The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-05-03 00:00:00

PIDDLETR ENTRIDS

RIBLI ROCIrrY. -The sixth ennivereary meeting of
the Piddlehlnton and Piddletrenthlde Asenclation of the Britith
•nd Foreign Bible Society. waa held loot Tumday evening, In a
'spacious barn, which Mr. Wightman, the excellent treaaurer of
the branch, lent for that purpose, and where, for several yeara,
the ertt,e.l meeting. have been held. The aaarciation was
established by the combined efforts of Mr. Lovelace, of Piddle.
Linton, and -Mr. Wightman, of Piddletrenthide, end it has
flourished without eatronage. Indeed, despi to adverse influencee,
by ito intrinsic excellence and the good will of the people in
the two paddle*. True, it is hot. small branch, and the help
It gins to the Bible Society la only e,OlB £7 or £O. year; bat
there are fe • of the country arociations, we venture to think,
I, which there can be more genuine intermit taken by It.
supporters. or wham annual meetings evoke so much baseline=
and permnal devotion in the work. Urn:deo( 300 amembled
In Mr. Wightman's barn on Tuesday evening. At one end a
w made an excellent platform, while the place wee
euareiTntly lighted by lamps and lanthoma R. I. Eliot, Esq.,
of Weymouth, weeded, and with him were-the Rev. A. H. Bull,
of Cerne Abb., the Rev. W. Eliot, of Compton A bbakthe Rev. E.
W. Pearail Dorchester St. Peter's, the Rev. J. Herrin, Wesleyan
.mtniater. of Dorchester, and J. Edwards, Btq., wasociation mere-
tam. Present-Mr. George Mayo, Jun_ Mr. Lovelace. Mr. Watt
(Durehr.ter), Mr. sad Me., Berens andllier Norman (oerne), Miss
Lovelsoe and Modem Lovelace (t), Mr. and Mix. Whibtman
end family, Mr. end Mrs. W. Collier Mr. and Mrs. Redden,
Mr. Runways, Mr Jacob, Mr. Bollak Mr. Loc..keli (church.
warden f Piddlehinton), We Davis, Mrs. Thrasher. de.,
en. After singing a nuit•Ne hymn, the Rev.]. Hugill offered
pray er. The Chairman mid the Ran. .1. R. Collaring unavoidably
aliment, mil read • letter from the Rev. W. C. Templer, saying
that he was prevented Wending by • parochial meeting. He
then cancroid the pleuure it alwar gave him to &gland their
anntversariet, and proceeded to speak of the melety'e work.
During the past yetr nearly £lOO,OOO bad been collected, up-
ward. I 2,000,000 cores of the Word of God In whole or in
part had been circulated, while more than 2,700 meetings
=miler to this had been held. The obstacle', the noddy had
to contend ogainst were-the indifference of those Lt home to
the truth themselves. and abr.," the untiring opreition of
the Church of Rome. Ile referred to the Bible meeting at St,
Paul's cnio 250 years ago when copies of the Holy Scripture.
were burnt, and our happier darn; and In conclusion related
the remarkable conversion of • flindou lady through the simple
rending 41 the Bible... calculated to strengthen the wavering
faith of any into the efficacy of God's Word-Mr. Wirehtman,
the treasurer, read the report, which showed the total recelpta
were £7 7.. Bd., end he espressed • hope that they might be
able to make it £lO. The following were the Rama in
the statement : Proceed. of lecture given by the Rey.
E. W. Penni, ; Bible bozo -Miran Lockett, Is.; M.
Baker, fa. '4.; F. Drake. f, total, Oa 50. Collections-Mim
Drake, IS., Bd. We Burt at the Wesleyan Sunday
School, Lis, Wm Davis, LI 55.; Mr. Jacobs, LI its. 00.;
5E.. toy elate, LI 15..; total. £5 lie. 60. Making
altogether £7 7.. I'd. -The Rev.A. 11. Bull gave some Inter.
eating details of Bible work in Spain. and orpecially of the
large amount of succors which had attended the labours of an
American gentleman nutted Knapp in liadrid.-The Rev.
W. Eliot directed attention under the happily chosen
image of an empty been to the needs of India and Africa,
end then spoke of the itible Society's house in London
u • barn full of precious med for all nations, with its Bibles and
Testaments In 124 different languages, 30 of which had b-en
made i.e. reduced to writing by the snclety. He gave telling
Illintrations of the power of the Bible, and of the Indomitable
penevenune in spreading the truth of men who had laid hold
on its blessing., In Germany, In Turkey, and of • converted
prize tighter in our own country. In enichoion he ex
Ito that they all might at last be gathered into the Cy7ell;
garner, and rebored them to come to Christ and go for Christ.
-J. Edwards. Earl., Asnociation Secretary, speaking from his
pommel experience in Spain and Italy. condemned the Riper-
=along puerilitles i 4 Roman Catholicism and them why era
banker:he after them in thin country. He held two MOltillp
at Rome-one outside the walls and one inside. The Pope did
not take tbe chair, and. considering how touch he had on his
hands in connection with the ficunienical Council, he (Mr.
Erlaanta) thought it was scarcely to be expected- (laughter),
On one oceuton he WM in St. Pater's, when His Holiness went
in to say his pmyers aa • private individual. Tb. Pope pawed
close by him, and In doing to put his thaws to Nem him,
which Mr. Edimrds took to be sure orate:Doe that Phu IL
1.14 infallihie. He went on to dement. how be Pope fervently
igloo! the toe of • statue odi t represent St. Peter. but being
realls a Mat tse..l tipiter airered -in Mr. Edwards put it Jupiter
urns. I in to Jew . Peter I rhea he &puke of the traffic 04 the Kamm