The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-21 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONS.

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The annual meetings of the Dorchester auxiliary
branch of the Church Missionary Society were held at
the Town Hall on Monday, the usual sermons having
been preached the previous day at several churches of
the town. Mr. Robert Williams, J.P., of Brideheed
Moues, presided over the afternoon gathering. There
were present the Rev. If. IEL Meadows 1L A., the
Rev. Canon :Width, the Rev. H. Monis (vicar of
Fordington). the Eev. G. K Motile, the Rev. Handley
C. G. Mottle, the Rey. Septum's Hobbs, the Rey. W.
C. (Inborn, the Rev. ff. F. Jones, the Mayor of Dor-
chester and Mrs. Aldridge, Mr. and Mrs. Be Puree,
the Rev. M. J. Green (Winterborne fiteepleton) Miss
CUItDO, Mrs. Burnett and family, the Rev. E. and
Mrs. Ludlow, Colonel Oldfield, Mrs. John Galpin,
the Hon. and Rev. A. It. Spring-Rice, the MIAOW
Cross and others.
Special prayer haring been offered by the Rev.
Canon Serra,
The annual report of the auxiliary emaciation was
read by the Rev. W. C. Ossosn. This stated there
were sotne painful circumstances to record, but they
were mingled with joy. Financially the year had
been marked by prosperitT, the total sum subecribed
being £338 141. 20. Thu exceeded the receipts in
the preceding year by E6l. and times of the year
1875-6 by EPA. For the first time since 1849, DOS
had been sent in one year to the parent society. Tor
the special fund in connection with the Rev. A.
idoule's labour* upwards of £63 had been raised. and
more than 40 had passed through the hands of the
Rev. George /Houle-in aid of the sufferers front the
famine in North China. Altogether about £450 had
been entrusted to the auxiliary association or its mem-
bers with the view of promoting God's glory among
the heathen. Reference was made to the toes by
death of Mrs. Reginald Smith and Mrs. Motile, and
to their untiring sympathy and love, the latter having
for 50 years begged for the society, and XI years
lent some of her children to work for Christ in the
mioionary fiehl. It was mentioned upwards of £4.1
had been collected by Mrs. Ludlow as a gift towards
the deficiency fund of the parent society and as a
oonm i
emoration of the late Mrs. Smith's nterest in
the biennial bee ter held for the joint benefit of the
ftcoiety for Pre:noting Chi iiitianty amongist th• Jews and
the Church %. imionary Society. Teetimony was borne
at the zealous, painstaking, and kindly activity of the
Rev. M. F. Evans, whose abesooe would be severely
felt by thee upon whom his duties as secretary would
now devolve. The Rev, H. Mottle had, it was
stated, accepted the vacant vecretaryship. in which
he w..uld have the help of the treasurer, Mr. It. Cars,
and also that of the members of his own family. The
total receipts reported at the lad annual meeting of
the parent society held 'a Exeter Hall reached iipwasds
of 1W7,000 against £175.000 It. the precedii.g year.
mo• wl.l. lill t• urgent
need for interceteus7 prayer, an wil th a rpe crepes to
the persecution going on in China. The financil
statement set forth that £34 10s. had been received
from the juvenile association. Amongst the collect ors
1111111-• i ciion with the auxiliary was that of
the lute Nies g.glie, N'tliCh stood the item of
E 52 LW 4d.
The it.xllBAfl sal.l all who had followed the details
of the would agree with him thee the opt rstions
of the so. iety did not dimluieh in either interest or
importaeee. but on the contrary greatly increased.
He felt eoustrained to say something auto the extteine
important* of the work carried on, and to refer
to the etate of the finances -a point which
formed the keynote ,d the •peeuh..o delivered at the
recent meetilig in Exeter Hall. and the princilul
topic of the Wein+ of (Nobel's sermon in conne tion
with the anniversary. Tide asesiation stood at the
head of the Proteetant missionary societies, and, with
the tdeoin.; of i tod rotting menu ts operatione, many
doors of usefulness had been ..pened—ell many indeed
that, as the Bishop of Cashel said, an anneal income
of at least E 250.000 was required. The finances had
oecilleted considerably. Some persons present would
no douls remember three or four years ago Mr.
Bingham, who had juat 'come down front the general
meeting, stated the funds were overecnying awl that it
was difficult to know hoer to use them, but there was a
great dearth of missionaries. The dearth was so great
that annual iutercessory prayer for a supply of men
was instituted. Men had been given in answer to the
prayers, and now the deficiency was in the funds. The
same prayers which hail obtained the men would
obtain the motley necessary for their support. Mr.
Winless mentioned in terms of satisfaction the
sodesiestical difficulties at Ceylon had been brought to
an end for the prevent, a " form of words" which might
be interpreted in different senses having been adopted;
the Bishop ad expressed setirdaction the work of the
society should be carried on "upon Church of Eng-
land principles." For the present the question In
dispute was settled; but the arrangement was only
temporary. There was to be a Pan-Angticaa Syno
when the erraugeteent between the Bishop of the
Diocese and the metropolitan societies, especially the
Church Missionary SoeMty, would be brought forward
The Archbishops of Canterbury and Yolk' members
of that Synod, were in favour of the Church
Missionary Society. Prayers for the direction of the
Synod were needed. The tendency of soma Synods
was, it was to be feared, to umProtestanties the
Church of England; prayers, then, that God would
guide the ecciedestical amenablim were of the greatest
itopetance. Mx. Williams dwelt. in nonclusion, on
the deaths from tam to time of missionaries by
violence.

The Rev. riarratas Hone, who was then called
,on. said he felt it a great privilege to offer a few
word. on behalf of the society. more especially because
of the circumstances that had lately transpired.
Those circuinstanom had greatly increased the oonfi-
dance he always felt in the oanunittos of the Church
Missionary society. In regard to the mission in
Ceylon, he was the orginiser or rather the first
superintendent of It for seven years. It was stated
the difficulties which had arisen had been overcome
be the Bishop having demanded • guaranies the
&thin of the mission should he conducted on the
principled of the Church of England. livery one
mould agrev with him (Mr. Hobbs) the committee of
the ('inau:h Missionary Society could well sled to
give • guersntee like that. Could not a father afford
to give • qaaranteo that if his ion asked bread be
would not give him a stone Whilst the eddroverey
was going on he (Mr. Hobbs) was very alma, he took '
little part in the nsatter. But it was not indifference
that made him silent Tim inason rather was he watt
thoroughly satisfied with Om comae pursued by the
central committee of Salisbury square. That com-
mittee orinbined two principles in their proceedings
all due deference to lawful authority, and all due
preference to doundnees of doctrine. And If the
committee and the supporters of the society were
called upon to choose between perfeetion and discipline
and perfection of doctrine they would hold to the latter
even if they bad to give up something of the former. '
The speaker submitted the principles of the Proteatant
Church of England were comprehended in this—
" Christ and Hiss Crucified.' Confession to and
abointion by the priest, calling the Lo.d'e Table an
&Iry and the minister of the Gospel a sacrificing priest,
one who offered up that which had been offer up by
the Great High Priest nice for all when He offered
Hinottf, were not, he contended, involved In those
He admired the Church Missionary
for the course they had adopted; he looked
ric:as affording the greatest attainable amount of
&notated with the diffusion of Christian truth,
and at ma same time presenting a strong barrier
agabiii the promulgation of error. He then& the
commlttee weld not have felled to command the
cionfidesee of the society's supporta,
The Rey. B. S. MIADOtas tr many a
miseionary in Tintdrelly,lndia, idrfre..ed
th„ meeting as the deputation front the parent
adihding at the oreintensement of his speemlft
annill attendance of gentlemen. sad mond it wa to he
hoped they would and time to be present on these own-
A.m. Me proposed to lay a few words up India.
_wham he ho laboured, his @mai:mallows'''. I.IW
miles from Peshawar, mrarding which Ur. ad"
dressedthe socist 's great meeting at Raster Rail a
I ortnit sifo• ot people wersdYing without the
khomU,dge of the P416011r. At Bombs,. which had a
of 300,000, were the Paroles— infidels Isind
miP°Pakitti°aGod in the world. All over India went ma
trakralos, who were as auperetitions and morally
artaktej poseible. Thaw Ike" were 40 000,0°0
liiiamaammiusa, also number of annert• from whom
In India there was a mark of neglect,
wvi very tumble down and to the ravages
beams being wised af heda neat and
lb. whit. apt& opiwznia
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