The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-09-13 00:00:00

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1 30CIETIES FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN
KNOWL EDGE. AND FOR THE PRO-
PAGATI ON OF TBEGOSPIEL IN FOREIGN
PARTS.

416 °ma .vinverf services sad
memtipP. in cionnectiat aid' Go, above
moieties. zed held on Tharsday last,
84,1"07. MI Morning Sinks at the at
thber b
the Aatterbishopelieveaja ellac ork.k. The----
would perk the
seam as, iselaciedl.a very large asm bar el bath
der gy sod laity to be present. Theforraer mee in
the gasper HOOllO of the eatkiedrel, sod having pee.
ce the war door of the cathedral, derted
fouroresional Psalm—" lag God
(1 11'6114, to a Gregortgo• fr. taifinsarabar;
I sear Hook. the Andthisbop of York, - Bishop—.
e f Osford, and =.Bl B"bur
aided by their le, followiag,
asegy ring takeallmir seats at the seat sod of
the nave. the regular. Morning Service esagereed.
Tie Barrios was choral throughout, sod was se
fetlows : Precise and responses, Tithe; Veal*
Macfarrea, No. 10; Psalms, Oahe, No. 62 're
Deem rd ./athlete, Wabnisley in Y. The following
portior of the " Messiah" were snag se an anthem:
--chorse—(Prialin Isviii. 11.)—" The Lord gays
the Word;" treble (Rom. x., 15)—" How beauti-
ful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel;"
nemi-ethorin—( Psalm six. 4)—" Their sound is gone
ant into all lands," &a —chorus— (Rev. xi:. 6)—
" Hallebijah I for the Lard God Omnipotent reigned' ."
(Rev. 11. l5)—" The kiagdoens of this world," to.
(Rev. oz. 16)—" Kiag of Kings and Lord of
Lords." The arbors was very beautifully meg,
especially the Hallelujah chorus. Communion
Leervies—flonetus and Kyrie—Banner ; Creed,
Redhead. Hyena before sermon, "Th. strain up-
raise," No. 102 Salisbury Hymn Book, Troyte. The
regular cathedral choir were misted by several
gentlemen and ladies, the voices of the latter
sounding very sweetly is the treble portion of the
anthem.
The archbishop took for his text the 14th verse
of the Ist chapter of 84. Jek.. —" The word was
made Bash and dwelt among as, and we beheld His
glory." He said they wen meet together to assist in ,
promoting the object' of two smeller sod well.
approved soasties. The principles they advocated
were so pre sad holy that be Deed hardly do more
than mention them to obtain help as their behalf.
It was sallarel on sea an occasion to noels the pro.
gram they had made, the hindrances they had met
witb,and the general state in which try found them-
naives pared. The days of peneestion had happily
fraway; bat the prrset was a searching time.
it
itan age of criticism. Mee seemed to be
getting diseatiefied with the old paths, and were
asking for something new. Some even went so for
as to say that the Gomel maid_ have been fitted fer
ages past, but that we must look for wee sourer a
wisdom; bet he would remind the. that the rod
of the Gospel sown into the soil of mat's hearts
was the mato, or rather that the soil Deeded as meth
the sowing of good seed as ever. The seed whew
ever faithfully sown and cordially received pre.
dead the same glorious offers. His lordship then
point what would most effectually oas.
Er tel to e
support of the Christian in his belief, and
to eireagthen kis faith, bad dated his oonviatioe
that the ortensplation of the holiness of Christ
would greatly *induce to thatobjed TbsCharchhad
never expressed the least doubt respecting the com-
plete Sather* and holm* of her Lord mid Master.
The whole minion of Christ was to bring moan back
to his God; to opus op the way of life to him ; and
Christ did the will of His 'tether, by teaching them
by His holy life how they might be again nerved
into favor with God. He was ad merely seat to
one portion of the homes race, bat to the whole
family of rd. He was the preacher of
pesosromich by His provable life as by
idoetrfarie of pesos. If the teacher does
not stoma the test, how cash. expect His work to
stand • mid Christ from tbe nature of His work was
required to show • spoil* example of humility and
love. His °midget as earth was narrowly watched;
Hie friends rid disciples bearing this testimony
that He wee holy, beguiled undefiled, sad separate
from miasma • iirdiffereat *sous snob as
Pilate, a on;e1 bard-hearted roan, who washed
his dada, sod said he wee innocent of His
blood, called flies" jar man;" and his wife who
implored him, through being wrought upoa
by the Odra*, the night, "got to have anything
to do with Not just man," bore their testimony to
the muse eject; sad even His remise—the
anemias, the thief an the crone, and His betrayer,
Jura lesarlot, aU add their testimasy to the same
aid He was the first hero who appeared on earth,
not required by His humility. There was no
L narrowness in His teachings. His was the oely
-character where every virtue those forth, and the
principle of sue wee wasting. We therefore say to
you, here is a perfect example for you to follow
yourselves and bring before year hearers, and by
clinging dose to the OMNI of Christ, by following the
example of the Saviour, you will be beet able to rise
above thee spirit an prevalent in the promet day, to
which allusion has her made. Tbe power which
Christ's sinless exempts had exercised on mankind
was then dwelt epos by his lordship. It has caused
men to know the evil of la, and to desire to attain
unto holiness. With the empties of a few pro-
phecies relating to Christ, we do not find soy notice
in Scripture of • Saler man. Had sin been ooe of
aroninatemos, or even temptation only, the words of
Christ would have dispelled it; but as the shadows .
are deepest where the sin's light is strongest, so the
of the Redrew on earth only brought forth
fringrelr contrast te Ws holy character the deep Ou-
tdo* of the heats& heed After showing the mid
rata of those who were now oppoedg the truth, the
right rev, padre said be considered the state of
those who remeined halting between two opialses,
who wailed to see the sod of the present contra
venire, as even more md, became whilst they were
waiting the day of green was fast poring away. He
then showed bow the ortempleliai of arises
aware: was oalailated to etreogtheo Christians,
and especially his rev. brethrea their faith and in
their work. If truly Christ's, nothing weld tate
from them the oopecionatess that Christ was theirs.
Mid these times of odtroversy the sincere Christer
would ohms oontemplete his Sevioer's holy character,
and this would strengthen and support him In his
belief. es AM he would not be moved to doubting or
solielisE His lordship coocluded his esaineutly
preatieal dimming by commending to the liberal
aristencie of the ecogregatiou to the two moieties on
whose behalf they had met together. A collodion
-wee made at the door. The bishops and clew then
partook of the Holy Communioa, the alms daring
the reading of the sftertcry men** being devoted
/or the same
At five o'="e•fhirvioe was again held at the
dihedral, the musical portions el which were as
follows —Peaces and responses, Tills; Psalms,
Croft in B minor, and Relenty_ In D major;
Idifillollli and Nuns DillltittiN Wahnisley in D;
anthem, hf endoblast ; deett—tenor sad bees.
2 Corinthians v., 20, "Now we are embroiders
in the name of Christ, sod God beseeches you by
us;" chorus, Isaiah hii., 7, "How lovely are the
mersogers that preach us the gospel of pesos t To
all the satire ismer forth the sound of their words,
throughout all the lends their glad tidings."
1111 MIMIC gUile

was held In the Couseil Chamber (by MEd permission
of His Worshipful the Meyer). It sominemed shortly
miter half-prt dr, sad was very luUy attracted. every
available space being moored. several parties, bosh
bidiee and gentrasses, being obliged to steed at Om
door. The chair was takes by the Lord Bishop of
Salisbury, who canneseced the meeting with prayer,
after which his lordship said: My CltAirse brethren,
you are all aware of the object which ha. called
together this smaing—to promote the interests of roes
two exesibent ses is eireedion with the (hone
of England—The Sired for the Propagation of the
Gospel, and the Society fee Promoting Ckristian
Knowledge. He believed there was nothing very now
to state memoir, Ur opeestiose of Mese eocietir
The ram appeal mead have to be mods, though
probably backed by fresh arguments. There were
manifold opperneldes opening op to them for doing
good, but there was • md kek both of men and mans.
After some further remarks os the ettoosragetneate sad
dilleulties they had to meet with, the rev, prelate celled
upon the hemmer of the sr osiation to read the
financial statesseuL
Mr. Swim then read the report, from whir it
appeared that the blue.. subeoribsd during the row
In the Salishery district we. £3,153 15a. ed., exeerding
Illtat of last year by 8318 14s. This riliketed resale
was mainly to be ascribed to the formation of paroshiel
essociatiess whir were organised in 1813; cooly two
parishes at that time contnlating is this way to the
fonds of the moisty, whilst at tbe prreat time there
were 2.50. Then ooly £.lBB was colleeted, new over
0,000. (Bear. Marl By this mere dowsed; who
previously knew lecithin or the walaatal overtime had
of contributing their share to its fends.
S'As"CrtfjraEligiliDd WU now engaged in awork hardly
heard of "Imes Apostolic Oar, hat even now the groat
body of the people had not then to the height of their
obligatioes. The report dosed by erring on all to
renewed escrtiena, end exprissione of thankfulness to
Gad for the mosso attained.
The A 10113115101 of Tort, who, en tieing, was
loudly cheered, expressed the dears pleasure he felt
in. aerating to ferwood the
the
work of Christi/is
of the
MUSICOL Ttto Ektoien, foe
prii.MestAalmicoom
Gospel ems net, however,
society. Its chief objeet wee to fu the .5001 01
gram to then of our erstryesem who had left their
native lead and la for distant countries were peek* to
pre • livelihood. I t sedeavoared vanplime the world.
ZlJelititll:ale:re4thei.lyie bearCitietst 17:18IftioneVg
"01h wee the gist object sought to be
risked, t wee not all. It eediammed to promote self-
help among the 'harsher established in the ookair and
the effects of it. plaa of operations had bees that several
*butcher fret formed by this society were now able see
rally to support themeslorbst to seed out miniature
to the beathes around the... Let it not, however, be
supposed that beanies we was the ere, the work el
the t7hareh at here woo nearly dom. Fur from it, for
he might traly say that for cari salesion station able to do
without help, rem and fear arrg up in its plaint
Bis Grasp then alluded 10 the various ozonise pat forth
for ant smieti.g to soma the Gavel, and this retorted
to the fee of pereskial societies, which be was
ina4•4 wee tie roil fray flOnwedisall7
sod poiolimily to aid lb. now We sot

hope to make oar mach out of our little.. The nest
peat he wished to dwell upon was the feet that there
laver bad been amer. favourable tinie for the spread of
the Gospel than the preout, and for this oleos that
the old forms of pagan religioa appeared to bodying out
Tbie wee Proved in the one al the Ideurejah
Dloileep Sing, now reeldieg a thie country. It was not
the &reactants employed by ministers and othen who
conversed with hies that caused him to embraos the
Christian religion, but beaus he foiled that the religion
be had been brought up is was entirely ruusited for the
age in sista he lived. ARA the rano remark applied
equally to China. There less no subeential opposition
made to the spread of the Gospel there, and eves the
obeli who adopted • kiad of half rot and half wrest
form of thrietianity proved this to he the one. If
therefore the Gospel failed Is its operations, it moat be
by the mons seed, or the agents employed. His Grace
then ferred to a circular issued by the arebbiehope
and bishops of the various diocese., which he said was
exciting considerable 'Mocha, aed which called to re-
newed exertion in the missionary work ; eed than pro-
ceeded to show that it was 114 much the duty of the
Christian at the motet day to diffuse the principles of
his religion aria as it mein the times of the Apostles.
If they had adopted the arguments used by some is our
day, and had remained in Galilee among their owe
pee*, in what state shoold we have been? If we wish
to show we prise the knowledgia of Christialty co me-
mo we must put aside all prudential moons, and work
because it is our duty, leateteg the result to Gad. !fis-
sions in connection with the Church ot Seglesid were
quite • modern week, but so body had been more
energetic sine, they ecameiseed the wool; yet even
now, though money sod men were wanted everywhere,
whet wait chiedy required we& Inivioaary epirit per-
vading Ulf hearts of Soelish churchmen. Where the
aloe way taegible, ea any great diorites, the money
toe always fortheomiag, in proof of which he might
refer to the aid Ova to the sufferers by the inundation
In hie own diet:sot ; but when they came to the subject
of mirions, bow may were the erases made They
were told that there were no satideetory results to show
of say good done. That they had better look after the
heathen at doom and so on. Bat would • parent thes
set toward, his shad? Wald he like it lobe brought
op
in ignoesaoe ? and if we we not inclined that ouch
should be the ease with our own children, ought we not
to owlet in providing spiritual food for those who had
bees threat out of our solist through went of employ-
es/at, sad were settled in other lade Christ's religion
taught them to pet odds all eetrish isonsiderstlons, and
with His love in their besets seek to do all the good
they °Mali. The right rev. prelate concluded hh in-
teresting sad erotical *Adrift by urging to retorted
exertions in the ease of mbeions.

Tb. float. Litil BillielN--tit-more than SO man •
magiatrate in lad's, was thee -celled upon by the Chair-
men to addrem the meeting. He said be did not pretend
to stand before them mi moth as an advocate, or •
speaker as • witness of what had been don., and what
was doing in serious parts of India, where he hal
resided define the rester portion of his life. As one of
the ohi,f magioraten under test the Beet India Govern-
ment, and since that time under the Queen, he bed
had ample opportoni.ies of seeing what had lois and
was still being done by missionaries. What people
reqeired to get them to sobseribe to missions was that
WOO good w.e being done. The speaker thee refs reed
to the state of society is Bengal Proper, and mid that
the people of that portion of Indis were of the most
timid character; yet in °birdies.s to their rations tenets
they ties 'dhows' the moat reckless Ltd Serena to
life, by mating themselves' down before the idol Jugger-
naut. In that district the English Cheroh bed been
planted, ei.d native., especially of the higher wee, were
beginning to inquire into the tenths of Christianity.
In the north-western proviecee, of which Agra was the
metre, the rajahs had been in thebabit of having all their
female children destroyed, they being either too !trend
to let another per-on have them daughters to wife, or
else from a f.-sr of the treat expense attending their
marriage. He was thankful to say, however, that
through the ezertioas of his prodeemeors and himself a
change had been made ia this respeeL The speaker
then pared on to notice the character of the Sikhs, whose
religion, for a heathen ma was theoretically good; bet
the practice of the pooh was both blood-thirsty sod
impure. From that pfo,llloll he went 6o the borders ef
Chimes Tattery, the ishaMtanee of which be demerits&
as a peopls dimple in their Wits, sad ready he
receive the GoepeL Having shown there wee • reality im
the want which the advocates of missions urged, he pin-
seeded to show, by the conduct of the missionaries them-
'elves, that there was a reality also in their week.
When the ladle. motile, broke out they had at Agin
the tame religiose privileges as were enjoyed in Salle
beery —thierebes, wheels, ministers, teathera, be.
When the news arrived that the &Toys had revolted,
the natives themselves predicted that the British rule
and authority would be entirely destroyed. They
looked upon the 'missionaries and Europeans with pity,
and expressed their surprise that we bad committed our
safety in the hands of ma men. The spathes than
referred to the coolness disilayed by a miseionary who,
when that revolt PON upon them, and their aerobes
and houses were destroyed, was found with his native
boys gathered round him, Machin them "Milton'.
Paradise lost," calm and unmoved maid all the trials;
and the only native eervant who stood up for his
master 11161 the Christian native servant of the minion-
sty. It had been said that they needs no converts; but
this was entirely wrong, for when they were forced to
take refuge in the fort, being driven in by the Sepoys,
several native converts same and pleaded for admission.
Their request was denied, until the missionary,
to whom he had alluded, went down to the gate,
and "Either let these poor people in, or elm
let me go out to them, and abets the same laic
(Loud chem.) There wan therefore, not only
a reality is the work dame but in the effects pro-
duced. During that severe trial of their fall, be had
known inseams,. of Englishmen proving fails to their
religion, but he had not known of one ease of faithless-
' nese among the native Christians, and he challenged
any man to prove IL The boa gentlesomi then referred
to the aid gime to the sosiety by the parochial Manches
belonging to it, and advised all who were disposed to
Om to do so systematically and regularly. He then
paid • very high compliment to Sir Jahn LA./TIMM and
her Robert Montgomery, into whose heeds, he believed,
the government of that great country might be safely
entreated, as he believed them to be noble-minded
Christian gentlemen; and coochuled by instanciag as •
proof of the pt-ospyrity of that country under English
rule, the greatly improved mean of communication
by railway; and thee Whig his bearers whether they
thauskt God had opened up that vast country to us,
seerely to make railways? Certainly not. We had •
musk hither menetineioo, as we had received, and been
blamed by the Gotpel, it was our duty ardour privilege,
sad it would be at our peril if we neglected it, to mad
the Gospel to the people of India. His own desire was
that the people of hat land might be able to govern
themselves, bat this mold not be till they became a
Chrinelan people.
The Loan Bumf. of Giro= then shimmed the
media& and said he was almost ashamed to appear
before OMB again, but as he had been especially re-
quested by their bishop, he moot Mier that as an
apology. After the very eacelleat speech they had jest
listened to. in which they had set before them • tree
estimate of what • man was without Christ; the reality
of the work engaged in, and the Meowed matte which
followed, it was perhaps' nneeesseary for him to dwell
at say length on the missioe work. He would simply
add his teedueemy to the high character given by Mr.
Baikal to Sir John Lawrence, with whom he had a long
easvereatios Woes he went out to that country. Sir
Jame Lammas was both • soldier and • politician, and
the elect of his polities would be not to allow his
judgment to be carried away with his feelings. All his
lifireducalioe would tend to make him look with doubt
and sespicken on every subject until be had proved its
geseinesemby poetical UM, yet Sir John Lawrence gave
hie meet uoquabled warm to the propagation of the
Gospel ma-mg the peppiest lathe, believing that it wee
as they hewn, Christians they would Wow a loyal
sod happy people. The rev. prelate thee alluded to
some paiMens of the vaport read, and said he believed
one mese why the Cherish of Zeeland was se late in be.
&Alai the work of mineloss was bemuse at the time
of the refit:maths all the machinery was taken from
her, and she bad to buildup slowly, and as it were step
by step amid meets Opposition, other machinery for her
work. This had brought a east amount of Individual
exertion, and it took a loos dose to cause this seclssi
to gather tweed it the whole body. Bet 'dace they bad
began se body of Obriatiaes had pet forth mere energy;
and they bad this Wisfactisa, that when they sent oat
their meats they mut them forth even as they had
them at bean The bishop thee alhoted to the great
wort serried cis by the moiety in the Sandwieh il
and to the prayer of the Qs's, who entreatedtt
through the agency of the Churl established in her
domieions to preesrve the renumant of her people. The
society eeisbitelaed the Churches broad ; they
did not mod aet • Weald or • teacher only, bet the
wheleorderof the Cbumile—blehene,Pl464ll, and 4.00009,
schoolmeehees, and esteebiete. The rev, prelate thee
pointed out the whew stews made by the ',aridly
man not S. help naiesiess, end eapreseed kis greed deßOt
that he was not speekleg to a people given to seibit
counsels, but one who had sheets Waysides interest is
the week. He wild not bet remember that it was
' from that ethane the exesillset Bishop of Central India
sad his dearly-beloved brother of Brialdill went forth.
He entreated these to thank God her erlsal they bad
been ablate do, and le* no widows ei wordly sellish-
ness slop them in their well. His leniehip coodeded
his truly eloquent address by • bearlueirrieg appeal ,
on the love of God, eirmatWg that if there was me
Letbenefit in raising fallen man, hew was it that
s% of Ged lett the realms of bliss to IaMOUT
and rescue him from death. Redemption was the absolute
denial oleallebases of spirit.
The meeting was thee addressed by the Bev. J. H.
Stewart, who gave • very interesting amount of
• twelvemonth's excarion he made to Vries, and the
Modesto of his travels through the Oregon Free Staten
the Banda country, and a visit to the chief Moodie*
whose see lately died in this washy.
The proceedings of the evening were brought to •
elms by the vegetable and beloved chairman, in the
name of the assembly, returning thanks to the Arith-
bishop. Bishop of Oxford, and other speakers for their
Interesting remarks, his lordehip taking the sense of
the meeting as to whether he was to invite his brother
of Ozfotel to be with the, win peat year. This was
mod heartily responded to. lichen's Missionary Hynes
was the. mug, and the Archbishop bar
the besedictime, the meetlag eissed.i44lrslee.orndt
collected is the morning Dertke ; at the
Connell Chamber, flit