The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-10-26 00:00:00

AN IMPOSTOR.
To the Edilor.

81r,-O.P.Q. deem nut !teem to know touch of the
technical character of the Lbw in his reflections on the
Good Templani in your Inr• issue. The 'Att., sir, are
these:—" On the ch3rro t. r of the individual becoming
known, information was bt ones given to the police,
who recommended n warrant be applied for. Such
application would only be gr.tited on the assurance of
producing verbal intonation front Birmingham, at a
cost of LII, with an intmation that after all that
trouble we might fail to get • conviction. We could
have had • summons bq the man, but declined for
rea•ons which are obvious. All we could do was to
Impound his credentials, with which he pra, tise his
imposition, the loss of which renders him incapable of
visaing the Good Templar. in Dorchester or elsewhere
with any aunneaa" From the shove you will see that
It is not incompatible with good citisenship_to be
A Goof) TDIPIAII.

BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING AT
ALINGTON HALL
A meeting was held at the Alington Hall on Tuesday
evening law, when an address was delivered by the Rev,
George K. Motile, D.D., on the • ork of the above wciety.
The Rev. T. Knipe occupied the chair, and there were also
on the platform :—The Rev. George Butler, the Rev. K
W. Collinson, Rev. C. F. Poem Rev. T. Near., end Rev.
W. Allen.
The meeting having been °pseud with prayer and
singing,
The CHatarme in his opening address said It was a erand
thing to have an intermit in an object like this. It was
hew they met on common ground. Other minsionare
societies had their several localities and 11-Ids of labours
The great missionary societies, the Church Mismonary
Society, the London Missionary Society, and the Wealeyan
Missionary Society, were necessarily societies for the
heathen, and had no operations at home, bat the field of
the Bible K Misty was the world. The Chairman expressed
their gratitude to Dr. Houle for so kindly keeping his
promise and attending on that revision, suffering as he
are from • severe cold. He assured Dr. Motile their hearts
and sympathies were with him, standing as be was on
the eve of fresh enterprise, and new conquesta for the
Redeemer's Kingdom. They W•flk gird to tell him they
would not forget him when he was gone, and would pray
for him in his new sphere of labour which lay before hint,
that he might be kept by tbia grace of God, as they were
sure he would be faithful in his Matter's service and
blessed in ding hie Illaster*s will. S-me of therninight
have passed seat from the scene of tot world'a labours
and I row the Church on earth, but he hoped some of his
younger friends would be pi, sent when, under God's good
Providence, their friend and neighbour could come back
to old Dorchester once again to tell them of new victsies
in far distant lands, and fresh iroin the wenes of hie
interesting labours, with good news from a far country.
(Anplatme.)
The Rev. Dr. Mocut then delivered an address full of
Inter, sing detaih. He Prot alluded to the report of the
Bible Society, which he said contained many important
and encouraging particulars of the work of the society.
He referred to the remarkable work at present g••ing onto
Turkey and Russia, end ae an it:mimics of the great
change that has taken place in the latter country, said
that the church of Ross* or the "Holy Synod. had
rendered groat assistance to the society by printing. What
a blessed thought it was that in a state of sad confusion,
an•l he feared growing confusion, that the Lord was in
those countrirs drawing the hearts of his chmen to the
light of the truth And guiding them through the Warms
•Loi wanes If this lite to the Laren Above. Having briefly
referred to the w of the soc'ety on the West Coast of
Africa, remarking that, inetLinz like X9)O was contribu-
ted •' • natty., Chri.-tians 8...rr. Leone and Lagos
tower.l. IND work up Mr vowels', the ter, npo,Lr passed
on to WA mercer. b. :I. t,7 re o-tir nV. ry anx•ous state of
thing.. Th• withdrawn,. were redy too candid in telling
them :hat &swat deAl remaiDed to he don. omenast the
professing Christian,. They claitn.l their Faros and
increased activity in sending them Ur • word of God. He
then passed n to bbi own country, China, rif which he
gave an interesting • count, emeciaily in Mid Chine, and
particularly in liangehom, which would be his future
residence. Ile gave a description of the manner in
which the oolporta ors of the society dui a greet end
important work and the sort of life they led. The
rev. gentleman concluded his addrees as follows:
Dear friends this probably a ill be the last occasion
on which I shall have an opportunity of addressing
you, although our good friend, Mr. Knipe, kas
'Pokes of coming back. Now it moat be improbable; I
am not so Imam( as I was when I went to China last, and
Changes 00Co• not only for myself, but for my dear old
home. I mutt, however, owe more avow the reasons
which bind in. to the Bible Society. It is not a new
beginning on my pert. I know my dear old father was
kept away from the Bible Society meetings, not from
sectarian reasons, bet on account of the question of
beginning the meetings with prayer. I remember being a
little bothered about that, when I roneblered the interest
be took in the Bible work, but I understood it bitter
afterwarde. I think the very first tune I made an address
in this canes was under the leadership of dear Mr. Glyn.
When be found I had tried to give tor heart to God, he
was anxious to lead mead to the services of his deer Bible
Society, and it was in that canes I made my first public
speech. I think that wee before I preached in church,
as anthere it was very soon afterwards. At any time
dace 19 ram afto, I cannot soy my heart has Owned
towards the Bible Society. It vreuld very soca chill, no
doubt, 11 God allowed it to chill towards His own Holy
Word, that Book which binds es to the society. It is
beams thee Word la tadlepeseable, sad beams we can