The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-08-12 00:00:00

THY BISHOP OF SALISBURICS TRIZNNIAL
VISITATION.

triennial visitatice of the Bishop of Salisbury aim. •
mimosa at All Saints on Friday lagt. There was a Mika-
lien et the Holy Communion at 11 o'clock.
The BMOC sonsmenced his Climes, which occupied an
bear eel • Mil in delivery, by remarking that the Arm
men whkit had passed over this since his let Weibel=
had been years of great internal qal.c, and comparatively
small abeam In the Diocese of . While in the
Church of Zeeland geserally It had been a Was of greet
exeitiment, and he might sit of extreme anxiety and
trouble, the Diocese of Ballshy het been singularly free
from the agitations which had isetgong is showhee,
and they bed keen left at liberty to mew their method'
of ednestien nod prsse 1., remerkehle stele of peso,
and metest Id.wilL He hoped he did net spook in an
exaggerated &Ms of oimplacenoy of the slabs of things
around thee ; they _bad every reason to be tisseMil
for these gab* mere which, in the midst of muck agita-
tion end seziety beyond tbsir border, had, in the prowl.
dance of add, Mee given to them to enjoy. Of comes
three men meld net pre away without some Weer to
deplore ; but sempseed with Ostlers@ preceding years the
changes sad I.s. bed bees few, whether of d.r or of
church lamest Mebane misnot the laity was the great
Ices they bad sweitheed them* the illness and come
gent daperture from the diocese of lfr. Cbarlas 86
wham untiring energy and devoesdnees to everylll4
church work would be greatly deed, and would be (mad
estnpaly difficult to supply, more particularly in 0003100.
Us. with the Diocesans=. He would not dwell ups.ac the action of the El It had thken as good root
sib. expected in the and without achieving, pe-
ws, any very
_Melds' or singular mule, bed
=ltln being men together mid cassias
find that on many of the reek funds-
msetel principles of religion their differences were
far km than they had before been @apposed to he, which,
being within end below the law' so levee • meeting of the
dim and laity is competent to deal with He had been
blamed by ems for calling it a Synod, or the word
belasped.th ecclesiastical nomenclature, te an assembly
of the Bishop and Clergy oily, and he had been told that
the term Conf armee of Council was to be preferred,
except in the clue of medieval mentbliee whim the
Bishop, surrounded by the Dean and Chapter, governed
the Diocese with the aid of their advice and support But
he had preferred to look forward rather than back wed,—
to the inevitable future that required the joint action of
the away and laity in matters. lie had preened the name
which the imperative force of circumstances had thrown
upon them. and in which nets was absolutely n
at homes. well ea ill the ooloalrotad in the American and
Trials Churches. He regarded • Conform,' as • meeting
for talking—a Synod as a meeting for action, for the
definite and practical consideration of wants within the
Moose, with which the law did not deal, but which the re-
presentative clergy and laity not only uuderetood, but iy
they would, had also the Puma to supply. The returns
made to him by the clergy were extremely toll of interest
and encouragement, although they did not materially
differ from those of 1816. They were well maintained in
various particulars ,• they were more dams in some
respects: and they also showed that increased supplies of
the outward means of gram were being offered to the
Daily prayers were not reamed in so many
psslaes as before, but he did not think they were really
Lsiersbut in regard to Lent sad Advent there was a very
aigerabie and in many cases a satufastory return. In
the matter of the Holy Communion he counted 63 churches
where the celebration was weekly, on. in which
It was daily ,• in which it wee bimonthly;
and Si in which it we monthly. Practically these
!Mures were about the MIMS as at the List visitetion—at
all emits, the differences were so alight as to be
attributable, perhaps, to some unimportent variations
to di, forms, or in the tabulation of them In
V or 28 meshes the returns_gave smaller numbers than
those he bed mentioned. He found three celebrations
three times a year in three or four Instances; In one, ohir
...totally," a term be eon/reed he did not quite
understand; in not a few, on, seven, or sight • year.
There MI been more than once no Sunday weakly cols-
txstioo to every parish in the Diocese ;but greatly as he
. desired • different result, be had
"To' thought it
dootcsbie to adopt any special Measure to obtain it He
had thought it wirer to leave to the clergy their own
sense of duty to their min parishes, under the varying
circumstanom in which they ware plamd. He could only
, esteem • hope that the number of celebratioes would
'acreeme year by year, and that a mesas of a solemntiz
would lead to farther activity and seal. The ap
mat. 01 the clay on the subjects of intemperance and
dissent seemed to him to indicate the same obstacle as
they did three years ago, although a thermos in their
Intensity was certainly peroeptibly In the matter of
Intemperance, he rejoioad to find that their efforts had
had a deer and good effect, and that they were likely to
produce still more beneficial results. llsa establiement
of coffee-atalls and houses, and other places of refresh.
meet, without intoxicating liquor, had been so welcomed
by many who would otherwise have been tempted to snore
=l drinking, as to show that they could be
eallflupporting throughout the country. Person-
ally he had declined to support any proposed national
organthdion on the question. He thought their efforts
should be made local, and that they should obtain
their several atiocome according to the wisdom with
which they were sets. foot, end by the visible good which
=did, rather than by Introducing fresh national regard-
of which,he thought, they had is man) already.
They provoked counter organisetions, on Important
and they all knew what mischief that was likely
to do 'l'hey had better, therefore, leave such things as
coffee houses and coffee taverns to that mootanmus mdos
which had succeeded so well in many placed, such as
Pool* and elsewhere, and the spirit of which was weeding
widely, and meeting with general acceptance on every
side of the Diocese In like manner he flattered himself
that the labour organimition against the farmers and the
clergy was lees oppressive than it was. The returns bet ore
him proved that it was either diminehing, or that it was
not so generally perceptible as it was • few years since It
would not have been surprising if, in the gement ate
pressed state of apiculture, agitators have found men
wtlllnz to believe that the distress which was prevalent
on all hands arm from the tyranny and injustice of their
smutovers and the clergy; and though • few of the clergy
still dwelt upon the mischief arising through thee Odom
yes she pinta., Wore him learned to indicate that these
complainte were not ao great or common as they were,
Pemba were more contented and were lees disposed to
listen to thee false friends who sometime ago attempted,
• and in some instances succeeded in, setting clap wind
clam, and in promoting a spirit of discontent and thermion
In the country parishes. He did not wish to put any
restraint on the feelings of the clerm with regard to
direct, but he should not be doing justice to the return'
before tem, and to Ills own conscience,if he did pnot ex ream
his conviction that opposition to the Established
mg.& on the pert of Nonoont ormies—thougb sommirese
still conducted in • hostile and bitter temper—ma,
the whole, as tar no the returns went respecting 4'
Diocese, lees angry, more frienthy, and more neighbourly,
than it had aometimee been known to be Re eihoesol,
trusted that a candid sad kindly feeling would ever be
exhibited towards otheiwir ths theta of the Church of
ttrremembering _ 11 Was Omitsg, in pad &pm
ad.pathy end theft* of activity sod mil on the tart
of the claw in ether dem that Soecoaformity led
attained to its premed dlemakes. and that it was la •
template restoration of WM activity and seal—by aa
exhibition of oseleer end brelibeethems—that • return to
full conformity was to be looked for. Rome of the returns
showed that in particular nefghbontheeds the preesre of
dement was so Meng as to Impede the peSo, of the
parochial clergy ; but still, taken se • whets, any were
compatible with the general statement he Wi made on
the subject—Al they were aware, he had Mese direction@
for • moral-decanal visitation of churches, peers
had *Weed Mice each an inspection was last= • and
the dumps which had taken place in the Diadem 'since
thee had bee wonderfully and suseecedentelly great. It
was difficult to give Aguries—be was fully aware that his
tabulation of the Marne wee extremely imperfect—but
still ha might mention that Id churches and cn.els had
been returned as ruinous, very bad, utterly neglected. and
.11ke while same X Or 3I mem stated tube in -great
need of restoration mere or lees thorough. Nook had
been done; but it was evident that mace more
contend to be dens. While in some care the
liberality of phorcluose had been most exemplary, in
tutothannd..the iitkahadialedwbicbto thetudir
ye.tes rig loft In
In not slew came be had bees greets pleased with the
manner in which the directions of the Sand Deeese, to
regard to church furniture, had been attended to by the
churchwardens that the requisite amendment@ had
either been wonted or were in progress of execution.—
The returns as to churchyards were, in many instances,
incemplate Those before him showed that 1111 were gob,
ull ,• and he believed that if the Marne lied bee,
consoles that umber would he increased. Some
were returned es hassles* mid others as being
so ensaisdi to elidleelfer at water sued far
drinking. Lai he p 555551 of the burlal law, he found
• diflicalt to the MeV to Promote MY
owommestof mak eihumbeerelle. It was an mimics
On hie pert net to hews made es to the insurance
ameba hem iire, sad helarSiNebliged to the Hued
Deem Wile bid SbrOWD out on this paint
The subjeel ef wend inewitmeitralregMegy through
sew Meng the eseelien /deo authellitota.d,
Mientien af the seenittee of the
Blase 01 eigeliset well es of • conintithes of the
Home of , Two or three abeam lad been
he ask the Mrs! 4.... to obtain
th.:784 :8 faihwia= wha.tb".. =
It the Pyeird sent spring. He feared thee was .•
"1". Pule* al anaseding the
aAse:lrt...ane thaw* righting the wrong, which
fleilremellse Inaams ef inflicting. —The onsarmations lu
the his leet %tektites@ had bees 6.1411 la
Triiikthire. 47.711 in Dorestalaire, bier wm, "1". "
the rats of 9 sad las thi ores psisokaion 01 the two
Insnin‘ fftiblartathe radiwork of the Diatom I
pore his seem psajtrutastru prhereeer
went be reasigeleedtthwiwa ,
Mona ::-44 00 fIE4 I
he &heel alweVi th law pees
elelleatalei
slemelas cm the pet el omilidedes theneeme. The
' results were not so salient or mdesesel reeustli:
Maid/Mien of the newly caeltriesC In the