The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-07-22 00:00:00

PETTY BEBBIOMS.

TUESDAY. —Be ore Merp. R lbertoon, Vinctot. Rollo
awl Book. . .

Cbnrte it oshieugh, of Plymouth, was charged with
'toeing drank on the Quay.—P.C. Carter stated that
he saw the primmer drunk mai trying to go on board
a ship. He dad not think he WOA to • fit stole to go
aboard, an I t aok him Into custody. He woe very
qui, t. —Dan, :ant .4th. took too 'ouch, and It should
not occur again. —Fined
Frank Jones, of Weymouth, was summoned f or
being drunk and damagang • door and pnratlon .4 a
house in Newntreet, to ths extent of tn. CI—P.C.
Garter sail he wee in St. Alban's-row, and saw the
prisoner who was drunk and very osoit.od. As be bad
broken open the door of the house he took hint Ito
ommody. When at tha station he was very violent
and struck ot wiainne, and they hat to use form to I,:st
him into the coll.—Henry Bak.or said yesterday even-
ing, between seven and sight .ths prision.r came into his
shop, but left on seeing someone there. When ths
party bad gone the prig Ivor reomtered the shop, and
withal, reprimanded him for hia past aon.lact. The
sensual card, awl tr mino 1 to turn orer a new leaf,
but he no sooner left the shop than toe went an I hr .ke
the next doo-. Witnees picked up the lock. -.hue
Godwin stated th• prisoner and his wife loalvol with
her, and the (Immo t the partition was dons am
Sunday when the secured best his wife.—Prisoner said
broko open the dour because he could not get in.—
le wet fined 10.., and cautioned as to his future
conduct.

BRITISH AND P'OIIZION BIBLE SOCIETY.
Special sermon, were breached in St. Mary's
Church by the Rev, 1). Brodie, Metropolitan Asso-
ciation Secretary, on Sunday in aid of the above
society, and collection. amounting t • 1:13 17s. were
made. On Monday evening the annual meeting wan
held in Bt. Mary's Nation al gchoolro ma. under the
presidency of the rector, the Rev. J. H. Scott. who
was eupport.d by s- vend gentbunen. After singing
the hymn, "Rescue the periehinc," the Rev. Hr.
Pickle., the Primitive 31 •t h het liset r.. g re lup a
ca
prayer,
cteKr.whiiuo
httore y:fe • et we. rea I as (Alone
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Receipts: Binge.: 0. 101: c onion at manna IMSSIOIG
tell;£1 Invlut .141 Chdreh. o:3.10/ 1.1; Anne-
b .ry Arenia .0, £25 ; Clocnorell ditto. 41 2i 11.1; Ramon
ditto. 11l 131 91; Peed 'O Ott., 12.; IJew.v Ii to al;
Wyk. Kee., . IT.: soled old et dr, £1 2.: ladles' Wen-
lien, £27 It. 101; sul”erhotbens, IVA 174 41; oda at
J..rowl!ones. 1.11 I. 11.1 ; 1 AW) lawn. al 7. ; t .tai,
non Um WI. P.m.. to: Annum; a olhlr natation.
£2 It. 01; •Olinre .4 dory eitarom aol gamma of Wm
•:13 111.101; rot,•te.l 1. p.r...t • Mety ok vorchase se w9ni
134; rem •te-i paint soci..ty on f Altit, £l3l
remitted t .I:nwiy Amonitim, £2l; bole .re in hand, lb 61
£306 19. lel.
Toe CHMIIMAN then hideous-4 the meeting. He
said it WAS hi. ,:uty V. exprem with on. no I all his
great regret at the 1.,•• 01 one of their local rfrcretaris
—he referred to their dear end valued feiend. the Iste
Hr, Andrews, who, he believed, for a ye Iry hall been
their local secret iry. N 1 society was so dear to him
as the B.itith and Foreign Bible 3ociety, and they
greatly mourned his lows. He wae thankful, however.
nay that Mr. Richard Eliot bad conseoted to fill the
vacancy. (Applause.) Too roe. gentleman then
alluded to the work of the society, and *aid the largest
amount ever paid to the parent society was paid tat
year, when 1.133,311 8.. 71. was remitted, beine an
excess of 1:22.743815.. lid. on the previous year. £9,000
more bad been received from the sale of the Scriptures,
and they had receive I £l4 000 in le 'odes, but he did
n A always consider this last item salifoor,...ry, because
it told them they hat lost some dear frimds. 'Phis
was the 80th anniaer-ary of am 'today, nod God was
0w01..g sod blee.eing the work. He often wondered
what would bacons of ..thee societies if the Britimb
and Foreign Bible ii seisty awed its doors. About 70
languages were empl 401 by the C. 31.8-, and shout
sixcereoths of thew wets yr 'cured by the Batas nod
Foreign Bible Society. What, be asked. could the
missions:6).dg in f oreigolnnd. but f .r these Israguastes.
The society had one object, and that was the circula-
tion of the Scripture.' and they knew that Gad had
promised that His weed should not return un•o Him
void. In 4.70 of divi.leu, when infidelity and
scepticism prorated it was a glories'. thing to thiuk
that, under the auspicen of the British and Foreign
Bible Society, man coati at cad on the same plattorm
shoulder to shoulder, and meat under the same roof,
for the one ot•ject—to scatter the Word of God. (Ap-
plause.)
Toe Rev. Mr. Lswie, of Hops Chapel. was the next
in tat f h'
speaker, and, —e-Og a little lots, said
be had been sent or to go and SSW the widow Will.,
whose husband f di down deal whilst at Cherbourg.
and he remarked that anything the cis art tably disposed
might send the unfortunate woman aid hat family an
their distress would be most acceptable to them. He
spoke of the lose the society had oustaned by the
death of their dear friend at Ahbotabury, ant of the
Yen:ova by the same Gauze of their late secretary, but
he thanked God that what :hoes serarantaltad done their
work, and went to their reward, others were found
willing to come for war I and take their pthces. Ia
Africa, in Chios, and in lcdia the work of the society
was needed just as much as elsewhere, and they would
be very thoughtless if th 'y failed to take • deep
interest in that glori-U1 11,1. 8 Oety. A change hod
taken place with regard t their local depot, and in
the future there wont I not lie any charge on their
how els for it, al the amount hitherto paid would
henceforth to swell to. amount for oarrying on the
great work.
The it.,. Mr. BRODER was the last speaker, and be
gave an account on the work of the society. He
rehiaked that it we. tout surprising to find that from
one or two places where inestioue ha I not been hell,
the support the coolly hot received we. not very en-
couraging. Its gave hie hearer. on WOM as the Ivy
now of the remarks he was going to make, sod that
woe' Progreso." Progress had marked their work on
every hand ; If they looked back they were 'noon,-
aged, and if they In .ked around they were &Iwo
encouraged. In 1831 ttedr lemurs lii n 4 amount to
£l,OOO a veer ; in 1884 they amounted t 1:10,000 •
year. In 1834 they could only soak of eight or
nine millions having been leaned, but now they could
speak of • 100 tuitions. They c ruld not speak .if more
than one copy being put into circulation per minute,
but now they omit tweak f seven copiem being laud
ev,ry minute. In laying thie he reminded his
hearers that the calculation was for every 24 hours,
for the society did not stop working, and when the
eon seta on one Istri where the great work was being
carried on, it rose on &bother. The society had done
great things, and ha .1 no them etc .nomicolly.
Fifty years non their issues were printed in 150
language. surf diodes:go ; now they were printed in 350.
If they I inked et the report 1.1 the society they would
fin 1 that the office exuen.es were lea. than seven per
Coif. They were &were that the society had a large
bunt of co-oyerat me working in China, Japan,
at. 4 Urea, spreading the word ..1 God there, as well
so in the great c iotinont of Am 'rico. India was •
country requiring a crest deal .5 Mention, but the
.10fienIty which bad been lei! -vas aa to hi. the work
sh add be carried on ther After lunch prayerful coo-
sideratiou, it WAS &take' that thi• year a great JAI
should be made with regard to the women of the East.
-•everal girlies had been oilers'l the help of twelve
I. tile *kktiOPO, their society would provide the funds,
aod the women would spread the bible infl mince in the
Esst. Ile impressed upon his hearers the importance
of this work, and exid that when ono of their co-opera-
tors die I at Constantinople, his wife nay:waled to be
allowed to carry the peak t rag what she 0,014 do.
In peening through • street she beard a voice calling
after her- -•' What de you sell ?" She replied—" The
Bible G .epel." Toe voice then sai.l—" Come, and let
me see." She went into the court-yard, and there
saw • young girl, who, on seeing *hat she had, said—
Here are books which can mak, me happy, and I
have been spending my money in sweetmeats and
have not any left." She td.l her to go to her mother,
which she did, had the money Oven her rand paoseesed
herself of • copy. If it hiel not been for this woman
such a result as this could not have taken place. Hs
believed in the future they would find the Word of
God penetrating Into those homes, iota which, at the
present time, they were not "Ode to mend It. The
speaker spoke in high terms of Rossi., and sat last
year £17,000 worth of the Word of God was sold
there. It was better t sell ss. worth than to give
away El worth, for it did ten times as much good.
After remarking that every soldier who went out to
Egypt was given • Bible by the Bitish and Foreiga
Bible Satiety, and that in the catutrophe at Sunder-
land the society used its influence by trying to com-
fort the aarente be giving each a bible, the speaker
concluded by a reference to Perris, where so many
diflicultie, had to be overcome.
The Dorolog was then sung and • collection,
amounting to 10.. 31., made at the doors.