The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-11-27 00:00:00

RIDE al &MET.

LUDgifflLLLF.ridt7=Hidss: Prises: Whs. to 84lbs.
to 3d OM.; to 7311b5. Io Sid.; 721 b"
3d. to ; /Mika to Oa:. 3gd. to 4d.; 8110. to *".."--
.to 4 ; 981lia to Webs. 444. 0•; 100°- t.
108Ibe. r. to bed. Flom hides, 9s to 10a Bd. Call
skins, light, 2s. Od. to de. ; fen, 7.. Od.
—Sheep-skins : Polled 9s. 84. to 12a Od. ; hell•breds,
7s. 84. to Os. Od. Do4u., tid. ils. 3d.

ELY HARK KM.

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BVITRYTILD. —Meadow bay, 1:3 fo. to £4 ;
clover, £410.. to £25 LI.. Od.; sad drew, El 116 to Li 4a.
per load. A fair eareaad.
hay. £3 16. to £4 ea Od. ;
clover, ft 16. to £5 16. Od. ; sod straw, £1 165 to
£2 to per load. Trade 'toady.
WNIIIIOIIAPS4 —Made. bay, ES Oa to £4 se.
stover, 514 10e. to £515.. 04.; and straw. 41 (1..
to £3 5.. per lead. Supply aesdeesea.

WA REll AM.
TIM Nlayor (T Phippard, EN.) sand Corporation
etended Divine service at the parish church on
saDday last, when the Rev. Eldon Endow Ranks.
preached on behalf of the Dorset County Hospital.
Flat —On Tuesday night, the 20th inst., kid
before ten o'clock, a boy informed Supt. Eeles that
from the quantity of smoke issuing from the premises
of John Brows, Eq., Castle Close, be thought •
tire had broken out, and that he had been to tell
oein at the house, but they would not listen to him.
Mr. Eelie at once went to the r remises, and dim-
,, vered that the this of the greenhouse had bursted,
tool the tire had relight the woodwork, which we.
breaking intn • bless. A few buckets of water,
r, •pplieri. prevented the
. r ti, 0w... Thatched premises
• greeelniusii, mil a serious low might have OD
4...301.11A bad int. rferencs becn hut a short time
hoo.er .1. laved. If • tire did arise we are told that
is hat inailetinatei* ininpliedi with
,t•obatices to estingnish it ; there are two fire.
hot the cistern of
..into a ill not bold water,
• ...1 •nly ono of the pump of the other env... ran ha

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i Weeltiesd y, the 214 inst. 1, 1",h11 trt in•.'o"2
•errieo were Peld cents etion with the millet. rnt
.he ILO iCe. in plittor e I the ekerels. T..e
whieh .A 4 tmos fully d.wiretwl Icy behel..
.o„tea be tar. W. Spicer. w•• well tilled at the t.•,
sol ward', et t.O pahlw •erviee, there was a I.rge

;-,-;iereTs
11.- Bee. .1. Kerets ocespied the chair, and at the
of Moe •leCOUStiOI portion of the yervice, deli's-wed
t: address entente lode to the mension. He then
1,.1 upon Mr. Spocer, the senior deacon, to make •
at dement In reference to the settlement of the pastor.
Mr. Prices, having alluded to the efficient services
rendered be the students of the several pollees& while
the church was ssithout • minister, related the ere
reutateneea which led to the Rev. J. D. Davies (mining
amongst them. In May of the present year the Rev. S.
I:annom, the classical tutor 01 Hackney College, Ind
kindly written to them, mentioning the name of their
pester, had recommending him to them. Mr. Deems
then came to them for • month, and the emelt of his
snot was such that • cordial and unanimous invitation
was ;wet to Mr. Davies, who at once accepted it, and
entered upon his work. lie then spoke ot the pleasure
felt by the church and congregation in having agein a
settled minister, and expressed a hope that God's blessing
rest upon pastor and people, and that their
harmony would for many years remain undisturbed.
lie men urged the necessity Of earnest prayer to uphold
the heeds of their minister, and concluded a very nest
• baejoy ppeeeh be suggesting that the lifeboat, which
het tweed through the town that morning, would
doubtless impress upon the minds of ministers and
til,,,..jj„ea the great need of making known the Gospel,
who+ was God's means of saving the souls of men.
The Rev. J. D. Davies then addremed the meeting.
He commenced be speaking of the goodness of Divine
pe,idenee in leading him throughout his ministerial
career, and said he could not withhold thanksgiving
to Him who had no mercifully priserved and
guided him in the past. During his, at present,
short stay in Wareham, he bad received much
kindness and he could assure his friends that he had
ver once regretted coming amongst them. He then
Pahl. "I have entered upon my ministry here with fear
and trembling. Let me hasten to my that my fear does
not reelect God's truth and Christ's work in the world.
The Bible, indeed, hes been assailed, but it is only the
outwork, which men have built around it that have
fell.. ; the citadel itself is unharmed, and it. impregne
bility made more and more manifest. Christianity ha,
been dishonoured by the unworthinem of her son., and
by the defection of soldiers hem her army, yet Christi•
anity has never more than now an acknowledged power
in the world. The Gospel has not won the triumphs
we could have wished, but I cannot lose faith in its
future which has for its promise the unchengable purpose
of (bid, and for it. pledge the infioite love which will
not entree men to go unblessed by the great sacrifice
offered on the altar of the cross. But while I have no
fear respecting the interest, of the divine kingdom,
I have fear for myself lest I should in any ministry
come abort, not of any standard of yours, dear
hmtheren, but of my own standanl of what I ought
to be and do for my people and for Christ. Nor is my fear
leeenei by what I pee taking place around me. Forms
of thought are constantly undergoing modification, sod
in the legitimate effort to adapt these to the require men te
of the times, truth itself is often weakned and its glee)
Rationalism has become rampant, and thrsatens
*dark chapter in the hinter, of this century. Scepticism
be; come from its hiding place and is seeking a throne
Is the church of the living God. Science, as cultivated
by many, disdaining the pure spirit of induction, and
leaving the broad region of facts, has gone mad amidst
the wilds of speculation. Let me not be understood as
putting myself out of joint with the age, or am vendee
upon it an unacturoulous censure. Ido not look upon the
pest as " the good old times" end sigh for their return.
In manifold respects the age is • glorious age. We have
largely grown out of the ignorance, the sectarianism,
the namowness of the past. Philosophy, science, litera-
te,. have achieved fair and honourable victories. With
ell that is elevating and noble in the thought and
etteoreino and pleasures of the day, I have the.truest
sYmrthY. Yet I cannot hide from myself that there is
much to inapt..'esv. not indeed of the ultimate bone
of the forces at work in eh cy, but of the effect of one's
ministry, lest it should be • power inereuing the evil
instead of lessening it, "e'en:our of death unto death
hated of life unto life." Mr. Davies then spoke of the
way in which error was to be met. He thought that
those who eared ought still to be regarded as brethren
to be won over to the truth, and not to be harahly dealt
with as foes. He also said, "1 shell make Christ and
His erops the central facts and truths of my ministry,
without lessening their grandeur by • rigid adherence to
• narrow theology, and without weakening their force
by yielding to • false liberalism. The Scripture
recent. shall be everything with me. Whatever I
shall find in these documents. I shell honestly and
f sirlealy Wins before you. To the supernatural
ho the Saviour's reran and Life I shell give
epeciel prominence, not Pimply as forming an important
element in our Christian belief, bet as supplying the
only rational ezposition of the gospel narrative. To me
it is inconceivable how any accepting the history can
reject to the miracle. Christianity seibtont the miracle
Is greatly more marvellous than Christianity with it.
The credulity I. theirs who see nothing hut what is
human in the history, not ours who see beneath sod
beyond the human what is really divine ; and, for my-
self, I may say that I shall always insist upon
an actual incarnation, and an actual forth-putting
of divine power in miracles, as •lone rationally
explaining the appearance of Christ. and the
reaults of that appearance as recorded in history
both sacred and profane. Of our Lord's work in eels.
tion to man I ellen also speak. His own words are "I
an. one to seek and to save that which was last." Surely
He I. pomething more than our brother man, in His
etelted Manhood standing high above all other members
of our race, the Leader of humanity in paths of obedience
onwards to • hesvenly diadem! Surely he is something
more than a good Philanthropist stooping to the condi-
tion of the lowest of His contemporaries, and in His life
and teaching leaving ii, posterity a power which would
renovate society! Yes, inure than this is meant.
.le.tia is the true Meat of tounianite and the availing
sserifiee for males sin. On the beauty and power of the
Christ-life I hope frequently to dwell. I shall not
boaltete to use in reference to Him language which bas
been too often Redly perverted. He steads foremost
among the martyrs of the past, none having borne ire
much and none having died so nobly in the cause of
Troth ea Jesus of N th. No power in the world i•
no
potent as tloe power of the life which was closed in
inch ignooniny on Calvary. But while I shall speak
thug of Jesus I shall protest against this being thought
an exhaustive denription of thia Man sod this Life.
Here the eves is not merely a goal, but • rytr.bol -
a symbol of a peens and life off red in saerifiee, of a
person end life elevated to medistorial capacities and
honours. He was deliveted tot our offences and tallied
tot our justification, and now He aim s upon the throne
ever living to niake interceeion." Mr. Davieu then said
that these doctrines would not be taught as mere
traditional beliefs, but because he hieopelf had felt the
power of the corms and knew that the eras was the only
satisfying solution of the world's dark problems and the
only door of hope to the race. Having be•ought an
intereat in the prayereof his people, and also their
earnest 00-operation, the rev, gentleman closed his
address.

Prayer was offered by the Rev. R. T. Verrill, La., of

.
The ell•TRII•11 called upon the ehoir to sing the
anthem, "I was clad when they maid unto me," which
was most admirably rendered.
The Rev. B. GRAT, B. A. of Blandford, addressed the
meeting,
the sehteet being, the three eneetiotbneem—?
"What are our principles? Whence do we derive
and Whither do they lend"? To these questions the
rev. gentlemen give consecutive answentand edmiably
expended the principles o(C,ongregetionallem. The rev.b
gentleman after • very excellent address concluded
expressing hie beet wishes toward the Rev. J D. Davies
b boring that the work of his hands would be leased
in his his new sphere of labour.
titer again singing,
Tie Rev, R. S. AturroN. of Weymouth, wall esliNl
upon to address the meeting. Roving einressal
bis hope that their new Pastor would prove a true
and eneee-dul minister of Christ, the rev, gentleman
alluded to the fact of the Christian church being
likened by St. Peter to • Ina, sea somewhat strange,
nay, almost degrading similitude when viewed in certain
respects, lhe church was, however, indeed • flock,
and time pastor was the shepherd; who, if a true one,
would lay down is life for the sheep. After conducting
llsis remarks in • very ma.terly manner, be concluded by
expressing his hope that the conger. Ration would co-
operate one with sandy r for the glory of God, and do
good one to another, ant that the ministry of the Rev.
J. It Davies wontd he marked with enewees
The Rev. .1. N. Gasoline. of Poole. Baptist minister,
then made • moat interesting speech, expressing hie
pleasure at being prment. and his willingness to work
with hie friend the Ito,. J. D. Dadm in the work of
love, and he exhorted his hearers upon the vest impor-
tance of the solemn relationship between pastor and
people, and to support him in every respect.
An anthem wu then aupg.
The Rev. It. T. VIIIRALL, of Pule, addressed the meet-
ing. Ile commenced by
elimftlinir, as a representative
of the Dorset County Association, his welcome to the
Rev. J. D. Davies Re then set forth the vast impor-
tance of Home Influence to the church. This influence
would also tend to preserve the pastor'. character from
aspersion, and it would instill into children the beet
pnneiplee at the earliest age.
J. PAXTON, Req., then moved • vote of !honks to the
ladle", who on this, ea on every other 000.tiet, have
exerted thenmelves in the mart reedy manner in provid-
ing 'the trays for the tea. He ahe proposed • vote of
thanks to the rev. chairman, and to the choir who had
eutribated to the harmony of the evening.
Rev. J. I). DAVILA seconded the resolution in •
very neat and appropriate speech, thanking the ladies
and the eboir personally sod on the part of the audience
for their kind servieee.
The Cittlewsx ',turned thank& The choir then
mak " Gale with use, fast fells the eventide."
11.• Rev. W. W. &mums offe" d the
h prayer, and iiki• very pleasant and iemrestingmeeting
-elmh Pk. **lt 'Will the "lima " The mink is the Lord's"