The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-29 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER.

Tin Birth COILT6 mastered well on Monde, night
for . march oat to Cbarminater, accompanied by
their hand, under Mr. H. Wellspring. The °Scare
present were Captain Coombs and Lieut. Hodges.
The corps returned to Dorchester shortly after nine
o'clock. We understand that Ensign Williams bee
(wombed funds fne procuring • dime-marking
apparatus for the corps, which will be highly *draw
tageoee in the forthemning mason for target
rectum.

THE 1113510 NARY LABOURS OF THE REVS.
GEORGE AND ARTHUR NOWA IN CHINA.
Our readers aro aware that on the 10th of J•Duary,
le6:1. at the annual mooting of the Mardi Missionary
8,,,1ety, held in the school-room, at Rot pordieek„,
the p ethos in regard to the work of the Rena. George
end Atither Motile, eons of thit Vicar of !ordinates) le
che preview of Tohekiang, in China, (*Mahon'
e loopier, or about kin tinree as many as our
nietiopolia, led the Hew. R. W. Pears, rector of St.
}true, to rosiest that • specie' fund should be rained
enable them to have the help of Bible women laths
thinthiao enterprise. The proposal was cordially
end ten persons immediately undertook to
ra▪
ise El each daring the emoting yew. We are glad to
1-sin now that upwards of 4:30 has been naiad for
this spend purpoo. The first anniversary meeting of the
l'onlingte§ auxiliary of the Hangithow mission (for we
thmk it should have some such distinctive title) was
bad at the echoolroom, lest Tuesday cornice. The
wet evening deterred many from attend's',
yet a goodly and earnest compeny mumbled to hear of
the progress made in the great work throe ofergyivan
sr- carrying on in China and more especially of the
remit* flowing from the employment by them of certain
Bible women, who had been engaged upon the knowledge
in some measure of the Nadler* being reign& It e„.a
anticipated that the Rev. R. W. Pear* would ha..
prod led, but be was prevented being present by eon.
honed indispoaition. The Vioar of Fordington, there-
re occupied the °hair, supported by the Rev. F.
0, Houle sal the Rev. S. G. Davie
After singing and prayer, the Rev. H. Moing read a
IN.. venue from Isaiah slix., and spoke of the direction
C. 41 gave that the gospel shoeld be preached to the
heathen, and Ris promises of blessing ea those labours.
He then tented to the special subject for consideration.
Tie immolation of China, he observed, was from
36,01*000 to 400,000,000; the people were intelligent
and clever. and manifeered • amid deal of nght feelotg,
(thogeb they seemed to have • natural tendency for
1,.;„2). vet they hotrod down to gods of wood and stone.
He fighib led. Chinos "god of wealth" which wo shoot
at 4 in height and If no pretentious as a work of art,
which represented • human figtire, with an intensely
u,ly for, neared on • pedotal, with a wand in the
..ht hand. This, he said, one of the principal
tradesmen in a village one of his sons visited used
to worship, but being etosnaded of the folly
of so dying. he gave it to him In exchanp for a Bible.
Such war the crowded state of the population of the
preeince of Tebekiang, that in 1865 his son Arthur WWI
enabled to preach tame in earth of 140 villages, sad his
catechist* four time, in each of them. He then referred
to the eircunatheness which led to the originating of
this apeerhil fund, and reed the statement of what had
beencontributed, amounting to £3B 65. 411.,
_which he
remarked was issalusive of an amount some friends near
London had contributed towards the support of the
miond• at Nitigpo.
The Hey. F. Wong then progeeded to reed a letter
widen his brother. the Rev. George Kook, one of the
missionaries„ had written to the gee. g W. Pesru,
Thanks were given to Rev. E. W. Peon ea the originator
of the *penal fund, and through him to the kind friend,
in !ordinates and Dorchester who have oatributed to
it, awl tie ktter goes 0111 to present a sample of the
rciiin.teettee is dm midst of which the missionaries
felt the 'she' 1 the sympathy this effort indioated and
the need of money. The branch specially treated upon
ie the Bible woman's work at Hiaatshow. An interesting
State& is siren ut the eventful life of the B blewoman
Rallies, whose lather, formerly a trooths•yer of
Meeting, bad been converted and baptised in
1861. and whoo husband wee an oil factor. The
',dole family, LOWeirst, became ruined ithrough the
Toping measion of Mow°. In May, 1862, Eunice, who
hati • fair ednearies for a Chinese woman, applied to
the writer for baptism and she showed OP mach earnest.
nem, as well as intelligent knowledge of ChrOtianita.
tb4 he did not del*, long to greet -her request. Her
little daughter and an infant boy were baptiod with her
by the names of Piece end Timothy respectively.
Eunice's re.ations, despite all schemes to lielp
thi m, wetly always in a state close upon want.
This area their position lest autumn when the
Row. 'G. !louts way about to take his family
llosaehoer. During his earlier visite to the
city it 1861 3 he had felt convinced of the necessity of
kieg op Mrs. Motile. because of the readiness with
-which the Henachow women came into hit house to
Inquire +host the new doctrine. But as the time drew
near he began to feel that his wife would be able to do
'bet little far the Hangehow women without an inter.
pricer, beam-a of the gm.t difference between their
oßrlooi and that of Ningpo, which Mite Houle
speaks, arid of the unlikelihood of her finding time
to acquire any freedom in the Haegehow dialect
hawing three children to care for. The only inter-
preter he amid think of Was Eunice, and she an'
cepted the OB.* 'lolly. It was soggested that her
imshand might find some trade at Hangehow,
which, with he aid of her salary. would support the
lam& mere comfortably than at Ningpo, bet slut pre-
ferred to go up with her infant first to begin her work
and to reninnoitre for her hoshand, leaving him and the
ii Iron -irk her mother. They and Mrs. G.
.ut..) took her up with them lest November. and she
heed in their house till they left In May. taking • doli
reading aid writing lemon from Mrs. Mode. and working
no dowdy *mono tie women both there and in thyir own
hoc's& Her work was, he trusted' really blood
of God. Cht Whit-Sunday they beptised three
widow, who were enlightened and converted. undor
G td, by her labour., and several others were en much
interested am JO attend frequently their Rondo services.
.lot before Mr. and Mr... Houle left Hangehow, they
found metro to bring up Eonice's relatives Nave •
Christian brother and his wife gone to Peking with a
mtrionsre) from Ningpo. and hoped they would find
n difficulty in gettios on. It was armored that
Eunice should write weekly to Mrs. Moults telling what
we. being done, but the family were tried very sorely.
The husband of Renton fell sick, and at length diet
with • oho hope of rest and blessedness in his mend
whilst she was praying by his aide. It wog a haa•rdous
experiment," Mr. G. Monk saes. "to leave for nearly lye
months our infant minion without miseionary superin-
tendence. I had, it is tree, weekly letters from the
catechio, and be was, on the whole, true to the work;
and, in so far as the keeping up of the Sunday sonata,
and the interesting of inquirees, were concerned. things
were much better than I had ventured to hope. But.
the norytnsibility of being the tnissientry's deputy was
U. great for the old men, and be was betrayed at last
;nto grievous inoonsistenoase, for which I have had to
sopend him. We were very anxious lest, upon
intiotry, we should god th•t with all her difficulties and
sorrows, poor Runic* had failed m .re or less in carrying
on her work, or in respect of discreet behaviour and
in inagement of her family. Now, after more then •
fortnight, however, of daily intercourse with her, and
rafter oeing the goodly number of women who have oon•
tinned through her mean* to attend the eerrioes. ws
Snd only cause to thank God for the tokens of hie grace
to her, in sustaining her under hee efaiction, and loch-
ing her to walk wisely and cork still heartily for Him.
Mach of her time, of course, has been taken or, in
nosing her husband and her honohold duller, but the
seems always to have kept before her the desire
to ' win soda' The three widows have roue on
well, and three younger women sre appliconts for
baptism—two of them learning aim to read.
Besides thew', Chority, who is • good intelligent !
girl of 13, betrothed—though the wedding Is, of muse,
distant —to one of our young catechist., is also a ean.
didate for heptisni. At last Bewley morning earwice
fourteen women, besides Eaniee's own fatally, were
present, rev rent sad attentive, throughout both the
%writes( Prayer and the Holy Communion. Right
natives—four men and four woreall—ostentlinieated, slot
there wen, altygether shoot fifty persons present. We
do not exclude any who wish to be precut, pro-
vided that they behave decently. I wish I could
send you a drawing of our imogregatien—the men on
one side, and the women on the other of our large hal.
looking, it I. true, natural enough to we now, bet •
eight which I know would have made me weep with
thankful weeder eight years ago—my wife and two
little sem, looting I %Mak very ingllsh. Asia, with
the woman., and I between the two didairese, in a ran
pike end old hasheloe's bond. The 'tongue under-
stunted of this wonid mood to you barbarous and
perhapsludimor.iffor though I can now, thank God'
both speak and think, sad, if one may ;y no feel in
Chinese, I am fain sometimes, for refreshme;Pit
sake, when giving the breed and wine to my
wife and even to myself, to say the swert
solemn words of didribulion in &latish. How-
ever, to return from this digit-anion. Baniete's salary
of 4 dollars (shoat 18 ehillinp) • month is not charged
to the Church Niesiooary Society. It has been
paid pertly by Era Itavnyerd's Biblewomen's
fond, on behYlf of which Mr. Wylie of the British and
Fdreirn Bible Society, kindly offend as half a yearn
stipend, and partly by modem China is not so che•st
a etymon, to line in ea India, sod four dollars a month
it not *womb to provide neeerearies for a household
great and mall of six mouths So we have bed to sup-
plement the .alary with an additional two dollars. aver
since poor Eunioris widowhood began. I do not knew
that Mrs. Raynyard's grant can he renewed
to as, and as the Chun* Missionary Society
have never sanotioood our motdoymorall at thdr
pens, of any distinct few& sellecy. and lei
alter nearly Dino years in China, I maned feel our wor-
m rosney here to be very certain, we are anxious, if the
kid sontributors of the Fordington spectral fond have
so objection, that it should be applied to pay's' this
salary and the additional two dollars for Ine mainten•
aloe and education of Charity, or snob proportion of
the whole ono ea it will cover. Will you beim good oi
to communicate this proparition to the annual meeting.
wit.. an earnswt request for mush prayer oe behalf of
this infant work—on behalf of Eunice and her family
and the three deer old widows, and of the female
astighbosses who are aceeesible to us'
oes both actual
Monies.' Lod others." The letter then gon to state
that many wawa go to them for medical help, which
they give as they are Ode, nod closes by asking that
when preying for the poor people, they might pray also
for their Very needy teseloye, and sipreesis, an earnest
de-ire for the welfare of ail in thin n hbourhood.
The Irleall added • few remarks In unbar illustretion
of the Missive work at Ningpo, and observed that his
son Arthur had been favoured with strength and activity
etgorously to carry on the work. He misted that in.
fanticide had been Yore Precaleat la the valley of Wilts-
Wee( Inge the rebellion Of the Taopings, and pinata '
who had three donghten boo's would drown the
third. Bet an amociation had been formed at
Ningpo for the prevention of infanticide, supported by
rich men, who were 41 idolators—folloerere of
Confer:taus. A lame /a ID of money was aublieribed, a, 'I
they mot out agents, who gave 12e. to every family
when • third daughter was born to help support it,
while any who destroyed their children were Folnish4
A LIMO Peer the slid= station had son eleventh
idughte• been, whisk he drowsed, log whisk pion

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it lost he had was token from Mts. Mr. Novae
said he believed they should have a sufficient RIR to
414,0 d three BiWirt/omen, or two Bible-women nod •
eNhoolmistrma, in the two towns of Niogpo and Hang-
ohow. He attributed the subscriptions in a great
insasure to sympathy tor his sons, but observed that if
terelle believed In the Lord Jean' Christ that feeling for
the sposionaries would be slight compared with that
they bad for Him and Hie work in the wort?. He
000•lanarl that Clesd was permitting a good deal of
the confasiou which has attain in this sonntry—super.
atition on oat side, and Miff Uty on Um other—in order
that people may be lad to examino themselves, whether
or not they be In the faith of the Lord JUN. Christ, so
ea to be able to look up to Hint and say, "Lord, thou
knowest all thing., thou loosest that I love thee."
Prayer was then offered, the hundredth ,pealru sung,
and the meeting closed with the benediction.