The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-12 00:00:00

CHRISTIAN lITNISTBRS AND
ANTI•OHRISTIAN PRIM%

The Rev. IL W. Peens, motor of St Peter's, nave
an address on the *hove subject at the Gaildkall,
Dorchester, lad Saturday evening. The Mayor of
Derebeetar (G. Come, &R.), presided, and in. ball
was well filled, the *smoothly minding, we 'Leder.
stand, shoot • hundred of the agritorists of the
neighbourhood with their families amid many be.
longing is the borough of Dorchester. Tbe following
clergymen were also present :—TM, Rev. H. Moule,
and the Rev. F. Boole, Fordingtos ; the Rev.
Reginald Smith, West Stafford ; the Rev. T. W.
Kotpe, Woodeford ; the Rev. Mr. Hymn ; the Row.
J. 0. Davie, Dondesier the Rev. K Ludlow,
Widerbottree Si. Martin the Bev, H. B. Miles,
Atbelbanspiou ; the Rev. R. 1. Madow, Dor.
cheater ; said the Rev. J. Power, Books.
The OnmentAx, leaving briefly opened the pro.
medlar,
The Rm. R. W. Paola mid that be was perfectly
aware both of the danger and of in. diSectlty of the
task widish he had undo -taken, but when he saw the
camber of persons from the country who bad stayed that
even*, thereby ovine* the deep inter* aid
anxiety which is beiny created in the emetry it hrge on
this insportaat question, ha should not shrink from any
danger wiestcver, or hesitate to most any &Beady if he
eould asS that anxiety at net, or dew them whams the
danger ewer, and bow they might meet It- (applause).
If it were a hopeless ease they might all bold their
tangoes, but it meld be only beeriest while they shut
thehsye,tolt. mid turned their backs upon It -(hwar.
bear). The eery monied the laity of
ad douse
up
the matter the thing would Id dose, is It ad done
before, most &dually —(bs.r, bear), oh eat
not to detain them • moment with any idle declamation,
but to set before them • few fele irk* would show the
*Ned of the men who had shown themselves within de
Church of Ragland of bite, and who had no more night
in that dutch than be had to go into the house of any
one of them and to take preession of their larder. That
they had not an Melt at Adding ground is the deed
be would dew both from the Billie and Prayer Book
(bear. bear). He ids one of theme who did not want •
single word in the Prayer Book altered, bees*, what-
ever others might any, he knew it was • Protestant
book from beginaing to sed—(icer, hear). He would
show thews the description given of tlie principal duty
of Christian ilidetere—stuth as all those men professed
tabs—from the word of God, and the Prayer Beek. He
would then indicate what those woe were, and whet
their elaims were. and as be proems* be would pave
they were In direct °Wanes to the Plans Rook lteelf
sod to tbs wrildup of oar Rebind/int. He weinki en-
deader to show how those men had added the power
they now had, and how they (the laity) might meet it
without fear of fefin.e—(applanse). In the first plain,
if they took the Word of 04, they would Ind the
(diodes deseriptioa of the Hidden of the Christian
Oberst —" And be pave some, apostles, and mew,
peophets I and some, eningelists ; and some padoes and
teachers;"—they did not meet with priests Is the whole
list—" for the perfectbm of the saints, for the work of
the ministry, for the edifying of ins body of Corte„"
Sash was the ant desdripties dt the !Ministers of the
chunk. If they looked at the behaviour of the first
Waisted—bow they serried on their !ministry, they
would lad they considered the teed* of the "harsh
sad the preaching of UN gospel, at the Snit and
Alwyn the only work they had to de. Instead of
setting up the licerensents as their pereliaz ones,
ft. Peel says, "He led me sot to baptise, but
he preach the gospel," as if he had se.-
privatively nothing else to do. And whets Peers
was sent for by Cornelius to bear words by wind he
might be saved it wee while the apostle was speaking that
the 1104 Spirit fell wpm all who heard the words, not
when Peter was baptisiog the., bemuse he did not
baptism then at all. The apostle did his work as •
minister of the *hand by before them the truth,
wb.b..,:cison be went away, se
mid commanded them to be
• la the name of the Lord. There was no outdid
man t would say that in the Bible the principal work
sad the highest work of the minister was the preaching
of that gospel —(bow, beer). So oar Lod "Go
ye into all the world t sad pried the gospel to every
ereatere"—(applased. If they turned to the writings
el M. Paul he said (Rain. a. 14) "How thee alien they
call as tem in whom they base not believed and bow
shall they believe is him of whom they have not beard?
sad how shall they bear Without a premise 1" So
Met on whisk our Lod Mimed mid their salvation
principally &marled was the wait of the
' presetieg the mnpaL Now they ems lo the
Memuessnts. la the Asia of the Apostles they read
(IL.?) that apse the lint day of the week the dieeipies
end together to break breed, and they had as •Porsk
emotive them. What as impedes* to get him to
eussesrate the bread I If they—had bed a Biel* there
they maid Mee made him do It at eese—Gangliterl.
But, "Peal promoted unto them, reedy to dePut on
the morrow." Let him nak any mead man who
die not profess to be • theologies who had
sot read the old dusty volumes that tamed
more error than sredis—whiab hs supposed, was the
erps6d aloe of the sib ister.that which the Apostle Paul
did, or *et which be did Dot do? They would eft at
mom it was the premixing of the gospel—Omer. bout
Bet there wee •vs important reason why many
: defeated to that If they wereiCoh•rs of
Ws, word Om were to he witnesses of thing. ;
" "Ices may& "Thal which we have ere
and heard, that 'declare we net° you.' A Wimp
might make a prises of a sottioolor shwa, bat he could
net make • minister of tine word, bemuse Mena not
asks a wheat. The disciples were ambeinadors for
Christ, w lobo bad a right to give an arntriseedor
hie eredmidelaihull the Sovereign be represseted ? So
so Pope Or Blase could make an ambaseador for
Christ. He could resign's, God's work, easeld =oh
• man, and give him authority to mediae his ministry I
within the dined of which be was an officer, but be
mould do no mire ; aed that was the tesohing of the I
shwa, kw, before the Bishop laid Ms beads osi say
me, be end "Do yes trust that you are inwardly
moved by the Holy Ghost to take opts you this °Moe
and mita: nos 1" It was not he.... he was • bad.
durebonsa be mid this, bat Manse he was • Sow
obarehisan —(hmar, hear). Now for the of
/be Prayer Book. First of all, if they dear-Si-to blow
what Chard smoldered the penal* idles
of • priest or mienter in the dude. (foo,
they would 'rermember, pried wee only a cooties.
lion of presbyter, on elder) surely they ehosid I°A
at the ezhortntioe while Me Bishop pea-to the priest
bawl in. was °Maisel. Tery beandful the aloe was,
mad he did esabelieve then was my Oloisdism minister
ia 111, ee mimed wile would ohded to it la the
hest rntiot—lit mos slimplaattistisa Wag. 14 the