The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-02-15 00:00:00

HOME MISSION SERVICES.

The warmal home mission sermons were ably preached
In the Primitive Methodist Chepel on Sunday last by the
tar Roc r. D. Kendall, of Portland, who took for his text
In the morning Isiah Iv., 10, 11, :—For as the thin coaseth
down end the miaow from heaven, and returneth not
thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it bring forth
and be& that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to
the estrr ; so shall My Word be that veil forth out of my
mouth— it shall not return unto me void but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the
Using whereto I mad it. "
In the afternoon the Rev. F. D. Kendall preached an able
sad Instructive sermon at Fordingtoe, when the atteadance
was good. He took his text from the latter per" of the
12th verse of! Swami Hitherto bath the Lord helped
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lath, evening the chapel was nearly filled. not w ithethod
lag the -
incleasient vntather, when the rev. gentleman
Du _n
Bt. John iv. " Dost thou believe on the
goTe7God. I "
On the following evening • public meeting was held in
the chapel to celebrate the Home Missionary Meeti_nr. the
Itry. J. Wright. 01 Pv°lo. being the "P"lti" Mr.
H.
Mills, chairman; and addressee were also delivered by_ the
circuit ministers, the Revs. J. Knipe, of Weymouth. F. D.
Kendall, of Paad. end W. Martin, of Dorchester.
The meeting was mimed DV an MalitoPrist• bruin and
the chairman, altar a few brief introductory remarks.
called on
Th. RSV. W. DUSTIN, who said of the different kinds of
work carried on in this world he knew of none that gave
more pimento and is more honourable than working for
the Lord. (Apidows.) Sane people would my when they
heard of others iota" *brood to be minionaries for Christ,
that they ought to stay at home and preach the Gospel to
thebea to be found at their own doors, in their o•n
shrted, rig in We some neighbourhood. But be should say
that an men left their homes to go abroad to preach to
Woes erke knew nothing about the less of • Saviour their
besets mut yams far the souls of those who were now lost.
("Virg F. D. KENDALL, in • lengthy but thoroughly
lateresting address, spoke of the necessity of working
awl eh:eh:Mime to mon
the laboutets : tinere f:wsal"vactiffm. The My=
waape
ty of ressering them it arm their boon en duty to
sacrifice time, earthly pleasures, or anything else, for the
Lord. Wm would 'etas far with them if one could do
anything for the bmefit of their fellow men, but thex
ought, ae christmas, not only to help when it wassail ma
couventent kw them to do so, but when it was puttied
themselves to inconvenience, causing selfiacrifices, lose
of Wee. bard trod" or anything else. (Applause.)
Th. Rev. J. WILIONI, deputation, was very interesting
La we remarks, and dwelt • comidnehle time on the IsWar
ship which they, as Primitive Methodist', had to "neonate-
-0.1 yews ego. Re said when be entered the Minion Field
gret (ggi years ago) he remembered entmiag • village where
the win were eery rough, and who wore what was then
ogled frying-pan ffitalt-M-beoon ants, tight
treseises, end gaiters. ein he entered the village be
saw at the middle of the place a group of three rough
woo, either fighting or smoking the short black clay
Plies and talking over the times. Re went, as was then
usual to do, and took his stand under • large trim. He
smear • lot of children, besides number of others
and then began to preach. There was a man
til"lgin anapests of others who had been several times
convicted and sent to our Dorchester Goal for poaching
sad maims other crimes,. This man be saw, soon got
hntkag in tears, to he (the deputation) kept hi. eyes aged
eu his, ind the words which be used were the means in
God's head of his conva,lon. Before the conversion of
UM WINS be used to think nothing of going home and fight•
ing end qoarraWng with his wife aid diadem ' • but this
night he went boom. Wok bold of his wife and kussd her.
no wife, of course, wondered, and asked what was
and met the answer that God bad concerted him. He
Wm went upetairs and kissed all his children, which
made them wonder what change had come to their father,
for they were always afraid of him before; hut now he
was so matte and loving, and they knew not what to
make of it. He (Mr. Wright) said this was the right sort
ay ngigisst, Mind not believe in • man going to chapel and
then prim home sad querrelling with Ms wife, or a
wanes ming low and quarrelling with herr husband,
When this man was converted to God be told his friends
se, and MI who tame in contact with him, and be believed
that ell who really were converted did so too, and did not
Waspirthuret ; it was not • thing to be buried.
(Applause. He also narrated an instance when
Ws Wes presohni in an agricultural district
la BeigianA After they bed preached in this open
Mr for lose time, an old man and woman got converted
sad ef end them their house to preach in which as
asceptied. sad many blessed meetings wino convs:ndr
therein. At last • gentlemen made complaints to the
'nuke that the Primitive fellows made a great deal of
noise in me of his bows, which the old men and w
had lest them. Om w
day the 'squire co on horseback
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sommented by another gentleman. He knocked at the'
400 r. end when the old woman answered she found it WY
WWI said "You have them runabout fellows
my home, don't you?" and was answered
• for you. " Three or four times
.Ise other pullouts& asked the
said the squire, "Does
wee the next question, to
Wellitt harm Is
macs such it disturbs
not the
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