The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-03-11 00:00:00

RELIGIOUS' TRACT 80CIETY.

The Rev. T. W. Knipe wee unable to preside, as
announced, at the annual meeting of the 19..rchester
auxiliary of NS. society at the Alington Hall on Mon-
day evening. There was not • large attendance. The
Rev. H. P. Rakes occupied the chair.
The meeting opined with prayer by the Rev. J. J.
Deno° (Biotin).
The CHAIRMAN, in hie opening remarks before he
presented his report, said be had received • note from
Mr. Knipe requesting him to occupy the poeition be
had bees advertised to fill as chairman, be being 100
fatigued to attend. Still he had not forgotten one
Important matter; he had enclosed • subscription for
the plate, and he (the chairman) expressed the hope
no one else would forget to do the same. He regretted
very much Hr. Kelp.. absence, but it gave him very
great pleasure to take the chair, for be continued to
heel the very deepest Interest in the society. He then
read the following :
The Nun received inrelMthy the Dorchester Auxiliary of the
s.ilgiou. Toni Borl.e.tihrountei to did 90. &It winch os
is. So. nerve 1000 frvo
ocatnbutioe of no lees than iferhdaneeinr ;int to the petrol
society, being an Increase of on the anon .1 forwarded id
Ill& After deducting expense", Is., there rowing a
Wane' In hand .4 dc ltd. .oth. oommenoement of the present
year. The sale of th. society's pub/lotions has been quite as
felislasiory as that nor orded In ths lag annual report, LIP 0001•
fag in very nearly "FPO worth of booke end tra.te sold In Dor-
e/1110W Ned circulated in the neighbourhood. In reeponee
to the epeeist appeal for stb.ltional fends to enable the
society to extend its miselooury work, two extra contribu-
tions of lOs. each have been sent to the Jaren society. The
guardians of the Dorchester Union kin. ly granted the gum !
of Li la order to memo the number of volute." in the
workhouse Maury. and the °muml tee of the Religioes
Trent Society In Leaden mon 'onerously emptied books
eetteled from their prieted =Wogs. by the chaOnio to the I
mount In value .4L5 fle. Bd. The mug privilege will be ,
accorded by then In sliellu Led other degerving one.. when
by the Dorabeeter Raz Wry. 111. impertant
feet the public should be med. acquainted with the
gnat ninety* winch can be °Stained In ibis way. It
It proposed that the gentlemen wbo formed the worlds( Mal
of the Dadaist,' asaillaa7 let year be itinted :
Pr...idea
,Ito. I. C. Manwl-Pleytell ; vow t, Mr.
U. C or; tremorms. Mesas,. R. and S. Will lune and Co. ;
dowel kg. in. H. P. 8a1k.,; committee, Mr. 0. Paling,
Mr. H. flesoombe, Hr. W. Pommy, Mr. M. Daventelt. Mr.
B. &sae. Kr. 0. Crocker. I m., Rev. T. W. Rohm,
ItoT. O. Pottery, Kr. W. Dinle, besides all mtuletere
beteg enbeoribere and adher,og to the principle § of the
Society.
They would no doubt agree with him Ws was a satis-
factory report, for it was the best they had had for
ream. They had mut £6 additional to what they had
e vtit before as • free contribution; they were in •
prositioa than on any former §§§xsalon, and they
had ataintaltied that which they all cherished, vie.,
The circulation of the publications of the society in
Dombeeter and the neighbourhood to the same extent
se In termer year.. (Applause.)
The Dwrotanos (the Rev. Dr. asthma%) gave an
admirable amount of the week of the society. He was
glad to tell them Gad had been blessing the work of
the society thrcughout the world last year. The
olreakitioa of books and tracts' bad increased by more
then six millions.; they had now translations la 160
!animism aid dialect,, tea being added last year, and
they insydred an Income of fi696 a day to keep the work
mewing ea. The society had been able la 84 years to
sonse a great work, livery year had whammed
an sxtemsoss of its opsratioas, and only want of
arlarreate fends had Mattered it. still further
The moiety had contissed all them years pro=
the imwearthatile riches of Christ, and had year after
=seeibtoreased. Nearly 15 year. ago, when he first
cenaected with the society, the circulation
was not quite fifty nalllioses, It was now ninettitatrinee
Waiter ; thew, the society's wake
was not quite 21, 000, now it waspliVlV. They
emit out 4000., of missionaries levi year, for all
SW: pablioadoos were missionaries, and if they
geokowed each of these w, by five persons, which
was the number general! fee the population of
• whet as so number of raiders they
bud society assisted all the adasicaary societies,
and ofiered special advantages to theological atadente
of all disnonguations. The society published 262 new
Masts lest year, and 909 Dew publications. 'they had
tracts on mom than 300 different subject., sad • new
series was "Tract, for the Preeeat Time." lofidelitv
had aseumed • new phase; it was not as blatant aa It
was tea or twelve years ago, aid Instead of discussion
now it acted through in books. The object of this
society wag to eater into the actions of infidelity as
well as into its talkie', mad they bad owlets& oublica-
time for this purpose. Its alluded to the work being
carried on in Fromm, Italy, India, Japan, China,
Mongolia. and Formosa, and in concluding referred to
the I:amatory condition of the society. He said the
report read by the chairman encouraged him to hope
Dorchester would still do better this year. On one day
in December the society made 225 grants, and during
the year they gave 25 colleges and more than 100
elaistirla libraries. They gave to gaols, workhouses,
and to almost every ineUtotioe that meld be imagined,
and when they did not give It was became they had
nos =CCM. In oonclualen he umed them, if there
were any here who were doing nothing for Josue, not
to go away without asking God to eye them some
woek to do for Him.

--A.-vrts-Witi.-n-irto the deputation fox hie address
bowing bass carried, out the =Coo of the Rev. T.
Na&vs, Ow neeetlog MN closed with the Doxology nod
Regealetiog.