoot by the Rev. J. 1111sOri, Genie of M. Mazes.
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Vle&—(s; —Aeants. the
deputkcy trove the went eectety. the Rey. J.
Mulles; Rev. J. leaser, end Maar 13n04t

Tie Cuarnitax maid wpm Major Score to read the
report, width showed that the &WM Is &Sag • pest
wart ire Hamm Osthells to IMend, &OA that by
sod Scripture reatilmlthe pore
tnror God wes=disesselaated f sad hi spite
la.ch risPosSien by Sanaa Clathell, rho soda or
the Weymouth branch were not so large this year as lath
bias LI short
The people of Weymouth sniecribed hiadeemely to the
various societies, whit* were from Um* to time hewed
before their satire; but they most remember that aid was
ascremsry to tarry as • great work of this hied. There
Imre three mmt societies in Ireland, namely, "the Irish
Elariplunt Raiders' Society,' "lb. Irish March Sodom to
Raman Chtlielies," arid 'the Irish Cburrh Wos
fleciltie width Imam they were relied together to aid
that evening. (aroptanee).

The Rey. J. OLLINS thin addressed the meetlam Hs
supposed they had all amembled that evening with learns
f a of sympathy for the Irish Church litiseloaa TIM
moiety ea la is •om•iblas to Mir *ism Kt Is •
ectivitr, with regard to tarrying the truth to the
of Room (Wham It Mosul up for the &Mean bedlam
beetwathed to us by the Martyrs of Jesus, for the r
of Jona Christ It was for these to see Mat the
that woo lighted at the Heformatka WM seat forth La its
purity—an mapallied Ottriatianity—ea ems BMW le every
t ewerlls). They were asked A not M to hole
or= great mask and help to aid their Irish brethren,
who wen all usder the British deg, and under our
gracious qusep. In marlusion the rev. gentlemea=
ell the boxes would be taken hit QM •
Usinlms4

The Drotrunon confeseed that be bed NM taken ols
the came of the Irish °bunk lemisma. About • year
ago he was appointed mats of a porta eight miles out of
Dublin, when be was breeglit 1210 atria nentint with Um
Priest and the peel*, with whom be bad geed dealings.
H. wimesead teetering to them era the *MU sod
Gospel forth. week, whim they eould very well nodes,
stand the result being that some who came to hear him
had left the Church of Row.; but an the other hand some
of the New Testemente received by the people were
dertroyed by order of the Priest. Ilse speaker than
alluded to Us Progress et the Nhalos In the city of
Dublin, whirs boa cases were formed for dim:mice, and
where good results bad meal/Med tbeenselves. It way
not an unfrepoent Naiad when metals truths were discussed
to bear one saying "Why don't you mit him is this the tanthr
Thus an interest was aroused, and by such n
many were brought to know the teethed Goes Hoirrea
He spoke el the fearf al opposition of ten encountered
from the priests, end the open hostility to Prot...teatime
in any form, where there tram no protection of life or
and when Protestanta Heed in terror of their
wen • rev. gentleman's remarks •r•re listened to
with deep interest by the large assembly.
The Rev. Tatrar Gwen dwelt at length on the per-
secutions of the Church, wine the very foundations of
their owe parish church wer• laid In times of blood and,
Ilk. the Irith Church, It had passed through many trials
for the trutia's sake ; but in the spirit of prayer the
Church of Christ would be sure to overcome all edited-
tie. Let them not be cast dove because that Roman
Catholics were pretending to steal in as the merge of
Nantes Viseyard Ho thought there was great mate
for thankfulness when they heard what was being done
to Indeed by the Irish Munk Weston& It wee also
very gratiftiag to hear that., though the past year had
been one of greet commercial depreetion, yet the subsorip-
floes had not fallen off. This clearly Mended to the
istereet taken in the work of the Lord Tile depression
might have been sent to cheek thetr inkewernuteer, and
to teach them "in times of prosperity to consider ad-
versity."
After other remarks the doxology was swam end the
benediction closed the melba&