The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

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Tel SIMPLICTTT THAT IS In CHRIST: A %mon by
the I:ev. Hobert Grant, H.O L., Prebendary or Sarum,
and Rector of Hnuiford Mihail, Dorset. London :
William Ilacintosh, 24, Pnternoster-row. In the
Resent day it is meat important to have the testimony
of a man of expenenos and high character as to the
scriptural teaching of our church. /dr. Omit hen been
well known for years as a thorough alnuoinnan,
one whree principles were settled and fixed before the
doctrine of " developirent " produced the present
generation of Anglican priests. Natarally averse
from controversy, it is only by the urgent request of
%gem who heard this sermon that he hes been induced
ea c forth from his retirement and speak • weml in
ttehalf of that simplicity which is well nigh exploded.
That such • sermon should have biten preached in the
oihurhs of atherborat that a congregation should have
been found /Sem able to appreciate it, and anxious for
its dissemination, only proves that Ritualism has not
the influence it pretends to--that it latches the vain
at tl ghtlem, but only makes the thoughtful and
intelligent cling more closely to the truth itself in its
•tvimplicity." The author in the introduction aids
forth the great danger of the peasant day, and meets
the dangerous assertion of the Bishop of Salisbury
that •• there is more than one side to truth."
An adulterated Coapel I. theehlef evil and danger to which
we are exno•ed. Error is mixed imp vrith truth. The PC4.... is
14,11 M hot in the Lone,. and Is thencfore the more dangerotm
We are tot I by one • ho keeper • high pool.lon In our Church
lo it,, I.lonae, that whilst the Truth is one, then is move
than .ne ide to It." Such zneay-aktei view, of the Truth
oi en the .1 4 •lde to onernntione of It, and certainly they are
n4to be found in the Book ratTruta, That is on.; I dlviet.
lie, to soy ingennon and tortuous Inventions and falladea of
non Indestnietible, by any weapons that may be forged
aunno It. And the Holy Spirit—the alone Infallible and
eth,tual teveher—hiu toren promised to "guide" the sincere
and earnest enquirer after II" Into isU Truth."
lie then gore on to speak of the simplicity of the doctrines
oflbetthepel.tbesimplicityof its worship, the simplkity
of the character of Christ and Christians. Under the first
head he &hews what is the real meaning of the word
"mystery" in the New Testament, and in • few words
di of the absurdity of that mysteriousness in
which the Christian religion is now sought to be
enveloped, concluding that part of his discourse as
fdlows

And en I might go on .ho, did time permit, that al the
,-,ther truth., hich nrvol.e m Isom lighu around this grand
central one, In the remertng of the old sae, and the
.Ir.elgthenlng, refrexhing, mid comforting 54th. 1.4 m man, by
power of the Holy Virit, with all Hie Otlllif efts and
gram., am equielly amide In the eye of faith, and meek,. 10
th. Mart of faith. I would mriclude this part of my
.mhiect
the words of olir Lord : "I thank nee, 0 Father, Lord of
lo men and earth. that thou haat hid them things from the
i.t.t and prudent (the wim and prudent lit their own sight),
ri hut del them unto babes,'i. , them who hem the
oyle faith and teachableners of HUM children. " The
e„,„„„.. of yhy Word gir.th light, Heweth undemanding
uoto the simple, "Thu pour bare the Gomel preached to
them."

17nder the second heed, having referred to the
simplicity et the primitive Church, and borne testimony
so our martyred Reformers, whoa* new.. it is now the
fashion to brand with infamy, he exposes the real danger
of Ritualism. sad the recklessness of those who favour
the movement, without approving it, foe curiosity, or
love of .unusernent:—

H this morement were confined merely to external things,
II •..tild be nueribe In the extreme ; but when, ea the authors
gnd she tints ,of It have aunb.lly acknowledged, that It is
prink fleet, that certain doctrines, ifloat erroosous,'•• we
Wiese, are shadowed forth, It Ic most clangorous to souls.
The shape or colour of an eoeladastleal drem though trifling
In hon. and of Itself, becomes a matter of cram importance.
.if an) unseriptoral doctrine Is veiled under It. lb. HUI*
dl, the find, which Indicates the plague," appears to the
unpresellm4 eve very trilling, but to the &die i eye of the
medics! practitioner it Is the forerunner of • disease which
places life in Imminent peril. They who seek rather to har•
their senses gnsUfled, than their owls edified, naturally
%wove of, and attend such plow. of worship. Ni • few, It
sisle be feared, who do not approve of this movement,
;uwonecimn.l3 , It may hs,amist In forwarding it, by nrelllng
Ulm numbers f the congregation ; thus enc.-mewing by their
presence those who are promoting II; and, what is more, they
piece themselves within the dram of the dangerous whirl-

We wish this last sentence were impressed on men's
minds throughout the Church. Our weakest point is
the instability and recklessness of men, professing
religion, who care not what becomes of the next gener-
ation so long as they may be at peace and enjoy them-
selves. One more paeasge we must submit to our
readers, it is so full of truth, so important in
suitgestion, so simple and elegant in its language and
arrangement:—

T`le real Chrietian In-whipper. in whom "Christ
formed,' need. no to mho's. either to quicken his faith, or
enl,ren his deroUnns. He has the subetaam with hint.
Christ In you. the hope of Story." Re needs no crudes to
ry I Meta .4 his halliOtlell dying lom for hie soul. He
b.lleyos it se firmly as if he etool on Calvary. an saw
with his me of .en the Reeved etiffentr. He needs no Rower'
to remind him of Him who thus *peaks of Himself, "I am the
rose of Shams, and the lily of the Yalhea" He need. no
light. it midday to remind him of Him who "peaks of
self. "I am the light of the world.- H. nestle no changes of
manygolotered vestments to shadow forth Him whom the
teeldlent mocked with the purple robe of Royalty, and " upon
Whom vesture thew did cast He needs no" batmen to
'I.. wt un a. tokens" of Him of whom it, written " II le banner
stovers. is lone." The preseribtd form /4 worship in our hamlet
Church, has le • for upwards of three bwidred yeers.free from
such mullein.,

This is the Language of no extreme man, nor one ever
newly to nab into print. His most unscrupulous
eammonent cannot accuse him of inaubordin.tion or
turbulence. It u the language of a Christian scholar,
from whose lips the fearful state of the Church in this
Diocese hae wrung this protest, caught up by • thank-
ful, and deeply interested people, and at their urgent
request placed before the Church. We need not say
hew heartily we wish it • wide circulation, that we
sok the earnest attention a the laity to it. that we
tender our best thanks to the author for his timely
vin.lication of "the simplicity which is in Christ," and
what ought to be in his Church.

THE Art !omens/ for November opens with. con-
tinuation of the' Memorials of Raxman' " accompanied
with some very goal illustrations. There is also
another article on the National Schools of Painting as
ronre.ented in the Paris Exhibition, in which the
English pictures are reviewed. The writer comes to the
conclusion that the collection suffers in the abeentesi.m
of leading artists, that the pictures actually present
do not adequately represent individual masters or the
!taboo' collectively, and that the avowed inadequacy of
the display is due to causes and difficulties which
might in • great!legree have been met and overcome.
The !elected pictures this month are "Au Italian
Family," by Eastlake, and "Ti's Height of Ambition,"
by Jaeob Thompson. The part devoted to the Paris
Exhibition presents a multiplicity of beautiful engrav-
ings of the utmost value to the art student and
designer. As • whole, the November part is one of the
beat yet issued.
Wew Corymovrr Kum. —The newest venture in
periodical literature is However Square, a =wine of
no. copyright inwic. The first number contains a
sketch for the pianoforte, "Sorrows and Joys," by
Jules Benedict; • song, "What does little birdie say?'
by Arthur Sullivan ; caprice for the pianoforte,
"Bright Hours," by Sydney Smith; and a ballad,
" Bessie Bell," by Henry Smart. The aims of the page
Is the ordinary magazine octavo, Doubtless such.
magazine as Hammer Square is wanted.

SHOOTING STA GULL& —Along our coasts, every
summer, during the breeding season, thousands of
harmless sea-birds are shot. The fellows who murder
them are too clumsy to bag a cormorant, a diver, a
soots?, or even a willock who ODI duck the Sash. But
the poor honeet gull, who follows up the boat, in the
bops of the leavings of the luncheon,as s robin might do
OD land, or a tern who borers over them with innocent
surprise, wondering what they are and mean—
they, the most harmless and the moat
useful of sea-birds, are the special game of
cockneys—for there are oockneys elsewhere than in
London. The gull is the scavenger of the sea. He
does his little best to ward off cholera and typhus from
every foul iltdralned harbour. He ought to be
preserved —if parliaments were parliaments as
religiously as vultures are in the tropics; and the fool
who shoots a gull ought to be fined a pound. —Pewee's
Aliagarissu

Tile Few Etecroon.—There is an excellently-
written and moderate article in the November number
of the St. Fasts Magarrow, in which the probable
effects of the Reform Bill on the strength of parties
Is discussed, and it comes very opportunely. The
writer conceives "That the new electors wa on the
whole, throw most of their weight on to the most
liberal side of the Liberal party; that they will attribute
an importcnoe to sentimental questions which these
questions have hitherto not been able to secure ; that
as at home they will demand greater respect for the
susceptibilities of their class, so aimed they will
suppsrt rather the "cosmopolitan" than the dynastic
element, and, on condition of our foreign policy fsthng
in with their sympathies, will be more ready to fight
than the existing constituencies; that in social questions
they will require more vigorous action, a Belau war-
fare against "bums, more Government interference;
that in economical matters they will be less faithful to
political economy ; that in finance they will be on the
side of trade rather than of land, of direct rather than
of indirect taxation; that they will he less chary of
touching vested rights, and more exacting as to public
utility ; and that there may even be a tendency to
take a somewhat different view of the right definition
of national prosperity."

NANBIL—The choosing • name by sound belongs to
civilisation. It was not so with nations in their
infancy. They went by sense. They fixed on • name
tkat described • child, that referred to its personal
characteristics, that was an outlet for their piety and
tlank.giving, that wee owned already by something
that they were grateful for and loved. The Jewish
mother las long ago ea the days chronicled in the
Bible) rocked her baby on her breast, and as she sat
among the dock, and birds and flowers, called it
"esenna. lily; or Hisdaseeh, myrtle ; or Zophar, her
little bird ; or Deborah, the bee that buzzed so closely,
It made her little one open its eyes
_end smile. Or,
joyous end poetic in her )uxurisnt lead, the timid sheep
were bleating by, and she sailed her babe Rachel. in
their memory ;or the rich fruit of the pomegranate
overhung her, and gave her food, and she oale, h
baby Tabrimon ; or the palm •tree rose straight and tall,
and Do bar child should, and be named Tamer? or the
sparrows twittered in her ear, and her child was
Zipper; or the dove cooed softly, sad hi ie called
Jonah ; or the mow showed its able plumage, tad it.
name wee Caleb; or the light seed sown wee wafted by
her, end her babe wee Julia the tender, delicate,
nestling little thing. Carmi, my vineyard, the Israelites'
chill became, when they were igniteful for that source
of bappines and wealth ; or Fachol, the full cluster of
ripe purple grapes, or, Lot, sweet-scented myrrh; or
Poninnah rinon, pearl ; or Thahaah, the tender tint
of hyacinth, fragrant and pale ;or rlht, • young child,
or daph, the moss growing plentifully at their feet on
the bright seashore. And then Hebrew parent. mourned
over • siekl7 child, and called it Abel, because they
law it was like breath or vapour, and would soon pea.
away; or they named it Delilah, weak; or Hagar,
timorous stranger; or Jabez, sorrow; or Job, • 7emi
or Leah, weary; or Nacho, lama And theo
child, the sturdy,. strong young fellow wee rejoiced in as
Walt, the tall spreading oak; or Amos, weighty' or
Aabar. bliss; or Ruth, contentment ; or Rebekah, let;
or, more Pwitotill still, Abigail, the father's joy ; Eve,
the gliduener ; Isaac, laughter; Nahum, comforter;
and David -sweet mid tender uttentora—belosed.— I
Oer Own Piresisks

Knee TNnoposs's " HeoperaierT."—On entering the
audience chamber my doubt. se to the issue of my
adventures increased tenfold, for on each side of the
King stood • row of soldiers with their sword. drawn,
and looking, as I thought, exceedingly hungry. His
Majesty was, however, not bad tempered, and had me
seated Mat to him. Thereupon be gave • sign, the
soldiers rushed at me with their drawn swords. I
thought at •nce of giving up the ghost quietly without
any bother' but, happily for my parenta, they rushed
Past. and before I could recover from my surprise
returned, each hearth, in his hand a bleeding piece of
raw meat, which was handed to the dignitaries present,
not excepting myself. Hy this time I had become so
thoroughly acclimatised that I fancy • dish of raw
baby would not have induced me to die a death of
starvation so I timely attacked my portico, and
with some difficulty managed to accomplish the feat of
devonring about two pounds of tough beef, raw and
crude, in something less than seven minutes. Hy way
of promoting digestion, meioses and mastic, a land of
raki, were handed round, and when his Majesty
had satisfied himself with his favourite beverage he
bade me and the Abuna kalaxna draw closer to him.—
London Society.
YoIIASHIIII FILIAL ATPrOTTOIL —A curious illustra-
tion of the fondness of old Yorkshiremen for cruel field
sport, is remembered at Leeds. A West Riding miner
had a bull pup, which he waa training to bait bulls and
badgers. Going down to the mine one morning he
strictry enjoined on his son the duty of teaching the
pop some baiting accomplishment. The boy was
diligent in hi. vocation, and when his father Cents up
in the evening, exclaimed with triumph, "Non,
feyther, you'just go doon on your hands arid knees in
front of t' pup, end snarl and say 'illatherum,
blatberum, blatberum,' and see what t' pup 'll do."
The man obeyed, and in an instant the pup flew at
him and fastened on his nose. He quivered with agony
when the boy shouted out, "Bear it feytber, bear it, I
It 'll be t' making of t' pup r.—r*e cure/maw.
&Wiley Magazine.