The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

emiry Tempest a good sod conscientious man, sad no
doubt be masidered it his duty to do as be bed dom.
Eat then they had Mites to themselves, deities to their
Ratios, sad duties to their church, to perform ; and if :
their traders would earry them back into the Veil errors ,
Is remove whisk our ancestors suffered martyrdois It
was time for them to speak--(hear, hear). with
regard to abaft ion, he had no idea OM the Biel.*
arrogated to himself OH power of absolving from its. '
He thought his lordohip would have said, "If you
sincerely repent you may be absolved." Built seemed
be slummed to have even more power than the apostles
themselves poresewl, for when It. Philip baptised the
Ethiopian eunuch be i.ould not give him the ribs of
boptien before he bad upraised big faith ia Jesus
Christ. He (the speaker) meteaded that so priest bed
the power of obeolving men he.. their sins; it was •
fliViD@ power alone. Ifs moo hod power to absolve
front sin he also hod power to bind, agog what a foment
condition for them to he to if they glees to dkooto
with or offend one who had power to retain their sins?
He would rather submit to the kind and tender mercies
of his God time to any man an to the Medias of sin—(bmer.)
Such a doctrine was quite repugnant he was sure to
the feeliem of them all—(applange). The bishop also
spoke of ionfession, and that remboded him of an old
story of a poor little child, who went to the priest sod
asked him It he eenfessed, and the priest recited that
he confessed to the bishop sod paid for it, the bishop
to the cardinal, and the sentinal to the Pope. But
the re, said the child, to whom dare be maim t
To God replied UM priest And doss he pay
inqtUred the child. No, said the priest, be moraines to
God for nothing. "Theo" said the Odd, "I can go to
God myself where there is Nothing to pay, and there I
wiU go."—(tomm, bear). And said Mr. log, so will L
I will morass to no priest, and I gloomily bop* that
we shall an unite to uphold the mare doctrines of the
Church of England, and impair to the utmost of
our power anything like the errors of Rome being
brought back again into our eitareb--(lthd Melsees).
The Cnairtnos concurred in the sentiments expressed
by the last speaker, and he also must say be approached
this question with a great dela of reluctance, because he
entertained towards the Bishop of Salisbury every feel.
log of love, respect, and staimenasot personally, and he
would gladly, if be could, ham given his bAmble up.
prove! of all hi. (the Bishop's) sett Rut at the same
Mini he was bound to respect pried* judgmmt, and
this would have been the comes be should ham pursued
had it not been for the resolution which bed been sub-
mitted to theta by Mr. Tucker. He would not, he
amid not, have attempted to stretch his mental faculties
so site understood time mysteries which the Bishop pre-
tend.' to explain in his charm, and he should bays been
content with adopting the prompts, floppy Is that
I•••knas sad poverty of spirit which earofully avoids
the thorny paths of oontroverm and factions dimute,
sad contents itself with believing those things which
are within Hs own eepseity"—(bear, hear). There ms
no Circumstance which mild arise, no accident happen,
and no possible positioo in which& men could be placed,
hut what, if he searched the Bible, that bleated book,
he would And in it a precept and a guide to that which ,
was right—(mar, hear, sod loud applause). When he
bad looked at, and when be bad pondered upon, what
the Bishop had mid, he should, even then, content him-
self with the words of St. Paul, in his first epistle to the
Corinthians, iii. I 9—" For the wisdom of this world is
foolishness with God"—( hear, hear).
The resolution was then put to the meeting
and carried ononimonsly, the chairman being
authorised to sign the petition on behelf of all the
churchwardens present, viz. :—Me. J. Pope, Symonds-
bury Mr. Bryant, Hook; Mr. Tucker sod Mr.
Macey, Netherbery ; ltr. J. Pitfield, Brodpqle ;
Mr. J. Chick, Compton Valence; Mr. Read, West
Chelborough ; Mr. titonllhipton Gorge; Mr. Wallace
and Br. Henley, Lyme • ; Mr. Bishop, Melplaish ;
Mr. Bishop and Mr. Chick, Askerswell ; Mr. Marsh,
Chiloombe ; Mr. Neel, Rest Chelborough ; Mr. Burt,
Manercombe ; Mr. Andrews, Wraxall ; Mr. & Tucker
and Mr. Bonham, Allington ; Mr. Templeman and Mr.
H. N. Cox, Bridport ; Mr. Toulmin and Mr. Walbridge,
Powerstoth ; Mr. Read, Milton • Mr. Homey,
combo; Mr. Huse, Loders ; Mr. Garlsod, Walditch ;
Mr. Snell and Mr. Turner, Whitchurch Canonioorum ;
Mr. Coles, Charmouth ; Mr. Wright, Blackdown ; Mr.
Btoo4ley and Mr. Keech, Poulton, and Mr. Yates,
'toiler Poreornm. . _ _

-6;ic reminded them that they had one
other important duty to perform. and be wee save they
would very much regret it if they separated without
beadily thanking Mr. Pope for the admirable manner
in which he had presided over their meeting that day—
(cheers). He (Mr. Con) was sorry it bad been deputed
to him, the youngest churchwarden, to propces the
toast of their chairman's health ; still be would say
there was no one who entertained greater respect for
him that be did, and he felt cure they would drink
the toast with the utmost aordielity (applause).
Mr. Stone, of Shipton Gorge, seconded the motion,
and in the omens of his remarks said, he hoped that
their legion teat day would wotk for good, and that the
ministers of their ehurch might be blessed with the
meek and quiet spirit to which Mr. Pope had referred—
(applause).
The Chairman, in responding to the compliment paid
him, said he had very great gratification in returning
them his best thanks for the kind manner in which the
toast of his health had been received. If be could be
instrumental in his sphere to them or to those around
him in any possible way, it was his greatest gratifleation
and highest ambition to do so—(applause). He
nattirally felt to-day that this was an important
meeting, and that matters of vital interest to him
would be brought forward, bemuse now he WU getting
an old man, and he should very soon cease to meet his
heather wardens on occasions like the present. He had
attended these meetinp, with his old friend Kr. Perham,
for agood manv years, and when Mr. Perham last attended
one olf their meeting' he said, "This will be my last
aims aswoag you.," and thus it wee. However, by
ge4miriTM to do that white was right, he was
In the hope which was within him ot a
glorious hereafter, and be felt that he bad no cause as
a cirri...Me to regret the milestone@ be bad pained—
(load applause).
The meeting shortly after terminated,