The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-17 00:00:00

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The Bishops have delivered themselves in unmistake-
able terms in reference t the Salvation Army. Even
those who have hitherto regarded the movement with
favour, do not bait it.t,expre.s their disapproval. Dur-
ing a discussion In C ,nvocation on Tuesday, the Bishop
of Oxford said he hai no doubt that the leaders were
sincere in their desire to prom de holiness of life
among the members, but encouragement ems given to
young persons of both sexy. to remain late at night in
crowded and excited ineetiage, and then they had to
gohome quits ungoaried, and the coos-queues in some
caws, as he bad been inform.d. had been very deplor-
able. The Bishop of Lichfi-ld bad had a profound
distrust of this movement from air first. The extra
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regencies of the movement were increasing ewers
day, and must increase in order to keep op the
excitement. The latest development in his own
diocese was 'Gamely creditable, but he had in his
possession • placard which stated that • captain of
the Salvation Army in Derby would preach the
Gospel standing on lhis bead for ten minutes, and
what was nice he kept his promise. The Bishop
of Hereford remarked that it was Impossible for an
• to read the Bev. Charles Bullock's reply to the
Secret Book of the Salvation Army without seeing
that it was the bounden duty of the clergy to
signify their stern disapproval of the proceedings of
that Army. The Bishop of Chichester said when
this matter was first discus•ed in that Howse he gar*
an opinion of the !Salvation Army that was so
favourable that that bofy had it printed and
oirimiated. But he was bound to say that what he
had observed himself, had led him to qualify, if not
abaolntelY to change, the opinions he formerly ex.
pressed. The Biehoo of Oxford became more out-
spoken as to the immorality which had, he said, in
some cases followed the mediate of the Salvation
Army, observing that instead of holiness, which no
doubt the leeders honestly desired to inculcate, it
had been observed that the ratio of illegitimate
births had Increased in porportion to the number of
meetings which the Salvation Army WO held in
some parts of the c entry..

The Tiara remarks:— has been reserved for
the Salvation Army to use masquerade as • means of
c mversion, deliberately to appeal to the lower nature
instead of to the higher, to vulgarise and degrade the
very end itself of all religiose leaching by the
deliberate adoption of c sane and debasing means of
attaining it. It is evident that the c inviction ii
gaining ground that the movement Is one with which, I
however excellent its ostensible motives may be, it is
impossible for the Church to co-operate. It le prob.
able enough that it ban alrea ly had its day. The good
that it has done has been mainly indirect, the evil has
been palpable and striou.."
It lea recognised precept of the law that an injured
Individual may riot take it into his own hands, but
one would believe Vint a breech of the rule, in certain
awe, would n.,t o ily be atoneable but even com-
mendable. If • drunken blackguard insulted one's
wife the common dictate of human nature would be
to leave law to the lawyers, and, where practicable, to
knock the offender down. The Christchurch magis-
trates, however, will not admit • justification of
summary procedure even under such oircumstanaes
as those. One day this week • young labourer was
ch before the with an assaalt. Has e w seen by
at'rd m
in plain clothe., named Dunaway—his conduct
would seem to point that if he had gone lower down
in the alphabet for the initial letter would have been
more appropriate—to knock down another man. named
Fancy. Then the constable, to use his own words,
'stepped out and asked the defendant what he dl I it
for, and he hit defendant on the arm with • staff.
This mused defeodant to fall to the ground, and his
eye struck the kerb, occasioning the mark which was
now visible I" The defendant's story, in which he was
supported by hie wife and three independent witnesses,
was that be was only defending his wife from the
insults of the couplet:pint when he struck him.
lie farther alleged that the constable struck him •
violent blow on the heel with his staff. One of the
witness., declare I she saw the complainant put his
arm round the wife's waist, which caused her to scream
out, and another swore to the constable hitting the
defendant over the bead. C =mon ranee would lead
to the conclusion that after bearing such unoontra
dieted and strong testimony the Bench would have
dlanialed the case, and soundly rated the complainant
for his Impudent attempt to prove himself • leery
man. They did nothing of the kind. They swallowed
the miraculous blow soon the arm which knocked
down the man, and told the defendant he was wrong
ln taking the law int r his own lauds, but, as he bad
been locked up since the previous Saturday night (this
was heard on the Monday) he would be let of with
the light fine of 2s. 6d. and 12t, costs! The names of
the Scions, who have thus laid down that Christoburch
husbands must stand passively by and see their wives
insulted, deserve to be recorded They are Mr. W.
CLepoott Dean. Mr. R. Stephens, Mr. A. Kotwisle,
and the Hon. E. W. Douglas. As to Dunaway his
future career will probably be regarded with curious
I interest.