The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

PIDDLETRENTHIDE.

' BinaLAZY.-11 daring burglary marred at the
Baropsan inn,kept by Yr. George Brows, in this parish,
early on Thursday morning last. This landlord was
gelled up in tbe cening about nix &sleek, to serve •
customer, when he fozed that tbe staircase door was
barred. This proved to have been done, by tbe inser-
tion of a large nail, ao as to prevent the lilting of the
latch, which on being removed by Mr. T. Drake,
Mr. G. Brown found that • large boa in the
her, in which he kept cash. had been broken open,
apparently by a chisel, and all the money was &Maras:Sad
a sum amounting to about LW in gold. It seemed that
an entrance bad been effected at the front parlour
window, in whiM there was • square of glass broken,
so that the thief would have no difficulty in unfastening
the sash, and getting into the house. Having stolen
the money, the burglar, unlocked the frost door, by the
key left inside, and thus let himself out. Tbe robbery
was elected so adroitly, that there does not seem much
prospect of tracing the thief, although • reward of kW
has been offered.

FAREWELL Sensor. —TbeMay. Herbert Candy, M.A.,
his farewell sermon, last Sunday afternoon, on
perishedvi
leaving curacy (mile charge) of this parish, to take
the Second Mastership at King's school, Ottery St. Mary.
There WY • much larger congregation than usual. The
rev. gentleman took for his text, Philippians iv. 6
and 7: "B. careful for nothing; bat in everything by
prayer and supplication with thanlugiving, let your
requests be made known unto God. And the peace
of God, which paseeth all understanding shall
keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
After • brief exposition of the words, he said this
seemed • fitting text to take for the last time be should
speak to them, and he ventured to ask them to give him
their attention for a little sparse, while he said a few
words which be wished them to remember—not about
bitumen, or, at least, as little of that as possible. He
would only say, first of all, that he wished them to
understand how mush he thanked them all —son,. more
and some less, ma he had bad more or lest to do with
them—for the kindness whioh they had shown to him
and his daring the last five years. He only wished he
bad repaid it better. Whatever his ministrations there
might seem to others, to him they appeared as mistakes
and failures—tkinp left undone, and things done amiss.
But in all his actioes his object and desire had been not
to get any praise to himself, but to do them good. lint
let them not dwell on the past—it was gone, and Um
lest link, he might say, broke that .11.1 y. For the last time
be had celebrated amongst them our Lord's Supper, for the
last time he bad received a youdg soul into Christ's
Church, and signed her with the sign of the muss; for
the last time they had knelt together and oonfessed
their sins; and for the last time had he seared them of
God's forgiveness. Since he cause there, 22 couplet had
he joined together in Holy Mstrimony ; to 115—the oae
that afternoon made the 115th—had he adminstered the
holy ordinance of baptian, signing them with the sign
of the cues, and mending them forth to fight their
Saviour's battle; several of those born and baptised
within the lad Mrs years had he already buried ; 85

l altogether bad he laid to rest in God's dere monad
that plebs, siwait the resurrection et the eay of
Poignvint. 45 nine he came lime. in ,the two confirm.-
, tiara had he examined, and provoked, dad pheentsol to
our Biehop—some with hope and some With liar; and.
some with mingled fear mil hope, to teke upon them-
selves those vows made for them at their baptism,
that they would by God's grace lead • godly
and Christian life, that they would fight against the
sin within and around them, and would he faithful
unto death, believing Go i's promise of a crown of life.
Now tit the past go by t. the land •her• all Mince are
for. otten, and let Item look forward to the future. Ile
who was aiming amoffiret them (the Rey. T. F.
Etigg) was to himself almost g stranger, bet those
who knew him better than he dia epoke most
highly of him. He (M. Rev. T. F. rite was
young and strong, end would he believed give them
vigorous earnest, and able service—more than
be had Lee. It was • new beginning for them all and
for Mr. Bigg, end he would say to them, "do all you
can to help him." The good that • clergyman can be
In • parish must depend not merely on himself, but,
under God, very much upon those amongst whom be
works. Let them remember the parable of the sower.
The sower went forth to sow bin seed, and it came up
in four different plisses, and the erops were of four
different kinds. In one only of those four places did
the seed bring forth fruit abundantly. And why? The
sower and the seed were the garde in each ease • yea, but
the soil was different. The vomit and the bst of men
may preach in vain, if those to whom be preaches close
their hearts against him—if they only open the ears of
their intellect, and not of their soul to bear God'e word.
To those who hear, perhaps to criticise, or to pass the time
away,or to find fault, the pre sober preaches - be would not
say in vain, it Jas far worse. It WYI not the soser's
fault that the seed bore not fruit abundantly, it was the
fault of the ground, and those to whom the ground
belonged—those who hail not kept the ground of their
hearts as they ought to have kept it, and on them would
rest the guilt of certain failure. Not merely in church,
bat out of church, how much pariehioners might do to
help their parish minister in wary wars- He
urged that parishioners in all places should pray for
thrir clergymen, and said be was quite sure that if the
congregations, who go Sunday after Sunday to our
different aburebee, would give theniselves to the duty
of praying for their minister there would te such an
awakening amongst the clergy, and such • pouring forth
of God's Holy Sti3r upon bin ministers and people,
that would soon the spiritual face of our land.
If they preyed that of Mem might be guided into all
truth, that the divisions amousat as which threaten
to rend our Zion &sender were sated, that the bitter-
ness of party spirit was Muted for Use eorhootooos of
loving zeal for God's krnth—if snob prayers went up
from earnest hearts throughout the country, what
• different state of things might they not expect' and
each parish, each household, each individual Christian
might do something to bring about such • happy result,
and to make our Meech toms like what sbe should be—
the nursing mother of hrt people; she would then once
more gather under her wings those wlro wetted to have
fled from her, and had sought around for another
shelter—and once more we should be "one fold under
one Shepherd." The time would come when this would
be the woe, for the Lord himself had promised it.
They prayed every time they CUM, to church, "fly
kingdom come," and he would tell them what it was
that hindered that prayer from being answered—what
kept bask the advent of Christ's kingdom neon ^LIM.
It was because Christians did not strive to bring about
that result—did not seek to heal their divisions, which
are &stumbling block to the heathen and infidel—did
not endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit in the
bond of peace; and thus, when they said the
Lord's prayer, they were praying for that which
they themselves prevented. It was impossible
(lode Kingdinn amid come when they set them-
selves resolutely to keep it beck. Once more.
In these days they knew how every little thing
was laid hold of—every look, and word, and gesture—
every accident of manner was at and
talked about, on one side and the other. e was not
speaking in any party spirit—not layingthe blame upon
One side more than another, but be heard sod sew things
amongst those at both extremes of the Church of which
he Would say they simply filled him with horror—be
heard and saw things on both aides which seemed to
him to show there was to a certain extent • decay of
honesty end truth amongst elergymen and amongst
churchmen. There seemed to Istos sometimes a want of
straightforwardness and honour smoogst those who had
given themselves op. not simply to spread the Gospel in
all its fulness and simplicity, but Midyears, the banner
of some party; men were not content now to carry forth
the simple banner of the cross, they must attach to it
some motto or another which marked it more distinctly
as their own. It had been so since St. Paul's time.
Some even then 'Yore not content to be known as
Christians, but said, "lam of Peal, lam of A ppolos,
and I of Cephaa, and I of Christ" Bat the apostle's
stern rebuke was, 'li Christ divided? was Paul
crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of
Paul?" He would say to them, that if in this or in
any other parish to which they might go, they saw some-
, thing different in their clergyman—if he did something
, which perhaps they did not understand, let them at
le&st give him the credit of being an honest Christian
! man, and ask him why he did this or that; and be was
quite sure that any clergyman would be only to happy
to give OA explanation. They might not perhaps have
recoiled a good education, but the clergyman must be
an educated - one who had studied his Bible not
only in the English version, but also in the original—
who had thought Mont these things, and had stodied
books written by men who gave up their lives to draw out,
I perhaps, the truth of one little part of Christianity. Seth
aman must know more about them things thee people
whose miquontance with Scripture consisted fln • ell,
obentors and texts long alma beret by heart. Nov
word about themselves. He should soon have closed
his book of account with them, and • new book would
be opened, and new responsibilities would be laid upon
them, as one, who, be was sure, was ter better and
abler than himself, woad take their charge, aed thus
I they would have more to avower for. They bad
advantages now in this perish which they bad not • few
years ago, viz., the frequent celebration of the Holy
Communion, and the constant means of grace put
before them. Were they making good use of those
opportunities? Were they becoming year by year more
earnest and more self-denying Christians? or were they
becoming more worldly and more careless about the
things of eternity? These questions he earnestly
exhorted them to ask themselves in the solitude of their
own chambers. He then addressed parents, urging
them rightly to train up their children; the
young people, who hare been lately confirmed, be
exhorted to strive to live according to their vows;
and the young children he lesired to remember that
their loving Saviour was calling them day by day, when
he said, "Buffer little children to come unto me,"
and to give their hearts to Hini as soon as they knew
they were their own. Is conclusion be observed that
al then present would not meet together again till the
day of judgment, and he prayed that they might all so
live holy and religious lives here, that in that great day
when it was asked, "Who are these, and whence mime
their it might be said, "These are they which have
washed their zobes and made them white in the blooded
the Lamb." Finally, he f tly wished them all
good-bye, God be with you. The preacher manifested
considerable emotion at different parts of his sermon,
ma several of his congregation were moved to teem