The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-09-21 00:00:00

LONDON KIsSIONARY SOCIETY.

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The great annual services in connection with tbieold
missionary society were held at the commencement of
this week. The Rey. Jobe Tomato. Williams, son of
the ever-fareons John Williams, the martyr of Erre-
mange, preached sermons at the Independent chapels,
Gloucester-street and Hope, and le large children's
missionary meeting sass held at Hope chapel in the
afternoon, when the children of Gloucesterstreet
abarel joined with those of Hope. Mr. Williams
delivered a very interesting address, and exhibited a
number of articles of clothing formerly worn by the
:Utah Sea islanders, some of their weapon, such as
tomahawks and clubs, also some of their wooden gods.
The public meeting was held on Monday evening, at
Gloucester-street, node peculiar feature was that there
was to be no collection.
The collections at Gloucesteretreet mounted to
EIO Ille. 64., and at Hope chapel to £416..
The annual public meeting we. held in Gloucester-
street chapel, when there wore present the Rev. It. S.
Ashton (*barman), the Rev. J. Smith, of Sydling St.
Nicholas, Rae. W. Lewis, Rev. It, A. Griffin. and the
Rev. S. Tanabe Williams, deputation from the Parent
Society.
After singing and prayer by the Rev. J. Sorra. the
Rev. R. S. ASHTON said they were met to pro-
mote the glory of Jesus, in the name of Jeans, anel he
he hoped in His spirit, to bear of the labours o? the
London Missionary Society. The pest year Ima been a
year of abundant blowing forth* society, and he hoped
they would take this ea an earnest of what God ia
willing and waiting to do in answer to prayerful and
believing effort.
The Bev. W. Levan said the society's annual income
was £109,000, of which EZi to. 21 had been contributed
from Weymouth, minus BM' expenses, ad from the
whole Weymouth distriet; the contributions were
£46 71.6 d. Mr. Lewiaseld there could be no fear that
any contributionsentinsted to the society would riot be
used in the best way. A eitumittes bad been appoints d
to investigate the management of the society, and the
✓esults showed that its affairu were carried on more
eoonoasically than thou of any other—(bur).
The Rev. H. A. Oklerlll said never wan a time when
there were more converts, more agents, or more earnest
agents than now. But could we be content wills this?
Could we take our ease, and say "Soul, take thine
sue, eat, drink and lie weary." It is not enough for
our Lord, for He usiat reign till all enemies are pot
beneath His feet, and His will must be our will. Let
us be carefol of the manner of our prayer, it is not
enough to pray generally for missionaries, but let us
think of the wants of our brethren, and may for the
wants of their bodies sad their souls to be supplied.
Let us also pray for ourselves, anti strive to be generous
to the cause. }tau, men feel it as irksome to
give as a surgical operation, but still give because
because it is no plainly the will of our Lord. But let
us prey to be more nomilleient, it should be our desire
to gave to our utmut, and resolve to give according to
the measure of our muss. Surely • parsimonious
niggardly spirit stands in the way of our spiritual im-
provement. He believed that a man with 1:60 • year
very often gave as much as a man with £2OO. In
presence of the Christ who gave himself for us, let us
resolve that, even of our poverty, we will give as notch
as we can. And let those who have much seek the
highest luxury of liberal giving, in striving to do the
beet tO obey their Master's will, and sternly resolve that
a large proportion of the money devoted to luxury shall
be contributed to the cause of Christ--(bear).
The hymn commencing " The heathen perish day by
dsy," was mina.