The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

Littraturr.

NARIATIVIII OP TR. Co—IIPAPAION OP A MIMI
PIITNICIAN, by the Rev. li. Houle, Vicar of Fordington.
(London r. James Nisbet and Co., 21, Bemers-street ;
Eeeley, J/ItlISOO. and Halli lay, tel. Fleet-stre .o. This
little woi k is rot an ordinary misstousry narrative, bat
contains some of the hest illostralbtna of the Chinese
elt,rartrr that have eve been submitted to the English
reader. The principal subject of it displays throughout
Site manner anti deportment of • prefect gentleman.
with all the intelligence of a man id educated mind, and
the earnestness of an honest believer In the religion
wide!' he professes. Dying was • physician practising
at Ningpo, and Lad become • member of the Church of
Home. Heine very zealous for his church be deter.
ruined to visit the Protestant Catechist Belo, in order to
convert him to the same Church of Rome, and the
ki.tory before us contains the conversation or discussion
which took place lutween these two men, lisplaying a
large amount of argumentative power, combined with •
coin tesy truly Chinese. Any one can imagine how
intere•ting such • conversation must be, ending silt did
in the conversion of lining to the Protestant faith.
But one or two extracts will best illustrate them, on
running which the reader must remember (het "the
religku of the Lord of H " is the Chinese name:
frit the Rontish religion, while the " religion of Jesus '
Is their name for the Protestant faith. The subject of
worshipping of saints mistime diseuseed

Eon. —Th^re I. one point, sir, • M.+ I shoo?l like to Ming
before plir MAIM, and on %loch I hope too trill seriously
reflect. Wheti I nal inquiring into "the religion of Jesus,"
and bonante coll•linvol that it nos Iron, try 1.04 itroat
C poining It was the tieteet..lty ~1 gitit.r tip the wondini
Thy alleviator.. TIO• probably, 'jr Mu. vir greet difficulty
when you p•litett tie rellitiott c•f the Lord of !lessen r
; this Ir. •ith lOC nhe Inc rrintipal dif6culty.
As to,,the wordiipping of or gods 44 wood and clay, I soon
becatne convinced of the folly of this, but I did not eo readily
see why the worship ,4 our ancestors au wrong.
Cao.—Well. In Joining"the religion of the Lord of 'leaven,.
what as to this have you really done? Why, sir, you have
actually given up the worship our onn ancetion, sod you
?we substituted for it the aorship of the ateestors of them
°feigners. Who Cr. these "lather"? • and who am their
ancestors, that you should thus substitute the worship of
them for lha worship of our own ancestors? lbw. you, air,
ever OCI-lolialy thotight uttnn thin point?
Dthig rat Mlettt—on Ithkh the catechist returned.
God shoo Is to to unranlpped, end neithar env ancestors nor
their, hove any Clann to thljbooooo.
Dzing remained admit.

Now it must bolero@ in mind that 800, the Protest-
ant, was brought up as a tailor, his adversary •
phrician, and, therefore, the latter had the advantage
so n eduaated man, while the former's success pro-
ceeded from his knowledge of Scripture truth. Bat we
would call the attention of the English Church Union
t) the spirit manifeated by the Remish bishop and
prieiti with regard to arsooneiliation with Protestante :

At a eubeequent period, and atter he had been received into
the Church of Fair land, Defog Matearift rave to Mr. It. the
"30% fog account of the propoeal, which, no above elated, hi:
bad wade to the Montan Catholic Navin and priede, and of
the stay In which he wee thee led to seek an Interview with the
cabichirt.

" A short time before I went first to Ban 81n.eang I thought
I should like to riot the different church. of the • religion of
Jens.' Ningim, to hear what the heretics (as I had betli
lau:lit to reganlithensiltad to may for tbenucises. Accordingly,
a itinut communicating iny Intention to thelatAers, I attended
all their preachitur places, American and F.ngliah, Episcopalian
Alla Nonconformist. From what I heard there I was inilmod
to suggest to the bishop antl,Anfiers the deahablenem of at-
lciamiiii4 to bring about a reconciliation, and if possible a co.
operation among all the miasionari. In China. I intimated to
MAO that the different.. between us might after all be not to
'very great as to prevent
" When the bishop and fellers heard what I mid, and taw
the dinvtion my mind 11111 taking, they at once checked sne.
The) told me that there could lon., co-operation with heretics;
that as to bringing alsoit a reconcilstiou Let •cen the parties
It won utterly h"Pel.ws : that the most eminent enct, in the
Cintrels--cardinals, high..., and othere—had for the last three
hundred jell. fitttrill.thl it 4,11• T and tore hut in rain;
that in truth therhoroti,,nerent besotted,. under the power
of the es il one, that nothing would persuade them to listen is
they ought to the Prince of the Religion,' w lio io Christ'.
Ica earth, the only infallible head 1,( the church. the only
authority ir determining all controversies; and that II heretim
could not listen to Aim, whst hope could there he that any
attempt on their part in Ningpo would be likely to prove
sue...full The bishop then Interdicted me ssith all the I
weight of his authority from again referring to the subject, and
he forbade nie at the peril of my sours malvation from has big
anything to do with such deluded men. To this, however, I
replied, Well if you ad' set make any attempt to bring Aland I
a reconciliation and • mutual co-operation, which I feel to 1.,
no imp rtant, I certainly shall try what I can do nlyself. And
tiow, to stiow you the gnat imissrlance of such a atop,! may
tell you that when I emlessour to speak to my heathen
countrymen on the oubjcat of Christianity they frequent v my '
to " First NM< %Wong yourscleca,and then cone and talk
to its. But if you cannot agree amongst yourselves, how ran I
you expect on to plue any 10.1 you say r
us-er, I .1.1.1, I have already sidtml all the Engli•h and
American chords. in Nitigia.,and I have Mani the mimionari. '
(Its-re preaching most excellent Christian doctrine to the
lI.W II it, then. If the matter w.re sirosserly lirought licfore
them, that thee would sod be willing to listen to reason and !
truth? Toe bishop on thisuraiii told toe that I mind not Oa
y nom nint attempt it, and that in doing ao I ahould seriously
Imperil the safety of my soul."

One more extract we must give, as It shows the kind
of knowledge expect. from a Chinon convert before
baptism, and also illustrates the reality of the work
effected by our wissioneries. It is part of the examine.
tiou of a young women, daughter-M.6w to the
physician, who had never spoken to a misesionary
before, and had acquired all her knowledge of Christian
truth from tbe reading of the Bible in her father-in.
iw'e bun..:—

c—Ho. old an you?
11.—Nintleen.
—ln
:.11ineoclyriar:41::vc you anued or not?
Q.—La.ca God take notice of An?
!,!.—.Y,4,11e swathe. it.

V.-11.11
IL—Atter death. In bell.

V—too on n 44— .e-lifeTpunkbotent 1
.—Teo, I hope to do., through the merits of Musa
Q.—What hat J ruts done tloat you obouhl bops so/
N.—Takets our t&no upon him, and endured for them upon
I... Whit; all olna, Of oaly some
on, are all men partaken of title benefit?
N.—only twin:rem]
Q.%—.Do you When in Jana?
It that some believe and tome do not?
N. gran make. the difference.
4-1. It entirely .4 0.41 (I meant her to aay Yes," but
kb !mat truly enough :—)
M.—We, too, for our tart must reflect and come to ourselves.
(I.—W Ito mown the heart to repent and Loin, c 1
M.—The Holy
—Do you love the Lord Jesus',
N.- —Y n, I do.
Q.—Why
41.—)iesause ho suffered and died for me.. _

i-7-11;;;;1;.:;"‘i,;-,";1.7t1;;;ZI173 rTtult
.-1 .hall obtain thehl.. 1 Heaven. Were the mistook
me acid. I meant the ° result- cm her conduct ; and I
explained this to her by the %tiling obedience the renders to
Mgr kind and indulgent WM ill1.111•1aw.)
Q.—lf you Warne be Jems, %hat %ill happen when you die?
.Ikall f to Heaven.
Q.—Both soul and bud.- •
N. —By mul.
Q.—Will the body .go thither I
at the Met day It • 111 rim again.
Q..—Witat It the use of baptisn, ?
N.—A. a token. (I did not here Mecum Its "effectuality,.
th I intiyt CM it with those aho ought to underatmid it.)
q—ahm it the mauling of th...t.•
it.—lt Siallifift the washing away of tin.
Q.—flow?
M.—By the Holy Ghost. (I told her here of the double
Mire by the Saviour's blood and the Spirit's lufluence.)
Q.i—Are all %boars baptised saved?
it poialble to be saved without the extort
111 —Howl
N.—By faith.
9.—tem any MO ever or raved?
N.— Yee ; he who was crucified with Jetua
Row many young ladies in England, about to be con-
firmed, could pass a better examination than this? llat
*he whole book Is full of important illustrations of
enisslonary work as well aa Chno se character, and
when we title that the prim is only one shilling for
101 pages of most original and interesting matter, and
that the profits will be devoted to the advancement of
the Niskspo mission, we trust enough is sidd to ensure
a large and rapid circulation.

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THE Aar doormat. (London: Virtue and CO., Ivy-
lane) this month brings ton eke, its Art Catalogue of
the Paris imbibition. It is intended to be bound
separately from the Art Journal itself, and will tone a
kumdeome and interesting souvenir of the important
event which It WSJ designed to commemonte. The line
engravings, of which there are two, as usaal,sre "God'e
Acre," from • picture by Miss Osborne,in the possession
of the publishers, and "Th. Controversy," from a
painting by Elmore, in the oollection of John Knowles,
of girsnsbeiter. The literary contents of the part
Include • further notice of the works of Harman and
other papsn on art subjects, of an equally intereding
character.

ffe P.trt.'s hiaoserne (Loodon : Virtue and Co., 2541,
City Hoed) for this month is one alibi beat numbers
yet issued. The editor's story is enlivened by • duel
and the introduction of • new female character who
prouder' to make misohief. "The Sacristan's House-
hold" is also continued with Interest An article on
"criclw." will be widely read, for it conveys much in•
formation in the pleasantest style. "Lord Palmerston"
is the subject of an essay, written in the genial spirit
which pre-eminently characterised hie lordship; and in
" The Electoral Out-look," we have a fair and sensible
estimate of the political mitnition. The writer concludes
that

The nest Ilmite of Common. will contain stanch Larger
proportion than usual .1 nemeses! nice. Whether this I. a
gain .sr not Is a point us arr not direuiring now; WO only
wish to point out the lam Them I. no Indication whatever
of that Manz if nearly adventurer, which we were confidently
told vt.uld be the fruit inhered franchlac ; on the other
hand, th. re is aa bilk peruilre id that acres • I new blond :
which as. held fit to t4t emeof the chief benefits of lowering
.ugrro;re. The now INtlialltrlt( *in, in fact, he compoeed
or Owner matcriala to it, predereeson; and though, saw.
My!, eljtiStltttl, we tKlieVO the prwairei .4 our repre-
w,,,..i.e. will he immensely Influeneed • Arthur for hatter or
for VI t TNT, by the chaninel ,
has u doubt their normal tetolerohs out Tetuan. utialteted. '
(fru Otes FIRE/llDlpeottdoo : if lust it Co.) vigorously
ti porAell its arum o Evangelical teaching. In this
'magazine we find skilfully blooded much of intend and
mound moral and religions Instruction. liere in an I
sziract front a abort article, entitled "Consulting as ;
echo":—

"If • man inpro.perou. and influential, there are multitude,
who only desire to know what he wield like to lova advised
it Is not al wayseasy to get another's real mind. They stand off
they berliale and question as il to It at the truth, •
the) are only getting at. you. No soon IN your bent and • 'Os
are discovered, they will, with great afforest candour, adsks.
you Just as you have longed to have 1b..,.! And you have got
yoursell twice over—you own mind and Its echo! It is
amusing to Helen to • down gentlemen at • political coinage,
Yon, or at a board of directors for some Institution, or a
railroad °mummy, upon. question which divides and excites
Lithe number. Each of at least hall a doom. men will meson
you that be ham not yet met a mingle man who dom not
think sa Milos. At Wont two or three irreconcilable opinions
will be declared to be the current opinion of throommunity
/orb man goes to Woe naturally acesselble I. kirasidr, and
hears himself reflected from them, sod reporta to his eon-
leskratas one opinion, and that hts own, mimed Ave or Az
times ! Men usually And what they wish to find; what they
look for, that they see. Every considerate men should be
aware of this ,suidke echo of sellishome or oonevit ; and • wise
shquld swirly entertain those cionneellings which are the
least like ho own. It is what others think that as wed to
ponder. Conorlt Ls narrow. No man can build well who will
build with nothing but that • hich he quarries from himself.
There are men enough who think, when they hear tbsesesitse
paced, that a &co.! spoke."

• The prismi am maid li2 Mom "Irisitu&l When.'

•
jyAnDwiegea Bctexcit-Gosair (London: Robert
Hard wicke, li2, Piccadilly). supplies a large amount of
interesting and useful information at a very low pr es.
Its various papers are well written and illustrated by
numerous csn. Dent engravings, and the jottings from
correspondent. are a specially pleasing feature. We
give the fullowiog &Street, :
Tun WHITS Cliil4ol 817171111/LT (Poodle brooks) Is move
plentiful this year than I ever remember to hate wren IL At
the time of my writing, I can anywhere me as many sea
hundred etamoks Iron. any spot shout my parish, and with
is a •ntall .IWhI,IIOO of eon. half-dosen rarer specks.
Aire.it the oottagene robbage, ans suffering front the earlier
wid I the lane of the.e pests to the garden ; and where not
hatad-gathered. Mee wom deity the whole hopON of this
On MI crop. The way to Nave the &dogon, green+. he. Is to
examine the 00kr parts of the bares from time to time, Ina to
„rush the link butichew of yellow eggs with the finger. once
show • child hoe to do this, and tory little &Mustily sill to
experience' in keeping the grubs iii cheek. The ',moot warm
waswon ha, caused the appearance of the Humming-bird HAS k•
moth, M 0,014.11•11 utellatorum, In w.me quantity. In the
wanustinuoir of 1003 this moth about Jed in Dorset but that
It 'aunty matsionally plentiful &ill be shown from the fact that
tidnos In %Vey tit readily y lehlni to a tariff of el. each for
stroll.. of the. mature., •nd it has not been wince then,
mmmlii the .6111-ter, that r e hate uhverved It in any
otrautity.—J. B. Drudf,,rtl Abbe& Jul) 15, 1068.
11"71!""1.—Thl. eedl-known agricultural great (Pisku
aegnirt&l IM now. In &peculiar manner. It is • Indy
, Itrithh gra., and yet It Is flallbeld after an American ! The
' fact is. It a. imported into the l'ulted States, together with a
rof other Engliah aced., a great Many 3 Inr. •jp. It
soon antuirni notoriety from its excellent qualities, and having
hren largelY grown by a certain Mr. Timothy Hansom, was re
I introduced Into England by him, and has over shire been
distinguished by his I bristbut tattle. We still Import the
bulk of our need from the States and Canada for agricultural
priprres, though it is one of the (semioticm.t of our grasaes.-.-
Awn an. Aniters.—On the afternoon of the 17th of May,
while lying down on the gram at "Meal.," I disturbed an
ant'. met, where were • number of aphids, and the an.
Immediately began to take them imp in their mindful and carry
them away, but what they got • little quieter I meterni time.
distinctly saw an ant cosa, up to .c the aphides, and pot
t.turb it • di. it,, laws, and that the aphis lot out a drop ,
anniething that looked eke ante eater, which the not drank,
and then went on with whatever he wait doing I have often
beard It married that ants keep aphides as maw, and bunk
thetn, but Dever actually taw it done bcfore.—E.D.ll.D.,
Wigelteater.

THZ BHOOTER'S DIARY for 1868.9. By J. E. B. C.
(London : Feld Oak*, 346, Ctrand.)—This useful
annual in fuller thou ever of hints and information as
to equipment for every part of the world, and notes
of what may be expected in the way of sport on
arrisaL The tabular forms for tho record of shooting
day by day are very complete. Then in ens a column
in oonnection with disposal of game for "if sold,
amount received."