The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-23 00:00:00

MISSIONS TO THE HEATHEN.

The aaaitowpalo of the W,y,so .0111 breach of the
Lou 101.1 ory S ociaty ap nolo W 4.41 'so $lll,lllAy
Wl4 110.1.1 AV, tha HA. au 115 Th o or. Dr.
11 owboy, ovh a bout oae .1 too n les um Heal
tuipsioria 000 io C• 11114 for nom I. 20 'Fog..., haviug had
chogo fit.' boopital At II or, atte,ol ol A 4 depu-
tation. So.rta ,12. • leoc .tuur t el ti lel I,•J h %them
on the Chutca of Claud won, o I at bulb the
Caugregati..a.l Chew's. I o the .of.to at Hope
CU 441 Dr. Maw gpv an i .tarnptaeo; address to
1111 the People of e'.ioa. ttileg
the lotto, which Ili c'l tiot word o !Ana. Ida told the
youoa Ilk lb ot lb. Chines. a. re • CUri0•111 $.110111,.. •
be.itheu pruple, a Ppieliq:ol, i.:l3•.r.an: people, a
0•1110rir111 people, and au auet.ut pd i'l';. Mkt C.•••
C .1 tn. by alt..eaug that thylmo led the tio•pel, awl
that du far ao the oPpal had bans prewhed Owl bad
blewowLit aud given it great N 11,014•. .

iuday eveubm tb a &Duna( m WY bold
at tileumat r Ch steal, under the pr...il.mcy of the
May w (K. N. llowarJ, ), wb w. auweirtal by
the tlepetotiou and t.. R .vd. F. Ukly. W. bewil.
aud J. Weed. trufertuustely a aiinimr inwitiee
hold the mine eveuiug iu c iosecti.• . wills :it. Marini
I 'hurcb, aud that. t .r with th tilt v uwable
Cat. of Ulu weather, ma to the Mt., lane., rather
limited. Tile meeting opened with the imaging of
the hymn—

"(West Gel I the nations of the earth
Are by creatun Thine,'
All.. which the Itov. V. llic,ct ,irel 000 prayer.
The NlLtrort th on call* I ou Lb. fir,. W. Littele to
read the annual rep ot, and ths rev. geatlemen in
doing ao remarked thet their f 1.1. wars gr wow( year
by year, sod wore • little ward ery. rh.
following CUM IL .41 been receive I :—lkriiinr4l,-41rert
Chami—collection; £l3 12.. 61. ; I.r Ws and,
i:2 10.. ; c illect.tl by Yr. La44,1:1:1, 101. ; collared
by Era Chapin.; 1:3 13.. 01. ; collicm 1 by Mrs.
£2loo. ; c 'elects I lay 311.4 1i0n.,, 3.. 01.;
dlette I by Stew M. Is la kr, 1:3 9.. 81. ; toe wid oar's
indm, 61.; :Jamie), ich ha... £l7 17.. 21. ;
Now Year'. oibring, £7 ds. 61. ; making a total of
£3812..2 I. ( Applato..) from ti,u. epel !Mean mots
received were :—C 41..ctione, £2 16 L ; subscriber;
in 17.. 61. ; b wee. 1:2 191. 101; &boot boxer,
£7 2.. 2f.; New Year's °Haim:, £7 If.. 3', ; total,
1:2394.91. IFINPOSAbb 'WWII they boAreco re 1 C46..10,1.,
an I ICAO Chmkerell £2 13e. 9 1., so that from the
(tint scum of tailor over £l7 ha I been r. seise I, which
Amoral • 11111, progress, poticularly as for as
Gloucester Ch %pet was c ',toweled. Tr ow Was Ws.
item in that r port which he c ~,si lei,' se. y sattsfac•
tory, and that was the increase in the asnonsit received
Is boxes. Lsat year the an mot wee £1 9., 81., and
this year it had locoweed to £l7 174. 21. —(applause)—
and the New Yew', off 2rin4 bad . Moreased.
Hope Chapel ha I done better during the Tear Jost
ended, and the boxes Which iuclu led aso en 4 Cl 5 e. fro to
fftnith'e servant., suit 15e. pm hi., E. Hoot,
were very gratlfyiug, as the sin mut, were c ellected by
costributions put fa tint belle at th. breakfast
table. If tbe placing of • box on the hr.... Walt table
were more general, the ainouot collected would be
considerably ioareaseed. Soros of thorn who had
families had to seed their pence 1. the Sowlay &hook,
but In calm of bachn'ore and wh-re there were not
any children, be 504owtel the b in .11,4114 be put on
the breakfaat table. Ile silo led, in c inclusion, to the
fact that the directors had appl f .r an increase of
£lOOOOl. order to be able to c .rry oi the work.
To NIAY,III, Mb orr• rrC liVe I wi.'t op,. silo% aaiil
they had lutooo I LO tho report, an I ii., onset COof.oll
that the statement of the local society wog most calls-
tory. fie was very marry 1. hoar OltaL 1110 Inc .0:16 of
the society Reel( was causing anxiety to the director..
That ought not to be, for conaiderieg what the ...chitty
La I done it demanded support from e-oy English-
man. When they considered the am nint that w
often sped in making geographical aearches, they
must feel that the work of thow saga/ in thwe
searches was nothing to that of the miesioneries. Its
wersLip allu led t th. thinga ace ociAjohert by Q leen
Ranavalona 11.. the Christian Q tom ..f Mari s4a., tr,
a nation which was ha • et .l, of barbarism GO year.
ago, awl n .- fully aporeciato. the light an 1 liberty of
the GospeL Of her it Is .all—" The burning of the
idol; the abobti .n of Sunday market; the proclama-
tion and establiahrn 'sit of religion. liberty, the public
observance .4 the Sabbath, the building of the palace
church, the emancipation of the Mozambique, the
oroolkr .tioo ..f the wretcheJ c Judith,. of the wiltliere,
Lb. on lificatim of the law., the absence of the tumults
an I rebelli .11., the ahrogn'ion of the laws against
brick an 1 stool buil bugs iu the c spite', the establish-
oe.nt of c elle.ma, schools, en I hospitals, the progrew
of the elementary educ gime, the aholitiou of polygamy,l
tha establish neat of a 11 dire missionary *misty, ants
host of ottar prekowo:thy things, will ever be
remembered as marking the reign of 15 years of the
fine Christi/ Qt-et. U•lagasc sr." (Applause.)
That was the out of w.rk the oweety 1. .d done, and
soul I contiou, to do, and he hoped thy soul I show •
that evenlng how much they valuxi ouch • solely.'
(Applause.)
l'he Deputation, the 1t,., Dr.llawagr, thengavean
add.... on`M,.ejoc Work in Chios." All., a few
preliminary remark., be said be would give them some
meotal pbotagraphs of what he had seen and with
which he hat been mocarne It was only during
the last 50 nr GO years that they hal got to know any-
thing .4 China. Preview. to Viet it was • sealed
, book. It was cut up into IS different provinces—
. he did not mean countiee—anf each puiviuce WA. aa
isr.ce al Great Britain, so th.y coil form ...me feeble
idea the size of Chins. Each province was presided
over by a viceroy. China being Male to produce every•
thing that it required, there wee n necawity for It to
knock at the door of Mr neighbour.. °Haim: her pro-
ductions In return for theirs, ad this fact had • great
deal to do tower is loitering • hied of Conworstive
feeling in China. When he went t, itch wil his
IllograPhY gave the pepulation of China as 420.000,000,
out it wad a g I opinion that the populatiln wad
not that now, yet it was still enensthing appalling.
tVhea be thooght of China and I idia, he felt they
had in those tiro nations the pupal stion of the
whole world. The p ,pulatiou of Ii adon they
could not make In we than three millions. and
I America wee between fifty and eixty milli en..
I In the neutral province ..11 Chin. we. produce I all
the h!a,k tea that was supplied to this cowitry awl
nearly all that was sent t America an 1 has.ie.
All,, an allusion to the reboil el which br eke ..'it
between 30 an I 30 yearn ago, wed which, had it not
blen fir Gwen.' Garden, would hare le,u perfectly
socceodul, wood harts prevent* I the priliellt
Emperor from sitting as the throne of hie fathers, the
doctor related some of Me medical ewe that Came

ad,, hie notice. aid the ePerations that he occasinn.
aly performed. On man otam he treated tar
.hr ceie vheum damn cube t him, after s•fer ci on,-
1.1.1 hi..o ttat 11,, a. a t icy at r,
at et"' hairog q Milan -1 cit how he f It. ill
•if giving tiC ii Ot 4. 1.6 adittory. o t °dog
him he aedi a one •rott ha his ler. Ile exam n. II • i 000 .
and fo marks on both leg.. lie hal bun to tan
opArato,g- in. pat hi-n un ler chi irof 441, and
•••a•tiag d .a••• whiro 11in ana•k sac be found stierch• C
..o• iai ca. iu do 11l t 0... I a ballet. the lough
, hit forohn, . IL ha I it ••.-• c onel t-ly thr ale) t
wt. tq,, 1 It arliare it h ci hem rtas'ard 'vi
•r 24 )41 ar • nit alto rec ao Iha I .samm
✓esat d n (*mistier, belatism. (.tPikul' • ) Tics
• sa hr after ward*t *hi , is honors .d a a are Ito 1, .1
affee ad on a v..m •n •aid oar daughter, both of Vie in
wive blind oath cata-aet. lie wool I tomer f oven the
happinees thee his w 'Man and girl shows 11 on their
eclat being rest •re I. an I he idt a , th iihth he was
Walkille In the fonideps •'lab, Great alastsr—healiant
he tnek and giving sight to the bliss I. Ia the district
where these women lived :AO ChM Uses cool I tt 'at
be found. A high fun. Wormer, who wee tne DV*
p •polar Wee lia the acley, and might anne .I,y be
Enipo or of C lima. was übe road to be leaking very
.4, end on helot quwti net as •o th • owe., he gay.
a mournful wmanot of his wife'. 11 adtb. tie. Slaw
kotzi.., the anodic al naiad •nary, wae mot for, ant seeing
en, ration sat necrum•y prai•rtn-,111, nail peal waled
It $ aromeludy. Tim j of hie sic balmy was in
great that he Komi. -.1 to give the .I,ctor wht emr
he owed to oak for. Ti. &attar replied that ha dial
u want anything for hum-If ;he mad c .me out t • .1.,
got t • the people, an lal hg Waotea One mint.'
where he c all ca -re 01 has w rk. He •-ztell••••cy
pe.mimd him a place. in 1 o cv.lam vato wh:
can canted t c atmut LIRE Ile then eent t tan
no'•ility au 1 c alloctod 1.4,1 toa, awl with them
aaid a beautiful Ia epaa•, and every y-car he mad •
rhequs for the rum at eVocoaell. (tpd au e.) na.
wok di.l not it m dame for he ilteroer a built a
hoso•tal for women and children. By the aid of the
msliod mimionaries the Gavel had been pm idled in
the Imperial palm. at Pekin, aad he knew of uo
try where the timed had male greater progress than
in China. After mistrials to tb.• cam of a cowlemaed
pras.mar whom he vided, and who was ex-mated
calling on the Lord Jan., and rum buried r
I. the Chrktian religion, the @tanker c et:laded by
referring t • some of the lureu • ions for wldoh as hay.
to th•lak Chin.. ant UN'I him hearers Li do their
utmost iu the spread of the Gospsi throughout the
lan I. .

The MATOI said they ha .I Hit mai to an exceedingly
iaterseting atlases, and they were mow g.tina t
asked for their help t wards carrying on the unit
work of that society. They knew an tearoom in Um
biome was went. I, ant he was sure th-y would make
a hearty rostrums. lie b.liscai in pea:Veal
Chr,tiiinity, alai he hp. I they woul I give ‘. in; "icy
4114 SA/ad. faith .ring 514 *MO& (Ap,daiss-.)
The Rev . J. Wow prop toed a nue of Natant., to
tit Upetati .0 t t nlaYor f.rp • si rust
arse the t,irl year his W .rehip hal u•atiden th •ir
*actual we Voir, ea.l atiethin be er,ul.l c ,fitiuue t.i to
so 1501.111. tie momimonie, &Pend to some ext-st in the
ii rp ratios. (1 Wight They hat often h • their
brethren ut the cioll speak at these sue tic, hot
they hal not had the privilege before of heart.g th-
medical site of the question, nod he Ix pet U iii
wontt bless the dopu'ation and his mato d brethren.
The Rev. W. Lawia, in am oiling the vote of
thanks, smiel the deputation hal all ',Mil thrum not
only gratification but matter for reguti in. it., woo
rather sorpriimil to find that the doctor an I himself
hat met h-for •—the tont.,r al a student at Poole, en
lie am a stripling in the ministry going to preach it
Blan.iford.
The Slat ia said he Aid not deur" • thank., as
it had been a pleasure to him t • la p... no I i
was • amity he 1.0 the two .st ti
WM d.ity lielp forward 4 g ...1 w .I.lc anti t •••••1•I
such a 5 .01E, al 511155/.
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Frog •Irst dwell Wow the ski.,.,

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Wiv thou ono:, and th.• It-v. V. B Acley .co •-) I
tb.• BI rne c .11,tionc on/ Si,. lay
nc.l at the ..1 •Ad 014 M amount ,41 to
about tn.