The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-20 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The annual noistint. of thissociety were held Liat week, •
when sermons on Sunday were preached in various:
churches. The Mends net In the Town Hall in the after.
noon, ander the presidency of Mr. Robert Williams, of
Bridehead, there being al. present :—Rev. T. Knipe (Si.
Biter's), Rev. Jodie (All Baines), Rev. H. Monte (best
Fordingtoo). Rev. Handley Moak. Rev. Canon Bingham,
Rev. W. C. Osborn (West F Rev. K Ludlow. •
Rev. S. Hobbs. Hon. and Bev. Syflng.Rica, Rev C.
Marston, Rev. R. R. Meadows, Rev. N. J. Green. Among
the ladies and geotlemen in the hell, which was well-
filled, were :—Mr. 1 L Kindersky, Mies Kinciersior,
Mr. G. and Mies Andrews, Mr. and lbs. W. Chapin,
Mks Crow. Nth Curiae, the Mimes Hodge& Mrs. W.
Darden,
_Dr. and Kra Homey. Mr. H. Monle, Mi.. 2.
Churchill. Wm Campbell, Mks It Campbell, Miss Wood,
the Misses Bpinks, MW Marston, Ac.
Prayer was offend by the venerable vicar of E Art '
Fordingtca, Rev. R. Moeda. after which
The Ostallusui (Mr. R. Williams) opened the meeting,
remarking that exactly 83 years had passed sine. • few
pious men met, in 17911, for the purpose of eetahlishing
this society. Never were the operations more needed,
neer were more men pressing forward to go into the
minion geld, to fill the minim of those who have fallen.
With regard to the society's fond; we learn that throe Is
a steed? Inc:ream in the receipts from the associations,
end became there is an Increase of upon Inure ovvr
receipts, it is not to be concluded the funds are decreasing
A large Malawi Of expenditure ham occurred in gum.
queues of the most adventurous mission In central Africa,
sad the asexiations must bestir themselves to keep up
the required amount, for .000.000 a year le required. One
circumstance was specially encouraging; the aparit of
prayer la increasing. The Illth May is the next day for
gtheral interoseeloo all over the world for societies such
as this, sad he hoped we shall be specially animated to
loin with more heart and soul in the appros&ulng wrviees
of that day. The thought that this hi the 80th birthday of '
the society ought to draw out our souk on its behalf.
The Rev. Cum* &NOW, moved that the report he
adopted. Of all classes of society there wee none he had
=rect for than true-hearted migalocutries of the
Meaery Society, like Mr. Geer. Moak, who
has been ready to spend and be spent for the society, that
when he gives as • request, it is Joust Like • command.
It wail Ws &One to be pmeent at the great animal
.eWie of Church Igkelooas, Society in it=l,lbl.l
end of
seed to what the Bishop Rochester ch
as enigthlreetiveintermaiid pawky report: it leeched
the midi of the British soidie. sad they resolved to earn
ee the week by God's help. • matte, of iram
faction wee there had beenza taw.. I number
of the ware clergy, while • scoesulos had also been
&mid to the ranks of the rethionarim. F his
own university only th Mr had moth, while , irardw
Minis had the satidection that four had been mint (rues
mo=eiYet they had not enough men to take posses.
t ibe openings; there maned to be an Increase in
pert The Miser Madan is most encouragiag. end
In , in connection with the society for the Pro-
arelart
of well se thethoern,ll.6oo bad come
forward, In Ceylon are dinealtees ; but the Aretiththop
of Canterbury has taken the matter in hand, and tried to
bring the reedeltruit young Bisbop of Colombo beck into
traces, and even there • lupe number of converts has beam
made. Referring to the terrible persecution in the 'whim
province of China, he mentioned that no less than 237
=a ret to s hid been beetles& and not one had
With . the loud call for I=
account of the ,d.thricy In the funds. • lover of
the society had said she had no patience with them
for getting into debt But his answer was Canon
Hoare's speech. The Canon mid in his sy, e :—" Not
very lam ego • gentleman said to me 'line, the
wanse done right In getting into debt?' Now. I bad two
reasons to give to him. In the Int elem, I am glad to
ow we have not got into debt. li. not believe it Is right
to get Into debt in • Wier, any More than In our d 0....
setabilshithints. (Hear, hear.) We have not really lot
tato debt Some of our friends have spoken to . shout
liegaisies. Well, It is quite Moe that we have not received
oar weal amount Of : and, kW coif Pert. lam vere
ylled we have not because we have living fyiends,
the Ihrba, the living, they shall praise Thee But, they
seg, ie. hive va year /SLOW ; but mirk the fact,
WIMP el thee sum wee • kerma from the yew helm.
Lidos. I my we have not got into sloths and for this
reasaa—it Is Amok:fel/ nemeser7 that we thewid "va a
world. Capallat, sod whoa we have done is, that we bare
_
araw:ci=wo_„ ealte capital to an ocelot which maker
eke
w ow extremely inconvenient.
▪ e"" te the NEI Fiat I west to take you into
orramarl I went yea Is whether our committee
have donor snman la Take, for example,
Use ease the NYOOM Mlce, you all know the
eiroriginally made m, sad you all remember the
asiseen with which we responded. Vieth flowed in
fee that wok ; yam rasa mareforward and volunteered.
win we right or Inane
.Whee we entered upon that
mimics I You all know tam we were right. (heplame.)
Wittwaiewitleso out two noble men, sad with „eat Sorrow
we hoard of their death. wewee'sreedy to
weep ONE their graven Toe ben heard of the death of
our more from fever. You have heard of others gothi
out You have herd of the eau
Nageatia.4tere Is the yeti !wan dinkti.".= of

mike away from the atm& of any Igen:Wein- Weida you
have ROO* to the committee ars,l said ' Well, there he is
at Nugands ; Imre him there alme; I there one heart
In this hall that would not at once 57 He must be
helped f. (Applause.) Are the committer to steed
Will I ask you—is time one financier in the whole
country who would say that the committee should
stand ? We were compelled to mml men out,
and were compelled to follow that work it, ; tor
the mllar of cloud has compelled us ferwuil And
now what is the result That mission has eon an
414,00:51/ ; and there you have the history of the difficulty.
I will take another rase, although I .sin almost afraid of
mentioning it : but I mention It because I know most
about it, end it comer hotne most to my own mind. lt ou
beard in the r•port mention mode of a dear eon of mine
at Ni.glo. (Applause.) Huneg the last three yen that
dear young men has been Hare undertaking what I au
sure his father never could do. It appears to me next to
i • miracle bow • man can talk ti Chinese student* as he
i doss in the college at Illitimett, translating every ward of
' instruction into that very difficult language. The
etudents are pressing in, and they eennue be fe"'"'L
' Some are ready to go out and work; others have actually
gone out, and the expansion of the college lon great li.pe
far the provinoe in which isle est...batted. My son writes
to mu: D go to the Church Ms- moan Society, and
Press toot& them for help' I want t • know what answer
lam to rend. It is for you to decide. Should the
committee reply to that appeal and say ' We are crippled
and can do nothing; you mud struggle on as well as You
can.' Shell I write back and my 'I went to Exeter Hall;
I ease it full of enthusiastic friend. of the Church
Missionary Soriety,lott they bad got nothing to do for you.
You way go on and work WI you Moak down they are
behind hand with their funds, and they cannot help you.
Mere are young mai reedy and willing to help, but the
Church of England is too poor to send them. Is that the
=steer you me or the committee to send back to
China next Fri.:syl I know kis not. The piller of lire and
the pillar of clo id is trading an on, and we meat follow.*
It had actually • .rst samisen to plam • single intesionary at
Nuganda • lar o number of bearers hal to be sent with
the LIASMOCII/1, 5, and as there ere no coins to pay for
myelin, lame 1.,1ee of goods bad to to, carried to pay for
their provision,. Do funds from ltoreetahire, be wee
sorry to see, do not vlvance as he wanted to see, and
though the society did not complain of it, he wanted to
see deer old Loreetehire in a tettor position, end to do
more than she had already don.. in behalf of this great
and tilmeal (Apri.--.)
On behalf of the Rue. 11/OMT 111 or LE. his DOD, the

Rev. Hagiage Mout; resd the following report :
" The Rev. Samuel Hasell, on bebalf of the Funds Com-
mittee of the pireut a-cisty, write to your secretary •
few weeks ago, a letter containing the following sentence:
—"The commitote, in relit...tin, tie work of the associa-
tion from yam to year. are deeply conscious of the great
value of the asaistance rendered. ooil only by those friends
who undertake to preach remotes or to speak at meetings
for the society, but also to dime who, as collector, or
workers, in so many other ways help to quicken interest
In the cruet week; and. therefore, to each awl to all the
committee desire to express their cordial thanks." The
committee of this association very heartily joins in
thpl expression of thanks to the clergyman who encourage
auxiliaries, end several of them have again and
again preached and spoken on the society's behalf, to the
collectors In Dorchester and the associated parishes, and,
very particularly, to the members of the Juvenile Associa-
tion, who, by their own handiwork, by missionary boxes,
and in other ways, have helped our good cause so much.
It is true that there has been moms falling off under each
of thess beads. Through the death of Rev. E. Collins, at
the close of last year, ths Evershot auxiliary has tweed to
exist, as Mr. Collins succetwor declines to support the
society. And the contributions from Evershot and From*
St. Quinton, which amounted last year to more than OA
are thus lost to car sesociation, except in the sue of otos
friend who bas remitted her subscription direct to the
secretary. Death. or recooral from the neighbourhood, has
redoced slightly the amounts of these, out of the four
collectors' list, besides depriving us of two or three
valuable subwriptions ; and the sum collected in lieu of
the hamar by Mr and Mrs. Ludlow is XS) instead of £43
is last year. Them was a well-known special resson,
however, for the liberal sum raised teat year, and the
thanks, eireade expressed, are largely due to the kind
friends who, without that special stimulus, and, in
these days of depression, haw still done as much.
The Juvenile Association contributes this year nearly
two pounds lam than last. But this difference Is
occasioned, not, we hope, by any diminution of interes%
but by the tailors this year of one liberal donation, and
by the circumstance of two collections being paid in atter
the socount was closed. On the other hand, whilst the
Fordinston Sunday School children have been Is.. liberal
than heretofore, other school collections and the sums
raised by young ladies' work, etc., and by missionary boxes
have been more than usual. On the whole, however, •
considerable deficit would have had to be reported, as
compared with last year's account, but for an opportune
gift of £5O from • lady, who assigned as her reason
for that donation., the great interest with which the
had heard, some few years ago, Mr. A. E. Monle's
amount of mirth= work in China. This lady, in fact,
placed at the secretary's disposal the sum of .F. 60 with
the desire that it might be applied so es best to promote
that branch of the Society's work. Upon Ous considera-
tion it was decided, with the donor's cement, to allow LB)
toMr A. E. Mantle's special school fund, and .f. 50 to our
local C.M.S. Association. In this wee the association is
enablid to report the wc• of f.3.it 5.. tid rewittoi to the
went society, or nearly .1:21 more than last year, when
the rsmitt ance was larger Lbw any arm ual remittsoce since
Meantime the special ' Henschel. Fund' has received
VMS& 110., partly front friend. at a dietance,but in large
proportion from the same sources as those to which the
association owes its support. And we hare thus to
acknowledge to our f rieu4 with gratitude to Almiehty
God, the receipt of nearly L 133 by the emaciation or its
members on behalf of the great work of Church missions
The work of the Church Missionary Society abroad has
during last year been, as usual, full a interest for those
who have watched it in the admirable monthly publics.
lions The largest accession of converts has horn in South
India, where about ten thousand natives of Tionevelly
have applied for instruction and sairniasion into the
Church ; • movement conomted with the famine in that
region, which began., sod has profile,' at.‘ greater
apparent results, in the districta of the ii.P.G. The
society • greet and most difficult enterprise in central
Africa has been sustained, net without thcouragement,
but again with the loss of valuable lives; slay missionary
with his attendants having been killed by robbers when
on his march to Victoria Like. The invasion of
Afghanistan was wade the occasion of Mr. Gordon, of the
Puojab Mission, formerly a pupil of our secritary's, to
attempt an extension of the minion field into that most
interesting country. He accompanied the column from
Quettah, an volunteer chaplain to one of the regiments
engaged. The work in China Me been marked by great
trial and greet encouragement. Violent persecution, the
work of the literary class, or more correctly of certain
turbulent members of it, has fallen upon tbs missionaries
and Christians of Fuhchow and its distrkts. Mission
buildings hare been destroyed, and, saddest of all, a
native clergyman, utterly unstrung by the relentless
malignity of the assailants of his flock, had ended his
life by suicide. The work in Chekay has been already
alluded to. Since last May, when we bad to report an
outburst of violent persecution in the district of Great
Valley, peace has been restored, and Mr. A. IL Houle has
lately mat home a list of newly 100 names, 73 being
adults, of prawns baptised during the twelve months,
chiefly Is or near Great Valley. Most interesting details
of these missionaries' visits to three districts, once in
company with their bishop, Dr. Russell, hare appeared in
the I nteiligeneer sad Gleaner during the past year. The
parent society has recently printed • paper on the subject
of funds and home organisation. It appears that the
general expenditure of the society has now reached the
sum of about fogoo.llUtt To raise this, collections at ter
sermons and meeting, annual subscriptions, donation.,
prieste collections, sod missionary bona, are chiefly
relied no. A further sum is derived frusta legacies. This
item fluctuates p .units horn year to year, and has
yielded much below the average during Wit year;
whilst it is stated that the amount raised by
this means in connection with the associations,
has steadily increased. The parent committee are very
anxious that all the moiety's friends should do something
to enlarge, if possible, thaw more trustworthy sources of
lumens by multiplying local unetingt, by creating •
missionary interest in new parishes, or in • more private
way amongst porsoual friends and neighbours, or by
Inducing more persons to adopt the use of • missionary
box. as • kind of household savings' bank for offerings
to the Lord. What may be done in this last way haa
been shown by a new member of our Juvenile Association,
who, In • very few comith's brought her box to oe opened
because, as she said, she could not get any more in. Nearly
.C 2 was found in the box in about 200 different coins, and
the after-crop from the re-opened box added 14s. more.
May there be many young end old as Jealous and
thoughtful, if not all quit* as succeed al, as our dear
young friend. It is Perham right to say something
In conclusion about what are known as the principles
of the society. Those principles nay be summed up in
one word—responsibility. flit it to say —oot only
to the subscribers for dilimme and economy in the
raising and outlay of funds, or responsibility to mission-
aries for • dos care of their life, health, and temporal
wall-being generally, when employed for the church
abroad ; but responsibility to our Lard above and to His
church for the spiritual character, so far as it can be
ascertained, and for the loyalty to the doctrine and dis-
cipline of the Church of Eaglet.' of all the missionaries
sent out and maintained at the society's charge. This
seems to some of our fellow churchmen an usurpation of
episcopal functions. Others appear to regmt the wry
: existence of wcienes—voluntery and therefore iudepen-
I dent—within the church: and they cohort us to fix our
attention rather upon Church Hisslollll in the abetract,
leaving the societies behind us, as eathuring rather of
party than of pore seal for the church. The events of the
pest year, including certain experiences of the elder
Missionary Society, are enough not merely to justify, but
to show the necessity of the principles referred to,
If our missionary fields abroad, and the committee-room
at bows, are to continua free from partisan ciuflictii,
disastrous alike to the canes of the Gospel, and to the
liberty and dignity of the chief pastors of the church.
Your committee, therefore, believe that here In
Dorchester, we are heartily at one with the society's
supporta+ in deprecating any alteration in the principles
of the old Church Missionary Society. We cannot forgot
that the Prince of Peace ceine--In a true and solemn
sees.—to send within the pale of His visible Church not
MlXbut • sword. And that seal fog rightetham or es, f
; for Him must ever accompany and give Ma tom to
the most excellent gift of charity. Longing in every
Christian to discern the motive to brotherly love, namely,
the love in sincerity of our Lord Jesus Christ; we believe,
with the New Testament for our guide, that we must
endeavour to discern, rather than in each came to lIIRIO3II
It. Loving the truth and peace we finally pray Hire to
send upon all his penile, wherever they are found, peace
awe's. BY all molt- _ _

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The Rev. C. YffiWON. vicar of plevedon, sald the
work of • groat society is very mach like the work of an
army, sorostffines we are well appointed with the com-
missariat, at other times the commissariat breaks down.
We net see whether it is as In the contest between Saul
and David, the bones of Saul waxed weaker and weaker,
sad the home of David stronger and stronger. Our Zulu
, war, in which we have killed about 1000 heathen, will
I rsett In • very considerable addition to our taxes, and
lom of our soldiers' lives, and if, instead of murdering the
Zulus, es in duty they are bound to do—if the same bravery
and sem= ware displayed in missions, as wee shown by
our soldiers at Rorke's Drift, we should be far more likely
to convey them and turn them into friends (Hear)
Supposing the Buddhists attempted to convert the British
Isles on the rune scale as Rutland attempts to convert
the phloem that would give. on • liberal stale, about
four missionaries to the British We.. Then there is the
difficulty of the pronunciation : and he toldhow •
missionary, desiring ten pound. of arbutos roots, sent out
hhe cook, who returned about 10 at night, with three goats'
taile—(laughter)—all he could get, though be tritd to get
10 of them, the missionary haring mispronounced the
word. Supposing also the principal cities were occupied
by Chinese ateloseadori Chinese officials, and sailor., who
sneered at their religion—might not the Buddhist hibour
his whole life without success Yet that is what Is done
too often by nor allows in China, and continually by our
seamen, and the opium traffic is the continual and crest
hindrance to mimosa work. (llaar, hear.) Doreetabire
should do more, for from Clevedon, • village of &WO, they
'led managed to mod about LDS, yet he thought the,
ot to sit in sack-cloth and ashes for having done so

The liar. R. H. MEADOWS proposed a resolution to the
sired :—" That there is a call to (memoir and hopeful
effort on behalf of the (111L8 • and for lib-rat and
oaf -dmaybut Mete to its tondo" Hs said there are
now of communicants in coaneetion with the meaty more
then 27.0110, yet they an asked to retreugh in ail gloaters
of the world, and in all part. of the work. Of mane we
hers cannot supply. the Ammo deficient ; but why should
we 'Tray person give to the entirety • tenth pert of one
veers wages, as • 'pseud gill? lUs
_ _

The ltev. T. KNIPI seecoded, aad erred— as to remember
the '<chit, is sorely oripoled for emit of famt•—the held
w the funds so deficient. As he considered it veer
wetarge eshe people to live beyond their mesas, en it Is
moss in whatever le dose for God's service. Ile was
asked for a coalbribatioo to • restoration of on. of our
aighsgssa, and MI sires* tactinod to gin it; bit Os

want Into aha nailledral and found It all done,
did notelets
them an aa,
lus. and did not think he ever woad.
(1*"•h.... a"-!) What right had they to do it before they
a'asti Par I Rut it was quits different with the Church
Missionary Society, who had been drawn forweed by
Pita opened doors. This Zulu war may coat sue country
;I. 000 eterling ; and if wee t-ue the Z Iwore
inveding the CqioOF of Natal, who wouid heot on the
more Money question to drive them back I (APPlaosa)
Th., Cuurej, referred to the pereecution of Mr. A.
Motile • converts ; it bad relarod. and DK hantialus had
tarcil Place. Ho felt that the work it. auflaolod by lb.
Spirit of 04, and remembering that Kr. Karsten's cow:
paroon was of nO Vain,. Our artiswionarnis go forth.
though eingle.banuaa, with a power far greater than tbt ir
ONIL (11,*r, and applause-) A most valuable hod, of
men are carrying forward the work in connection with
Afgbanistan. at Yashareur, Lahore. and Candahar ; in the
Niger mimion are a large number of converts, and the
ushoici p;pulation seem to he turning in favour of Bishop
, Crowther. Aftle spotking of the baud of usiwionaries
who •ro gone up the Nile, of Um Nyanza miision, North
! West America (where the tuissinnarie. think there is not
a single beethen, but they are all nominally ChrisUan)
be bespoke their prayers and interest on belled of the
*witty. (Appian...)
The evening meeting was presided over by the Ror. T
I Knit., mutated by the RAI,. W. B. Ferri., returned mu-
sionery frnm Ceylon, Re. E. W. C diluent. Wootbfied,
Rev. W. Osborn, ftc. Among the interesting matters of
the evening wee a letter read by the Rev. Handley Kettle
from his missionary brother (Rs.. A. Motile) In Chinn.
and we are glad that this wee very tmeouraging In Its tone.
Th. Rev. C. Kum°s delivered a long and telling
wide.... in which he referred with great satisfaction to
this letter, and aided that 50 years ago such a state of
thing, aa that depicted would not have been dreunt of in
China. Sir. Marston's reference to the various misaion
fields was very encouraging. and he said be believed the
time Is coming when the debt will be absolutely between
MAMA= and Christianity, for the old forms of false
religion are d vine ont.
The Rev. W. B. 1411.111 gave interesting accounts of tile
work in Ceylon, and the Rev. E. W. COLLUSION spoke of
i the raltstof iniluetw.. .

—The rollartions at Fiari Fon:1111,ton am-noted t
at St. P,ter'e, to about .Cl 3 ; at Christchurch. to 1,0,wr.
LI awl £2; All Saints, to £5 F. Id. At the afternoon
ntintuln. £15155. 3J.; and the eve:nos useatin&