The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-02 00:00:00

to attend its neristinm, and Warn nellonly whet th• mi.-
sionary bad done is making TWO, hol'iliff l'"J" '"t"
ings, and reading the Bible. but what our Lord had
done in converting souls. 'The work was like that of
Jesus when he was on earth, many ere eared of their
infirmitie., the drunkard is made mbar, the dishonest
made bonsai, and wrembed homes turned to abodes of
pesos. One of the soldiers at • large meeting at Alder-
shot said the society's bead quarters were the best
hospital that ever we. built, for dozen. of them had
beau oared of their evil ways. A poor woman had b
benumb% into cue of their homes bolted down with
wretcbedoess, poverty, and dime's, on amount of her
evil life. She ins tended, and her body tweedier, and the
Bible was introdueed, as fitting food for her soul. But
she would have none of it, and thrust it away in a rime.
The Christians around prayed for her, sad went to her
again and again, and God had mercy on her, and she
wailed to see how wretched her life had been, and to
reoent of it, She was too far gone to recover; but I
when almost at the point of death, a Christian near her
coked if anything could be done for her, end she
replied "No; leave me alone with iny Saviour." Could
all of there preprint manifest such an uudoubting faith
as that, and when trial end death came, cry " Leave
ins alone with my Saviour r Mojor Smith also reletvel
an anemiote of a Christian eolonel, who had a large
number of very drunken soldiers to command. He was
at a loss what to do with them ; but one dee he milled
them to him, and offered them each a card, desiring
them to promise not to get drunk while, they had it.
Before thy got drunk they were to give the card up to
bloe and he would ask no questions. *nay accepted
thew, hut *eine di4 not. Among the latter was an
inveterate drunkard, end this man repeatedly got drunk
and was tried every means with, till the llenel said
he must give him the extreme punishment that he
could, for he did not know what to do. The men said
he would take • eard. He did so, his puntrbutent was
remitted, and for • year he kept his promise. At the
end of that time he came to the colonel to return
the card. The colonel was astonished ; but the man
said that he had now found Christ. and did not want
the card; but by His gram would strive against the
sin. Major Smith in oonclusien drew amttiking picture
of the state of England, the (emotes of its real
Gliriatians, and painted the mtonithinent of • converted
heathen, if he should some and And Christ • stranger
bere—(applatim).
The Rey. W. Leans emended the resolution. and
said they had beard much of the happy results of town
mission., and doubtless the Weymouth misainti mold
furnish specimens of such results ; but it was • very sad
thing that these missions should be required at this
time of day. How strange a thing that we should even
' now require to begin mission work at borne! We me
' the moral wretchedness of the people, their open
defiance of the laws of God, and their carelessness about
the soul, and yet we have but one missionary in the
town. Was he sent to do the work fr us? In supporting
I him have we dorm all ee orate do toss. thorn ? If we have
the love of God in our hearts, we ought to be all
missionariea, for none of us can discharge this work by
proxy, none will be acquitted by God became we gave
perhaps a guinea to summit the town Missionary. It
lay heavy on his heart that some hundreds of Christians
should come to the servicemen Sunday and content them-
selves with enjoying them, whec they knew the
wretchedness around, and only give money to the work.
Let us pray about it, and set to work to-morrow. If
this were done, it would he a blessed result of the
meeting and very soon the feeling would be aroused of
responsibility for them around us. We are responsible
for the wiekedne.a around us, and let us think whet we
cen do for thee, perishing men and women, that we
may lead them to God. He had great pleasure in
seconding the resolotioo, and trusted that on another
ocemion they would hear of still more bleeped result*.
The doxology was sang, and • collection made at the
*loom.