The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-03-27 00:00:00

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CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.

On Tnersisy evening hot thu 24th anniversary of the
porchestir Association of the .hoc tsciety was held at
the Smallish. The live. William Cerise, Canon of
Winchester, and the Rev. A. Robertson, of Lymington,
junta, attended as A deputation. Thu attetimnee was
imucenne, comptising a number of the intluelitial
inhabitant* of the town awl neighbourhood. The
lc,. 11. Miele sfiltietid es Utensil mm, mid was sup-
redid OW time left by the Bev. Begioald Smith, and
the Bev. A. Robertson ; and on hill right by the Rev,
Williams Carus. the Bev. E. Hall, the lice. Mr.
Faulkner, mad Dr. Cowdell.
The proceedinge were opened by singing • hymn,
did h WAS followed by prayer, offered up by the Rev.
B. Mole.
The live. 11. Moche then suede a few introductory ob-
aereetiono, in which he spoke of the revival in every
pert of the kiniolum. and Meted that God had used this
society as the ',leased instri ttttt nt of preparing the
end fur duel. he considered they ought to thank Oiel.
Tim working of agencies was principally brought before
time public by tide eisciety, •genist which the gm eetest
ems insole, at a public !touting, when Dr. Puce',stand
was amongst those who rejectiil it.
The Rev. It. iMltii addreiceil the meeting, mid said
be would not go further into the ftwilicial stiitement
than tii give • suminsry of it. He observed that what!
m.rik gave to the funds of the society, they would
not earnestly
miivmtuully,, enter into its opirit united they ".acted
' in the way in which the chairinaii had
1 „inst.,' out. There wax, in the first place, a resooti•
debts OA rests,' on men, women, and children, con-
cerning their own wade. The Gospel of the Grace of
hol been preached unto them, but until they
received it " individually," they were in:lvaco-fly in a
led state. in a state of cundeumation: for " There is no
yew ssith my God, to the wicked ;" and every in.
dieidnel was wicked until he hail submitted him... If to
the hive and eacrifice of Christ. Let them then take care
to individually come to Christ fur the salvs•
Gin of their omen souls, and to give up their heeds to time
lees 01 t:msl, without any reserve. for God would nut
accept a divided Ii .art. It was necessary, then, that they
should receive Christ into their owls soul, &sad then
tic responsihility rested upon them of making Christ .
Mows in their own neighbourhood, parish, and cuutitiy. •
ZIA PS for a* rumble throughout the world. This
Wame the way teenier into the real spirit of time elms...ewe I
of the Church restore' Aid Society. There wee ileitis
little regiment of soldiers (an he might ter sa them).
employed by this society. shout 700, which bring peace
here and etettoal life hereafter. The way mei means '
by which these soldiers were imppodeil, vies through
associat Mos such as the mine which he had the iris liege of I
now advocating. Now, one way, and the proacimil and
aumt impudent Imiuranmuf S•ll•l6o3ing th iweiety, warn by
the increasing of the anneal anbecrilers. The rev. gen.
nesian conclude.' by ',eying that the amount collected for
the aociety in the comity. during the 1044 year. WAS the !
largest ever sent up before, which amounted to
„
llam. A. Rointlirsofi (a deputation), thought it WORM I
tic mm zuwi I w my it he were to commence at the beginning I
end 1.. go Irons the besinning t limughout to the end. Nest,
in.leemi, that he propousl rimming the suliject. so as to
key, j„,aing for others ; hut, they must ressiember
not the subject deals with eteruitv. He might stand
forth then mid look widely at the inilsjict, ranseck
quarter, hut Alien,
memory, stel search in every
e.,ijia be still A middle residue to Ise brolight
Ito lever, the princip .1 object in this emiety is the
salvatios, of viols. He then referred to the g g forth
ed,b time Word of Go I to those who koew not what i
is. ROW hue 10% gentlemen coutioutel) Jesuit people
belivve in Him a whom they bed out heard. and hoer
of lbw without the preacher, and how shall the
pmaclar go eso pt lie he sent? And can he go, at '
first, exceid lie be Pent from heaven 'above with the
Spirit of time Lori in liii heed, to speak the unsearelo !
age riehes of God. It was a glorious, anil honnurable
oak,. ; what a great thing it was to put ooe'a lmnil
to plough, what • glorious thing to go efter ,
to 'wrote your talenbi aiim time to that glorious work.
and to handle that, plmgli, sod to follow it; and " Let ,
him that puts his hands to the work take heed lest he
tern from the Kilimlom of God." The aslvation of WM IS
is • primary object. and Goal lies met his heart on this
°Nest, and Goat's blessing would aseureelly rest on this
▪ which had stepped in to evangelise tl •
huge meows of our populatims in this country. It was
a very interesting fact how the population of our
Anglo SA OU raft hail iticinammed since the first year of
this century. it WAS • wonder to other nations, •
%moiler to our French neighbours, anal a wonder to all
Eurepean countries. the Tact increare of the populetii ii
iser lend. It was an Mil idea, be believed, with
our fallmni—suil certainly with our grandfathers,
that ear* awl pestilence* were necessary to
Aweep away the *undo& of population which
siitilil scenic in time of peace. But the ideas—thanks
.be to Goil—are very much exploded, they are totally
inechristion. most snafu" in every way. and curia by no
AA•3 HA mm. alwolute necessity. The population of London
iras clime upon three millions, and they hmul a great
advantage its spiritual thing+, but were still in a condi.
tion that reflects the greatest discredit mem our
country. It via* the nation's fault.- The people put
it nisei the Government. Then, again, tither* way it
is the fault of somehmly in 'ridiculer, and others say
it is every one's fault. But have ee not an individnal
responsibility here? It is • cursing. Sir, it is a cursing
shame upon this !awl that hoesta of Protestantiean,
love of liberality. that has the open Bible before it,
that the hot should be that hundreds of thousands are
lii this state in London, Liverpool, Ihrissingliain. and
all the ptineipal towns. A greet number of people in
all these towns have never heard the mint° of Christ

-it is • crying Allikille. The Church Pastoral Aid
Society, then, olive* to every one in this country a
et door of ettieiency. There is a com-
mittee in L indult awl all the sulchinery provided for
working this eoc:esy, and all we had to do MIA to give
the money, and to kn.iw tnit it would be well expesole I.
The rev. gentleman then went on to observe the +eta-
fiemy references th3t hal already been ma le, to the
great advantages of lay•ageneies. The eociety not on!,
provided eur.des. but likewise la)-agencies. About
392 curates awl 157 bipagencies were proviim I by the
wciety. Ile eaid that lay-agents were very useful, mid
could go where curates could not. The rev. gsn:lrwin
having n irratel an interesting snealote in illustration
of true " fsitli" of • poor man, concluded by observing
thst the funds of the society were in a flourishing condi-
tion. and made an appeal for further support.
The Rev. W. Unites t• ileptiteeion), nest aililreesed
the meeting, and referred to the apparent work of God
in different parts. Alll.l obeerval that the revival is. Ire-
land was one of the must marvellous. Tlie reviv. lii an.,
he eaCI, of a inure eimple kind than those of former
times ; this he bure out by illustration, and stated that
they must adhere more and more to simplicity in what
they do. foe rev. sp:ntleinan then referred at great
length to the ausiversion of a notorious thief, which
sreiubl to be pleasing to the andienee. He narrated
several anecdotes feuding to chow the program a and
operations of the society. and said that one society
works well with another. The Trect society, for instance.
was an immense help to thew, and which he was glad to
say, was in • 11Jurisliing condition. Their society, lie
added hail MO agents, 150 of whous were lay-agents, and
the rest clergymen.
T it Ike. It. Mile Le offered a few remarks relating to
tle: usefulness of lav•agmits, and concluded by wishing
that the Spirit of Mel lll4y hut only he giveu to tide
parbili and town, but to all people of all denuminat'uns
so this country.
Prayer terminated the proceblings. and A collection
amounting to Li tin. ti I. was made at the door.
Rivbg Coups ARRANOEXKN N. --It Illay he
useful to state that the following ismuigetnents have
been emu:hailed in respect of the perlialieal hurmie
1111,i drill fur the Humhiatter Company of
Volunteers :

Mom/op.—Para& of the wholo Company at 8
*Vila.

Taesdays. —Recruit Drill from 6 to 8 p.m.
of the right aalrilivisiou at
S o'clock p.ui.
l'Aursclopt. —Parade of the left sub-division at 8
o'cl..ck
Pridayr. —Parade of the whole company at 8
o'cl.ck lase.

the the meenine of Mondays and Fridays in each
week the nal %di he called at n. 15 laccisely, and
any me:usher not attending (on these evenings) f..r
three consecutive leiralles will 1)e halite 4. a tine of
IL unless ha shall Lava previously u6tainetl leave to
ale:ent himself.

By order of Captain KINDEIILSEY.

WEYMOUTH. Positional,le A rritx,l4. -The fol-
lowing are among the laced arrivals at this watering
place :—Mr. and Mrs. Buell, and Mr. Mrs. and
Miss Hart, Brun/prick buildings; Mrs. Duke, 15
Belvidery ; Mrs, Han auth Mr. Angu,tus Hare,
9 Royal-Cresccut ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Thompson and
Lundy, 3 Dlouinsster-place ; Capt. and Mrs. Plow-
right. 14, Gloucester-place; Rev J. Whitchurt:h
Sadler, R.N., and Mrs. Sadler, 3, Chesterfield
Place ; Lieut. Johnson, lt.N., Mrs. Johnson. and
family, 3, Crosvornor-place ; Capt. Powell, 2,
Clarence-buildings ; Mr. Smith, 5, Fulteney-builil-
Mei; Mr. and Mrs. James Milledge and faintly, 2,
Frederick-place.
lit:k4ON HOIEL. —The following visitors are
staying at the Bunion -(Jul. and Me.,
Wheatley, Rev. Mr. Bennett, ttev. C. Frampten.
Capt. Brown, Mr. G. Barker, (Jul. E. Page, Col.
Long, Mr. anii Mrs. Daktleu and family, and Mr.
Haggett
nuYAL HOTILL.—Mr. and Mrs. Puckeridge, Miss
Puekeridge, Mr. anti Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Hull,
Mr. Jentier, Mr. Foot, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Forsyth,
- Lieut. Mackenzie, Rev. IL W. James, Mr. Cutting.
ton and Mr. Humility.

VICTORIA AED GREAT WESTERN HOTEL - Mrs.
Vincent, Mr. J. Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Mr.
Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Macfarlane, Mr. Stevenson,
Mr. Grant,, Mr. Musgrove, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr.
Campton, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Coe. Mr. Levi., Mr. P.
Guiltvr, Mr. Anson, Mr. Bellingham, Alm Harris
and family, Mr. Terrence and Miss Terrence.

BANK HOCKS. Capt. Barrington Browne, Capt.
Otaway, Mr. Wailikourue.

Hint CORPS.—The manners of this corps re.
asaeuiLled for drill on Monday evening. They had
hot iude for several weeks previously in conse-
quence of haviog no one saidiciently qualified to
train them, and an unfounded rumour was, in cou-
sequeum, very prevalent that the Weymouth coin.
I.ulY bad not been accepted by the Lord Lieu-
tenant.

I:, !I ITC) id MI OU,ST FUZE CHURCH. The DOW
ehapel reixotly eructed by the United Methodist
Free Church nu opened for divine service on Sun-
day last, when sermons were preached to crowded
congregations by the Rev. James Everett, of Sun-
derlimil, in the niorning and evening, and by the
her. I.But in the afternoon. The collections after
tbe bemuse were ezowslingly liberal. On !ilunday
the 0 ingof this new place of worship was *de-
bts serial tea meeting, when about 170 per

SOUS Sat llOWn tip partake of the good things provided
fur the occasion I.) some of the invinhers id the con-
gregation. A puldic meeting 055 afterwards held,
when the l,er. Mr. Aliord. the superiadendeut
the circuit, pi-milled, and *perches wen, delivered I.)
the Lev. J. Et erett, United Methodist Free Church,
Sunderland ; the hey. 11r. Lewis, Independent;
the Rev. I. Bin, Boptist ; the Rev. Mr. Wining,
Bible Cl,, istiau—a brasiich of the Methodist family ;
and the Rev. Mr. 110!royil, Primitive Nlethislist.
Thu whole of the addresses wt ie characterized with
kindliness of sentiment and christian union. thi
the platform we els.. noticed Mr. llill, of Cantu
tarn,. &gentleman w b.. took a ponnimait part in the
reform movement when Mr. Everett was expelled
by the Wesleyan Confelence. All who are itc•
quaiuteil with Woduyan politics know how high
party feeling ran on that ..e,asien, and how great
was the breach made in the Wesleyan ',poly through-
out the (unitary. The Reform ;arty, abo souietime
since united with the Association Methodists under
the title of "The United Sletloshst Free Church,"
undoubtedly hold the none sentiments as they ever
did, but tnile and other einamistances has had the
effect of leading the out and new hotly to view
each other with more kindly sentiments ; and
U an illustration of this we may mention the
fact that on the Sunday previoes, the Rev.
Cuoke, the superintendent of the Weymouth
circuit, announced from the pulpit the opening
of the new Chapel. and were it not 6.1- the vast alumna
on his bands, owing to the rosent death of his pre-
decessor, he too would have taken part in the opening
services. By a reference to our advertising columns,
it will he seen that the opening services will lie ten.-
tinned on Sunday nest, when the Rev. W. Lewis
will preach in the morning. and the Rev. J. Colinaii
a highly is.piihtr preacher from buidon will
pie .ch in the aftern.xm an.l evening. On the Tuesday
1.A01111114 (Ala/Wing not ‘Veiligemlay— ai WWII pi iiitaAl
by mistake in the 411111011111 M bill., a tisissunury meeting
will be held at CIO SWIM dispel.
C 10.; Itch P.ttITIIKAL AIDSIWIETV. —On Sunday last,
Sermons in aid of the above society, were prvaelied
at St. Mary's Church, be the (tev. W. Cariis, Dean
of Winchester, mid by the Rev. Talbot reeves. NI . A.,
Vicar; at St. John's by the Rev. J. W. Neat,
anal the Rey. J. Stephenson, NI. A., Incumbent and
at ltadipole, by the line. Ailaiu %Vaallington, SI.A.,
and the Inv. J. Lyon, M.A. On the following
evening, a put.he meeting, hi relvocrite the claims,,
the Society, was held in the National School room at
regis, when the chair was taken by the
nee. Talbot Onaves, The Rev, Canon Carus, and
the Rev. J. Robeitson, of Lyinington, attended as
deputation from the pannit society. The report of
the past yeaewas einsiuniging, but while meets hail
been done, there was 3et munch remaining to do, the
society being inialile hi comply a ith the demands
made upon it. Etruest and eloquent appeals were
mailed.) tile re veral speakers to the la rge atilt relict:table
audience noicuibled on the ..C.:.181..11, to ahl in the
great work of supplying oimiiiswrs to pour but popu-
lous duitricts.