The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-12 00:00:00

the peat year were £74 yg, 3d., which sum was raised as
i.--Dollect-d at the canon. chnich.s *nil chattels
£203. 51., ailonymens donation ir. posterte.semps, 5.. ;
donstion from fe.ogileet iissocietion, el I 10a.; 1.4 k.
a.„„.ja.ion for Bible*, 05; Poole sab.eriptions, lie,
Bib e rem, Cfl 31. 41. The disbursements stem al
rind. r :—purchase amount. £35; ineidentsil •xt.ensm,
11 10..; free donation to the Parent Society, £44. —The
, Carrirman, who was loudly applauded upon rising to
aililreAftbe meeting, after stating that he eras very glad
to be able to tette a part in a meeting of the British and
Foreign Bible Society at the present time, proceeded to
glee one of his round and eloquent discourses, in the
course of which he spoke of the objects of the society ;
tho great need there a f suppoet et, the pt..eent tire
from ell qu.rters In defence of the Bible; the nneerwify
of propagating land sprerdiog the recor Is of in.pired
truth in every ossiblo part of our country ; the cost
1 herr. Ste that at:owned to a country from pos.ession of the
I, Bible ; the imposaiislity of doing without Divine low ;
and the immeuse importance of • moth. 1,. teaching
during eat ly youth. 11.1 lordship concluded his earnest
opening atklress by exhorting all to show by their life
and example that christianitv wee not a mere name,
and not to insult God by r•mii of their means merely
for the hen. St of others, whikt they them-elves were
ount,nt to live according to the fa.lrone of the world.
—The Rev. J. Cerr Glyn in his address spoke chiefly of
Spain giving bin experience from personal observation in
that country of the advancement of religious truth in
spite of the crushing power of the priesthood. He
said that • very delightful work was being carried
on not only at Msdrid, but in other towns of Spain.—
The Rev. T. A. Lawson (reetor of Poole) said he had
received letters from the Rev. P. Eliot, the Rey. Ff.
Cooke, of B iurnemooth, mod other ministers, giving
reasons for their noo.attentanco.—The d.putation of
the Parent Society (the Rev. George it ibbins, of
Tunbridge Wells) next addressed the meeting, giving
interesting Ntatistios showing the vastness of the work
carried on by the society, both in the British Isles and
other parts of the wotld ; the receipts, expenditure, the
circulation and other facts in connection with the
Blitish and Foreign Bible Society. The total number
of 13.1.1-4 and Testaments eimulated last year was
2.186.186, makine altogether since the formation of the
society in 1604. 59,396,671 copies I—The Rev. .1. H.
Osborne propowd, and the We, R. A. Faeaker seconded
• vote of thsnks to the Rev. Lord Sidn-y G. Osborne for
presiding. which was csriied by ocalamation.—Lord
Osborne, in acknowledging the oon.pliment, spoke of the
great comfort that is to be obtained from Bible truths
by the la,istsnoe of the Holy Ghost, and his hope that
all present might regulate their live, according to God's
Holy Wild. The Doxology was then sung. and after
his Lordship pronounced the Benediction, the meeting
separated. A GAl°6l.lOll amounting to LI 17s. 3.1. was
made at the doors.