The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-11-24 00:00:00

THE VICAR OP PARICSTONS ON MASS-
TARhISIIMSNT AND DISENDOWMENI.

I On Thursday evening a meeting of the parishioner'
of rarkstone wan held in St. Peter's Schoolrenn, at
the invitation of the Rev. E. E. Iburmore, the vicar,
to consider these questions. The VICAR presided,
and there was a fair attendant*. In introducing the
subject, which he did at considerable length, he said
that both the clergy and the laity would have to take,
in loyalty to their Church, distinctly one side of the
question. Disestablishment —what WWI it? only a
word. True they had a whims, but he could not
conceive of disestablishinent without disendowinent,
They must go together. No statesman alive would
venture m el ismtablialmimit without disenolowsnefte.
The Church, the Clergy, and the people of the Church
h.'ll ts..mi "'"'"'"*".l I.'ing the once who raised the
litinsti. on. A Ht. at wonderful statement, but 'lnc he
cone! di.ipite from their orinis in a moment. The
questimi of the dismtablisliment and diaendowinent
the Church of England came op in this way. In
July last a precious book was published, entitled
"The Radical Profrramme"—(laughter)—which con-
tained a scheme ((be only one he knew ef) of diaes•
tablishment of the church. The scheme WM idenhail

.fivAwaMiarindogen‘neneani jueapernr, age /b.•yeectel;l7;
obtained (ran Parliamentary candidates to vote in
favour of disestablishinent. It was raiiied 'Ti that nay
and not by the Church. (Applause.) N.. ilicibt thew
t!:jobelthratoZieonmbra"Struegr'hititji, and about 400 pledgee had been
candidates had individually very different id,. ~/
what di...establishment was. For instanee he lawn.
the lion. Pima.. Glyn hail a very different id.,
,liseatsi,limliiiwnt to what the lion. .1 Chamberlain had.
What did Mr. aadstone say at Midlothian yeeteph,y•
Why, that In. was of opinion that the
la nd conta i net' a vaat major it y the nat )
Mr, ChaillliCrlllllll l.t th • cat, mit .1 the bag I,y
jog that disestablial ifit Winl
Now they wnini told it was in the 4111111 ciii dlotaiit
futon.. That future, flowerer, it hail et143m,4
to him, waii two years lo•nee, and perhate it lieleis.d
them to he up and doing ..mething in the tonth.r
before the Is•in 111 l ing of thr two years.
The ludic,' I.,,,,grumnt• contradicted the state...lit
that the question was in a dint and di•tmit futon.,
and there Whi•re this great iiii•take bail
• he programme AnWthl liars hewn puldisheil alter awl
not Istore the election. His aolimin belie( out
the blow was not bi be struck nil agiiiii•t this
Church. At the Isittom of it all wai, litilsdief in 1
Alliliglity himself, and a desire to propa.rate atheinc.
Religion was to be shove.l further off from praiai...l
life, and to be le•s recognised in .1,4
they hail been liriiiiil C.. call ('hind iii Englanh
They were toll the gniat idea we.. t.. bring al, ..it
religi iiits rituality. What did that Moan I' It Win.
Phantom of th.• imagination. As long 11.4 there ux,
any diffsreneo .1 opinion upon religious
religion equality could not exist. It wa, a•
initiossible as equality of issisimairms. An tc the
religion taught in the Church if England being the
religion of the minority, why two•thinla id thee
attending public worship in England wonhip in the
Church .1 England. ll.' admitted that there wen.
alms.s, in the Church. There hart been, no
misappropriation of Church money, but every thy
there WWI lien Malin. in this particular, and to vilnl
lin hy Making itend her Windt! 1., A great inhitai,
(tt
of the State. The Cliiindi was renown...l before e‘ec
there Wa..l n State, rind hall rot& .•1 iinliniken this
day. They dui wit .ibu,,t to reform the whit},
ea.te.l. the I.IIIIICII Was 4,111 V Mi. willing ni ho,
but their hands ware tied. What the pnniegere iif
Inerstablishinilit want,nl to do was to ern.)u tit,,
church completely, and not relorni it. 110 did not
think the Hon. Pascoe Glyn was in favour of the
acheme net forth in the Ibuliml programme,
lie had told him. and bad given him aiithority ti.
them. that M. Wiiillll °Menne in thi•
next Parliament unless then. went by a flint ~.aref,ll
scrutiny f Ito Irm a vest majority of the nation in
favor of it. (Applause.)
Mr. Itinviiinask said the Church wanted reforminz,
and if those insole could not di. it, outside imet
for them. With regard to tithes lie thought they
might lei devoted to a latter 01.j...et, that they .6,11
be given towards free education, almshouse., or be.
pitals. It would be better both for the clergy and the
Church and the ...tile of England if the Cliervli was
disestahlished. For one thing Dissenter, were
. allowed to e 1...., their own ministers. (Hear,
I They weren't compelled to have a man they .11.1.i't
• like.

• The CII iitwt,: The sheep talc e care of Ow sip p.
herd. (.I,Letthter.l . . .

Mr. E. .1. GiNw.tv liroussssl "That in the oien-ii
this ups.titut ..f the mon of l'arkstone th.•
for disestahlishinetit should tie maisted 101 UM tat.
.t."
Mr. I
The Rev. Mr. Daum*, Mr. SOLLY, 11.11.1
purt.4l.
Mr. RIATTIMRNIC prnpnard aa an amenolnient, "The
the tinio tin.. arrived when in the hest int...n.t
Church awl St.tte, the Church sh.iiild be di...1d:114,-1,1
and digend.uwed."

There lining no seconder to thcallieWlMCllt it fell to
the grimly!.
The rosiltution was then pit and carried with tso
dissentients. Anil the !fleeting closed wall II tote it
thanks to the chair.