The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-04-07 00:00:00

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.

0. Sunday, special sermons in behalf of th; ;Met" y were
EMirby the Ik Th e. eobald TIM of at Jade's,
ei rk.

--ft; ..inieting was held In the Meloombe Regis National
Schoolroom, on Tuesday erening, and there were on the plat-
form Rev. T. (loaves, rectoe (chairman), Hew. Theobalil Cavell,
Rev. T. Palkner, nod Rev. Uttley. The Rev. T. Faßuler
offered prayer, and the meeting, which was not very nunatrous,
end in which ladies were the most, Joined in singing the hymn
Lord of the harvest, hear."
TbsellAllUlas said perhala we might hare had a Larger meeting,
If It had not been held this week ; but he cold not help thia-
ing that • solemn week like thia when our consideration is
sp.-deny given ti the rufferings and death of our blessed
Sariour, is particularly suited to Juin in efforts to spread His
Name, who came not to be ministered unto; but to utinieter,
and to give His life, ransom for many. He hoped not to have
to give any speech that evening, either at the beginning or
close of the meeting, but to be altogether • silent chairman.
The Rev. J. ELIA% said when a society like the Church '
Pastoral Aid Society conics forward to ask Christian people to
all in its work, it is of the first imeemity that we !hoot, nuts !
out a good ease. In order to show the necessity which exists
for the society's operations, he should not enter into any
theories upon the subject, but give a pLtiu practical instance I
of the want this society is Intended to supple. We who live I
, in a town like this have little idea of the rueful amount of week
that rem, upon the clergy in a population like thee.' in London.
' We have here three churches, and each church has one or more
mentor. and yet we hear cunstantly id the heavy duties whirli
devolve upon them Now, he would give an instance of a
London parish, and it he should overshot the mare, his friend '
(Mr. (heel') would set him right. His experience of that huge
parish goes farther back • long way Lefore Mr. Cavell had any. '
thing to do with it. Ile spoke of St. George the Martyr in
Southwark. Those who had gone from London bridge and
leased slung the Burough. will have 'edited a church standing
out, rather uncomfortably for husinmet, the church of St.
George the Martyr. In WU, when he knew the parish first,
there wit a population of 35,000 people, and only one solitary
church, with Its rector, two curates, and one lecturer, a
rev gentleman who now lives at Rath. Could we realise
a population of 35,000. This church had three Rolle. on
&Vida), and if all the population wished to go to church,
they would have to go once In twelve or thirteen weeks. The
I old meter was very much overburdenol, though the people
i did not often mime to him for the ordinary services, for
I baptisms and morriages, yet they were obliged to come for one
serviee, that on their deaths. Out of a 'emulation of 38,000,
the average eiumherrii deeths we.; shout I,ono or 1,900 •
thus involving fune •LC the untidier of three lir lour
and the old rector was so used to say the burial service, that
he repeated it without looking at the book. Gil one cession
he went Inge the vestry as usual, and west on with the tier-
vice, when all of a audilun, looking it the hoot!, he te,ind it
was that of nnother service (for baptism. mid Damages), end
he was so taken by surprise that he suildolly forgot all tbi
burial service, and hail to send for another boole In 1843 •
great effort was made to supply the wants of that palish,
churches were built, one taking off a distriot of &MOO ponple,
be. Jude's taking off 7,000, another church taking 5,000, and
others, Foment tke total of populatioo taken off to amount to
30,000- We should My ties 10..tcr hiul then a very small
ulatiot left, 30,000 belng taken off
l.ond'tn does 711110" es o;f boAlth4m4etWir_
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there were 33,000 item by the ordinary
ane district is one of the moat wecrened
they ...nub! conceive ; there are larta where it is not safe for
any detem paved. leio through after dark The demo-men
in this most wretched district me diagg a garat wort. Inn he
would not, mislead them to think lA. cLumbes were built Ity
the Church Pastoral Aid Saiety ; the South London Society,
Under the Bishop of Winchester, dkl the building; but then it
ass beteautry to supply clergymen. The churches are none
of them very wealthy' It was as mood, as they could In to And
sufficient funds to get clergymen to undertake the work, and
it would be imponsible for the clergyman to get a curate, but
the Church Poston/ Aid Society comes hi mid helps him. It
would be most bearsickelilng work to go single-handed into
wish like that, aid our Lord sat the example by sending his
messengers Imo and two. These facts showed the need for
Me Chord! Pastoral Aid Society; now • few words on the
means it used. II we bad Me 1.14.141R1111 it tearing this clergy'
man preach, we should be at ones merino:id the society had
got the right RIM It is very careful in the alwiiie
of the men, and this had been urged against the society's
committee, that they Aloes for party mammies. But
this is a very unjust charge. If there Is such a thing se truth,
and such • thing as error, there must be parties. If there Is a
difference between truth and error there must be different

:brlbes Now the. society send, out ne71.;h771.457s 17;;;;:i
ll'. old fashioned evangelical principles, the only principles
that lAA dew: with the needs .1 our people Perhaps yr.
Cavell may seem to end Ms work Lang, and proceed slowly;
but let us go on sowing seat; tbere me no principles Wm can
regenerate the claims of our crowded Gitlin, the upper clam*
v;4 all ahem, and they are the principke .taught by MS
lociety. It ondors elentymen, lay agents se far se Its means
will allow it. a the acenay comes oewanl with strung deo*
on our sympathy, our mosey, and ow prsysii ile hoped No
good old society will not be left behind in support, among the
others we try to support here. If ever ow Lord's words are to
be obeyed tio ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature," it mina Include the claws of our crowded
towns Ills own •sperienm of ennui of thy crowded oourts
and alleys In Loudon I. that we who live In this open breem
place have not the slightest Idea of the :daces our fellow.
creatures live in. In conclusion he urged them to cheer up
Mr. Cavell's heart, by supporting the society with our sympathy
and contributions, and let him agaln be reminded that "be
who gooth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing bringing his sheaves with
him"—(appLawe).
The her TUBIDaix Saval., slam of St Jude's, Southwark,
the deputation, made an energetic speech In behalf Of the
society. It. told of the state of monde in his parish, mentioning
that a Bishop's robe, had been Moles from a carriage in open
daylight at a ounsearation. With such dispiriting cireumetanoss
around Wm, • clergyman more than eves needed euppost 504
sympathy, such as the fellow labourer supplied by this welcti,
gave him. Where • little space used to be covered with rectory
gardens, there is now a block of houses, and the population I.
immensely increasing. The parishes of Lambetli,Strovidam, and
Southwark have inercamed 142 per cent In the lee 40years. The
bgislat ore had actually done nothing to pro v idc pr this Increase,
and there was thus an immense demand for this eitiety's work In
the country pariah,. also there were iminense incrawsm,and toeless
the good seed wad sown, the devil act his agencies would be
at work. in one street were se houses, 200 people living In
them, and none went to public wore/up. His own parish had
laen • great deal ileglectesl, and the people had been very much
alienated fr. the Church. If, could walk from end to end in
four niinutes, and yet there were 7,50 u people I. it, and some
were alouleatery ignorant of the v cry erairteure s church.
The staple of hi. parishioners raft from ,lonkey.ntalters (toy.;
to boileronakers, and in one house were 70 or an girls, at •
tomitlemiaken, and the click of the inner machine wee going
all 'lay long. The proprietor, • very neh'inan, who had 1.1.:11
abroO, had not been at church since lie was a buy ; he would
give good and Imbedded stuffs to make up elidilren's elothm
but he wool I not caw W chumh simply from force of habit,
• which kept Wm away, and from the influence of bins de They
needed to cradle a want in the minds .4 these people, and the
rower of fashion was eery great in matters of religion. Ile
told the story of Ow iondel baker as at Ihirehester, and pro-
' ceolol to tell hm the work Is dune. It was partly by outdoor
proichlim ; he would go down • little in force with his auntie,
the Itible.wonian, and all lie o mkt muster. leo este have a little

emignsfation, 'darting with a hymn, so that the conirniration
drew the children, and afterwarthe perhaps the women and
awn. In one place the mile were offended, and he preached
to what he thought was an empty street, but nett Sunday or.
obi mail, win, kept the' tuner public house there, had his
window mires, and heanl. the sermon, and afterwanis ante to
church Atiedig the ea Lawn of London, with all the Ind
character given th-na as a claw., there are many remarkable for
esenititary Christian liver One of then' had told him that he
began a. [lOOl. Mill with a reedution that he would never
take out • horse en Sunday, and he know had several also, asil
hail prospered ever slime. The speaker entreated 'apple robe
went up to London, never to ride in the 'whin; a oirayanced oat
Sunday. The Sunday traflle had ruined more souls than any-
thing else A number of poor people in • workhouse had been
servant. In vial houses, et good wafirr, anti they traced
their Poverty to the "runday out.' the men had
in treat their fellow serrante, and the females to
dress, and •i the money was "meted in the Sunday
out. After this he spoke of • Midnight meeting at which he
Ind male no provielon for any girls wishing to leave their
evil courses ; but 11 stopped behind to tecepe from evil lie
sent sad get them lodgings, and had to escort these through
the street., a runner body guard, to sive them from the creep
of the had people who billowed, and tried to get them away
They were sent to Bristol and other placea, and mine of them
became re-ti l'hrivtimi people But it is nemeses,' to have
the right men for the work : it is a groat delusion to be led
away by merely earnest active men. Hugh Letiiner used to
my the meet active bishop he knew was the devil, who was
always preaching
The
his diocese, going up and down, " day
and day out' The society always Is giatennined to know what
kind of men their preachers are, and they will not be satiated
Just because the incumbent is eatistled, they will see for
themeelvee Ile pressed the importance of keeping right and
sound men in the churches there Is • greed deal going on
in the Church of Sneland at the Forwent day, wihch is had
etiough to call down the wrath of Cod upon It. The society
had sally been the means of opening about 210 churches. It
was done by eliciting help from others, le one place whore
there had baen no extra seniee before, they opened • room,
and the working men used afterwards to go in on • piece of
ground, and work for building • house of God. overti
because they had perfect ambience In the curate, and he was
a Church Pastoral Aid man. Once be had a meeting for men
only, (and be was more [dowel to preach to bare had,); he
stationed two "nen at the doors, with instructions not to let
woman In They had 160 men, and a work was begun the
result of which he could not foretell. In conclusion he asked
for gifts of their money, but especially for their prayers—(ap-
plena").

The ens iaeuo Mid it had been rated that the Church
Prtoral Aid Society represents • failure, and it does represent
a very sad failure, the failure of the Church to supply the
spiritual wants of the people .4 this land. There woe, time
when our rulers held that there ought to be • natkinal church
supported by national funds. That national prufseeion for •
time might have been made, but it has long cored to he NO.
Now our rulers du not, and it may be rid they cannot supply
the spiritu.s/ wants of the people. If attempts had been made
front the very Met to keep pace with the Increasing p05t.,,,,,
to multiply churches evil pastors, the want would not have
been i.e deeply felt Hut now • long season of apathy hoe not
only left an unreclaimcd and .hoot irreclaimable population :
but a population, Meter% actually hostile to the Church .4
England, and while that hostility, as regards number. is not
very formidable, It. effects upon legisletliso bear boson of pro.
portion to Its numerical extent. It 1..,, hostility whir ha..
momentum about it, and It is almost Impossible to dream or
hope that legialation will now or ever supply all nationsl needs
and wen* of • spiritual idea Here the Chords Peetoral All
Society steps in, by recruiting the long-disciplined ranks a I oUr
militant church of England_ It is very important we should
not lose eight of the real state of the !ovulation we bate to
deaf with : but that we should sonsbler how the various contro-
versies of our National Church are telling upon the mares of
the people. Looking back 20 or 30 yews we soe tbat the
hostility had been very much mitigate% the Influence of the
evangelical clergy mesa Tory rapidly Increasing, 11.1 what was
the Trull The Tractarlan movement that was the proximme

-r-Wnill-ri-i-ihs.:d4-ini—p7O.C;irient in She character of ;he slew
of the Church of England. The 41 (exhuming, card pisinng
troops of the clergy were at a dieeount, what new aspect must
the natural man take to gulp hack his ground?. Tractarianisin
. . .

It is a show of piety, it will attract our children, plume our
young wanen, intoxicate or young men with the hype of
obtaining by their °dice an Influence which their Otte and
greats do not entitle theta 1..: it tun haven"' the asuotry
to a very large extent, mid it has leavened the Church el
England, and Just in proportion to the haven Ii permitted to
ant spread in the Church of England, will the hostile
attitude of the masses he intinel'ed • hundred fold. live
want to have the Church of England disattablishel by law,
and not merely by law, but what would he ten thousand times
yen' if you want her alt %ether dieestabliatted from the hearts
of the Ili3lllloll of the English people, let iii have ritualism, the
eoufessional, let WI have absolution. We should always end
that all manner, of him doctrines and heresies will amalgamate
together with marvell no facility ; but there is • chemical force
li. the Goevel of Chriet, which will hrfne &bout • separation,
the bd. Ph,low,PhT of *whiten*, the" num" of the Itoutanista,
the "refortnol btatity " the Tractor ant, the Itohanuttiann
Koran, the Hiniloo Shutter, all may be out Into the same
ealdwin, black *pinta, end white, red et trite end grey," and
they nay mingle together ; hot if you ono, attempt too Join the
(Mewl of titritg to the h•let,brelltoU• WM, you will awaken
&Mono that the witch of Liberalises cannot alley. The euelvelon
will go on . . .

"TIII the hurl y burly's doh.,
Till the Wile'. het and woo"
Don't lot us expect peace until we hart the TAW of errori
separated on the one hand, and the gospel of the Lord Jesus
t,luist on the other. These o.ntruverees hare • tendency to
stir up strife and produce alienation .amongst the mamas : but
It Is not the Motility of the mama we hare to read ; unless the
Church of England has been represented to them unfairly by
theme who wieh to unprobstantim her altogether Then.....,
are In a state of indifference, of morel and phylol depression,
from which It Is almmt Impoesible to awaken them The
MAWS in our great cities are like Israel in the lend of boodage,
In Egypt. A message we. sent, which was fitted for them ;it
was ea.mt by the God of their fathers ; the Illallael.gat wad M....,
who chose rather to suffer affiliction with than than to be
called the on of Pharaoh's daughter ; never was • kinder
zusesage, it was one of hope for the desponding, of frouJoill for
the capture, the URN also seemed the moot fitting, it warn Juet
when the bondage had become shmet intolerable; before the
Way@ the prospect of liberty tem open, before the weary=
pod of mt. Did taw/ mire at the zussems 1 Ad they