The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-06-11 00:00:00

COUNTY

EXPRESS

"614 be
stia=Lesesliteded, aid that the
seder his would he Wisely *ad
114=1medals& They were aware the Kr.
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050 01 their en enety, and a me G of he
himend with most _astoalsking teem The anew it
soul. when be led btu permitted to rebeive late the
Christie Cern by *Mime emasiderably exceeds/ two
thesead. This was ea IDOIODOD the when seas gine
forth moved by faith and by the Spirit of God to leer
for grid seem the heath's, his Leber will sot he in
tem The Legless to all see men great ead aleasteal
sucesei--" good measure, mese down, and Teeing over
into their bosoms." As he bad said, however, lb. Her.
tfelta Tooker WY DO 100gie mialeteriss ham apse
IMMO • and let then lift up their hearts to Hiss who
hod the residue of the Spirit, that He ought nee up
pother snob amu as Mx. Twee was, sad te
Aim stash mems, and that He may raise up MIDI
labourers with idetiber hearts, sad seed them kelt
Into His harvest. It bad been their wish. In all the
mietiem whin bad been told in that village for the
last 30 years, that they should he weselly pleased, end
that they should be spiritually refeehiag and
enegtheelag. He greenfly acknowledge that in
both meet' they had hem se, to eras es*ttitsso
oil
Pest years, They bad g ally hese eheend floe
weather and by the Buenos ohath they had
dein:lead erhielt had teatabiod, more or ism,
V7l, roweents of at PeoPeoto of tie Gospel assoag
n. The people of Stafford, With ne "be. ,
deem, bed doe all they possibly cooed to make this. !
smatlags phoebe tem Ind many had rhea *Orly In
the @seeping and taken the glebe pains to demean
the amen, end this to norms the interest they
take Is the saissioury OISOO. But, in ceder to attain
the shisf Ake which they had in vier—that the
owietiags elated ha spiritually elfreshiag sod strength'
Wag—they NUM look higher, they meat "loch to the
hills wheelie cometh our help." the must look to the
Lord of love and mem, and they nut lift up their
besets to their meanded Saviour. They had jut been
euemeeseratiag Ills Assenskm, and let Mem es, again
and ages those paesages of Ow Hey striPtitilts
will& refined to that Asseasee--tho Nelms In
whisk It is prophesied. They mead Amens in Psalm
Env.. slriL ; hell.. and evilL, there were references
totbesimliblypowsrof Isom, sad of His eateries as
He goon forth in the dlopeneatbe of His Gospel, con.
qeazlng sad to opposite. Tot them lift up their hoorts,
to Him sad say "Thou but amended up on High,
Thou boot reeved gifts for men, sneer the rebellious,
that the Lord God mug toes sad dwell among UNIDO
They alb Imam hew eeb.llieae were the benne of isee
everywhere ; they has. It from their own sad es.
perionse; for whet Oluisitaa was Mere who Aid not
he.. the plague of his own bee, end her that la
les lash there were miry them whin wen is opposi-
tion to the example sad spirit of his &veer ? They
knee by el the meogete they neemel her fearfully
nbellioes as 4 swelly &Mee were the beans of the
poor heathen: Set "Christ is weeded oe high° to
mein gifts at the heads of the Alesiglety Father,
snick are able to make We very Merest, to tete
the lien to a lamb, to make them mee Pew deepreded
by anoy noes, shuts sad bumble follOwien of °lnlet,
sal examples of what Ohriatius might to he. Just
hulas asesadad to the right head of the Father had
reenned the eft of Ged't Holy Spirit—that Almighty
Power be *hie ems the fake seal of an en be
niesented. Let than, thee, look I. Um for ~OM
in the great work is eels the wee ter& It
was • work se fez surpeeleg ell hew shinty that
might dammed sad give it up altemether if they had DO
resource bat their own wisdom and their owe strength.
Be is then anytleg too hard for the Lord From
Its.. to nee Vey paw in their ewe neighboerhood the
almighty power of the Spirit of God enlightening the
darkest goal, sad eimaglus the most hardened heart,
and the emotive sent home by the misslooarie showed
that le Spirit of God is preeent with them, and that,
soeseding to the faithhil promise of the Saviour, He
never leave than to themselves. Let the work be
ever so digitate, the power the it to overcome the
dialoalty is at hand. It is the Almighty arm of
Jehovah—it is His intrit outpoured through the
medians of the blessed fieloar. Le them, ilea,
depend aeon Him, and be faithfel, ireinevable, sleep
Ib In the work of the Lord, bong sabered
tibri& latter weld not he in vain in the
Lord.

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The Rev. A. Wilkins'., of Poole, observed that there
were mbar ibises at this dark time is the eecilastrOkel
history of Bagierad, to shear and comfort the boots of
those who love the troth as it I. in Jame When they
heard and reed of those sad things taking plow within
the maims of the Chun* and State—those declensions
from the troth our Lord has deliver* to us, every
heart that manly loved the teeth of Christ must feel
deeply itherans. Rat let them met remember that
althongh Satan might by his setifiess try to datum th
truth. sad obscure the pitain deelaratim of His word,
mi. the Lord mignoth, and Ho will reign till the great
day maim, when, is Ho he taught as In th. Gospel,
all erne shall dee away before the bright seeing of
His own glorious preemie. Bet aosimpl the things
which comforted and so3oaragee the Church in the
midst of all this darkness aid those scythe moms, the
history of the Church ilisslonar) Bodetv she.. forth
as • bright star, and the reports that bad been given
during the pest mouth of the work wb:sh had been
does by this sad other evaarlield moieties, which are
the glory of oar land, made them feel they ourlit to
lift up their Marts with grafted" to God, and led them
to hope for brighter days- though the straggle might
be severe and trying Hs was with them, sad the
truth would triumph. It was a remarkable fast that
although tut year was one of [root moothary dißoalty
—and everybody mom or his felt the effects of it —the
biome of the seeety was railed to a largo amount
than ever hid ore. God seemed to have put the impose
of Hie love upon it, and its substage* bet sot
failed. 8o with those rams sad valuable sometiss which
=
ysll en dearly loved—the ChurchPomo] Lid
, and that great laiethatioe which smile forth the
Word of God, Has anshopsd sad sufettored Bible to
the heathen, whose, rattans had been MO 000. over the
pressding year. They must thank God for theft
thingt sad take menage, looking forward to brighter
days. Rs who is at the Churce's side will I. His graos
and love send forth that truth more fully, and place it
more powerfully Is the hearts of men. He pointed
them to the motto= the wall, "Prayer and pains, with
1 faith ia Jesus Christ, ean do all &lap " and said they
I wasted simple earned prayer, and faith in Him who
was their only Raster end Redeemer, into *hose
hands ell power was Oven, and thou if 111 wed the
Erns to which He called thee' in w for Him,
's blisolog would indeed rest u effort'.
I Wm Something tory streaming reirdspoot
otter
of the pot, sad, it WM sheering inclose to wilams the
promos which the minion work had made daring the
EfF.,Trilara..rts. ..:::::::.:1:: is I:,
. work was flood against him. That devoted
rasa was obliged to worsts himself for fear of peresea-
Hon and death, not daring to breathe the fresh sir of
Maven ; bat whilst in his orolusion he studied the
Masse tongue, and tramlated the Bible into the native
Aftermaw years he berate a Bernet of the
irerrdia Company as interpreter, lad although tot'
some time be was a most aiOul smut ills soentra*,
yet, in eh* yes, Idld, they Were going to discharge him,
booms he condoned to trustee the Bible and to
dishributo tracts. Mall be laboured isoessantly at his
work, and attar 20 years' labour in well doing he was
enabled to eeriest to the amisty in Landon the satire
Bible misted in the Chimes language. But, with all
his labour I. China, be was MP VIT ibis to prime •
single sermon to the people, never able to open his
month in the streets sad precast= the travarehabio
riot,» of Christ Row the moseregers of the Gospel
ill dirt 400 miles into the interior, mig i &rids
/Malta` tams afraid ; and even In Pthic itwif the Gospel
I. preached. He renwenband whoa at bildsomer
Norton, in lionewert, his swabs determined to devote
Mood, to the missile work, sad proceeded to ilhaagliai.
Mere be labotred long and malouly, and be (tie
=11;P) kind China for his sake. He knew bow well
roung man laboured, and whoa his health broke
down, necessitating his return to Traglead, he (the
speaker) well remembered that evea the Issimionary's
own children could not weak a word of English ; they
maid only Matter is Chi. When he returned to
1 his native land it was oily for the reerrating of his
health, and when restored he return", to mood the
reataleder of his days araom the emelt whom be
letrared be tries into the /old of Christ. How mar-
vellous it was thet Is lii• post GO ress God had so
foirotred this work that, whereas all mouths woe thee
1 AO, they -en now opened, and titres who loved the
I Master and felt the power of His Gospel were determined
to send forth more men that the Gomel of God's gram
might win its way into the heal of China as irk edema
1 Its way into Winters Afriso Whets blessed thing it
I wag to look at Western AM's, asol see bow the Gospel
bed triumphed there. He reammbered whoa be was a
young man before he isok his &goes at Cambridge, a
' tutor- sheirel him a nacres Ma, m yin', "They am
I rows. hie monkeys," adding that the formation of
the skull promoted them hem lithieg the Wailes' of
CrOMING• ass. But now they ail know that inie of
Ilbeas very mos bad bees oratismated a bishop, sad
was doing his work Milel ably for Christ. That
good man, Bishop Crowther, had not only brought
many
aragle the &Mom, list he had bees the mesas of
the Airless missions inlieupportrag. They
=rtheir own Marshes, seinistore- and ailmols,
ald fortis laborers into various Mathes leads.
God had bins this work, and He would, Moretti% his
grasa, thus Wag thousands and toes of torainadie to
asknowledgs his supeesaoy, Rs thin referred to the
obarsolor of the kamts al the man who were mat out
is adasinsarlse, remarking that they were oat out on
the essertry to preach in the stns.@ of Ardieseras, when
Hwy hod to reply to ialidels rod ratimalista, rod
mbelloweis ; and he Mesa retried the lionshing dory
of the Bev. Mn. Wolff, a friend of his, who befji
life &dilated biome to missies work aad at L
went oat to 17mritear, in Ladle, whore be died,7fts;
Weird mush mann Is the work acitirithotanding
great
The Rm. R. Haadbuol, reeler of Bimembe ems
=ray, Meseta, ablention to the Niger minden,
be ramerkel, was am of the most isterostlng
eimaosted with the aisisty„ though it bad duly been
astablishol eight or eras yam. In ISM Dr. Crowther
is esessismeed Ilielep mil plumd ever that Weiss.
Re bold in Ids Mod the bet thugs glom by that bleak
bishop. New Margo weft set Merely, very pleasant
thiem, but someeisess fail mood them vary like a
beritheltsit_ . soceishiag them very mosh, thelldil he
hoped not frightening the., Memo they use quite
saes that the truth would always prevail I. the end.
He wished 60 Warn ae amagaetrin• of armee ; but the
Mask bop's Marge W? j"
•Midettal dommoth,
remarkthis for Its aurae* piste, Leo is. ismasoa use,
and Ito straightlerersed and moolleat review of the
dillikelties they to ssetand with, and the position
whisk the minden atimitiat essiteriou 11 weedelivered
at a stadia salad e, at the sonffeenee of the
Niger and the ---Te deem to the dirty.
leripten modem sad thwiltseation who alitmdsd.
This and thugs by a Mash bishop married their
thoughts bask to the time when than were "may Wok
bishop, it Allies, 664 mthlf MreMeltrag airless
ilbarailli. They mad of the matheidoen of a blast
bishop in the third isetnry. AIM= they might
ask. had it plowed God Mot, whore were im Inge,
Cbefielies oharoltee, More the hi.,. meted eiliglog gg
liabosmi Meals prevail? II was no eleoM bream the
thumb= were feitbless mil did net lesid ha the
doetrelem whisk wee Mimed to them abut allairall
Wieedielvile to be amnia erg leg febeineiltisne. This
Mona be • onanilig he thener bra timpalwald remember
that God somld usy stile work millboall the Moine.
of any Indietinel therit. The dint allseeth
to mod nisregpens to II:
sati. ams Is Ma east 1111,was I
I thee se with Mg his Ms I