The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-06-04 00:00:00

To tho Editor.

I3,—Th. woloome given me yesterday by so many
of my old neighbours and fellow townsmen on my
return hither, after nine years abeam" in China, took
me so ormpletely by surprise, that I felt quite unable
to szpe the Iflinglud feelinp of gratitude and pain
by it. Will you allow me, then, through
your Dobai= to offer my heartiest thanks to all tke
bind friends who accompanied my parents with the rest
of my family and myself from th• railway station lam*
orating. I know well that the real meaning of the
welcome given an, was the desire of those who offered
It, to oonputulate my beloved and honoured father and
mother, who lave for so many years lived and laboured
bars; and in this polnt o( view—feeling deeply the
truth of the Insplred_proverb "The glary of &Una
theirfrarry."-1 cannot tad wards to speak my
gratitude for a Mathamdsl whisk Is UAW to me sad
my troilism than mak or mama' disilaolksi Bat
zanyaatt oosteol ious fasylasof am, Ibers
&arm made to shirtilibilris• issay to vs, pars::

I have bees suffered to serve the bird how hi the
orders of the Church England 00w for sixteen year;
of which Mee have been spent in mimeonary work 111
Chine That 1 hare persevered in any good Wu:" II
due tinder Odd ti) tie teaching of my father and
mother said to the irdportunate intercessions on
my behalf CT them arid their Christian friends.
For myself every added year of my life and
miniatry does but deepen my same of huifiliatims
for "negligence., ignorances, and offences ;" for ineffee-
tire service, for " unprofitableneas," not only that of
which the Lord speaks an inevitable, but such as might
have been obviated by an earlier dedication of myself to
His service and a more faithful use of the means of
grsoe. It is for thus reason that any public mention of
my name, not to say such • public we come as I shared
in yesterday, causes me pain which I cannot always
refrain from showing. I earnestly pray however, that
as all the kind favour shown us yeato•&y was directed
both towards my father and mother and myself
a &SWUM we beloag to Christ," so the kind friends who
show it may resave in all its fulnem the reward implied
in the Saviour's word, "He that receiveth coo reoeiveth
me." May each person whose hearty • has
made yesterday a day never to be foga:ram by me and
my family, be enabled by Divine gram to neeive the
Lord Jesus into him bawl so that He may "earn.
unto him and make His abode with him," until
in "the city that bath foundations" we And
together • home from which we shall "go no more
out," but evermore there "serve Him and see His
face," having" His name written on our forehnicia."—
I am, sir, very faithfully yours, G. E. Illoux, For-
dington Vicarage, Ist June.

TOWN COUNCIL

There was • meeting of tb• Corporation o• Moaday.
Present: The Mayor (C. Ceram, Ise.), Alderman
Galpin, Councillors J. P. Aldridge, H. Look, W.
Vernon, G. J. G. Gregory, sad J. Bishop.

TIM DOUBT XILITIL.
The Mayor brcught before the donnell tits suggestion
riontaieed in a letter signed " Uri," which appeared le
our columns, that they should start a subeeription with
• view to removing all anxiety fromsr.. Bingham, as
to funds for ..it year's "reading and tee end strifes
room" for the militia. It was acknowledged that rod
good bad bed bees strosted by the efforts of Mrs.
Bingham, and several of the inembess szprereed their
willagnise to subscribe as private individtuds, hut they
declined to entertain the enhjest us Cones&