The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-05-24 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPREI

CHURCH KISSIONSRY SOCIETY.

The anolvereary sermons on behalf of this society
V ere meshed in Dorchester on Sunday. At Holy
Trinity *harsh the eollections amounted to £9 13a. 5d.;
at St Peter'. to £7 is. 3d; at Bast Fordivron to
LBlk Od; at West Pordingten to Et ; sid at All
Bain, to 14.
Ifeektp were held at the Town-hall On Monday
&hansom and evening. R. Williams. BIN..
_Proeklad at
co the aftennn meeting. snoported on the platform by the
Rev H. Houle, Colonel Rowlandson. the R -v. N.
Hopis., the Res. Handley !Untie the Rev. Arthur
Moats, tie Rev. T. A. Fakeer, ad Resign Williami.
The enchant consisted principally of Wks.. We
noticed ihe Rev. Reginald and Mrs. Smith, the Rev. IL
and Mrs. Ludlow, the M. J. Green, Dr. Hodges
(Lyme), lady Enilly Williams. Mrs. K. Williams, Mrs.
o ndre ire. Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. Falkner, Miss Arden,
Mrs. Bintbam. Ate.
The meting was opened with pesyer by the Rey. H.
Monis. _

The NAIRN/AI. in opening the tinting, referred in
the greetnumber of people who yet stand aloof from
missionars work, ...a said he could not help thinking
thee theynosild yet see the o 0 version ot the heathen
watiohe to Christianly taken up mesh more ••
estionl selstead than it lest premed.
The Ifiew.ll-iIItYLIF 110011 read the report, which pee
• eltiebeetery nonent of the pewees of the enoei•tion.
Teo Rest N. Hones, who recently came from Tins,-
vslij
derribeil Quieten of the wenn, there, with great
leeledge. Is told of the superstitions which still sling
to these, Ind of their leek of streightfoneardden. At
the some tote he eontendted that when fairly compared
With Christian in England they would not lose by the
oomparisot.
Colonel Howirinmos. of the Maim army, obi be
was • voladeer in this good cause, sod he went on to
say that Gid hid entrusted British India to this nation
that ills might take the Gospel to that greet country.
The bright side of our rule in India was that we were
As lief Iselin that nye the people Protwoti°° to life
sod peoperty ; het ale dark side wee that us nation
and • government we bed kept from them the Bible.
He had been ao years in India, and he mentioned the
testimony of Bishop Cotton, after careful investigation, ,
that there Were 87,000 Christians in Southern India.
Besides these, there were a greet many oases of secret '
conversion. He believed the missionaries bad no ides
of the iN2OIOOIIII work they were doing. He
mentioned s remarkable conversation with a
high priest of the Mthometans who was secretly
inquiring after Christianity, and said be believed
that man fell a victim to the fury of his people.
One greet difficulty in India was the seclusion
of the women, but he anticipated great melts from the
lesesmeli minioe,and mentioned sons of an Indisse'prin.
ens being converted through reeding a New Testament.
He spoke of the establishment of a Bible Clam In con-
nection with a regiment of British solders at Paloneotts,
through their meeting with the missionaries, and of the
good results that unwed. In conclusion he referred to
the detleiony of £15,000 this year in the aniety's
iecome, and urged more liberalite.
The Rey. Arms 11001.serpreeeed thereon interest
he took in other pert@ of the mission field besides Chine,
with which be is specially oonnectetaetd 4•oke of his
tenting Bishop Crowther at Tenbri Wells, and the
interesting oonvernstion he had with him. The Bishop
bold him of an interview with the Kim of Braes, who
who wanted him to establish • minion in his country.
Bishop Crowther went to do to, and on a sewed visit
he beard tat the king hod taken seventeen prisoners,
and was eating them ! The Bishop waited at the risk
Of being eaten, and at length he established •
mission, which he hopes will put an end to cannibalism.
and do much good. He referred to the presence of
the greet Indian reformer now in London, to deprecate
the notion that there Is one universal religion—that
Habometanisso Ls right for one pert, Buddhism for
another, and Christianity —perlispa the brightest part
in the parti-coloured religion, yet only a part—for •
third. This he showed wee a beeline notion, which be
met with in Chins. Ile reed • letter to his wife
from a nurse in China, on the death of one of the
speaker's standees, folio( Christian sympathy and hope,
as an endear* of the results of missionary work.
He referred tc the deficiency of £15,0011, which it had
been said, in Convocation, showed that the English
people were getting distrustful of these societies; sad,
as this *misty had the largest delleiseey, by inference
that they were most distrustful of it ; and he appealed
to tir•m to double their sencriptions. Two Sundays
ago, at Fordington school, there was a special oollection
to meet the defisiency and between Li and £4 were
given (applause.)
After singing • hymn, the Rev. H. Houle pronounced
the benediction.
The collection amounted to tit 7s. 21.