The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-01 00:00:00

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CHURCH PASTORAL
AID SOCIETY.

LOAD SHAFT6IIIIIIII* AND TILE EMT. CA/II GLYN ON Till
PSAISANT POSITION OF Till

The annual meeting of the Wimborne branch of the
Pastore' Aid Society was held at St. John's Schoolroom on
rhurarley Met Tee weaiher was in striking contrast to
that of lad year. when there was • driving ,n ,w storm,
and consequently there were many more attendants at the
gathering. The Earl of Seattesoury presided, aid his
lordship presented a robust appearance that must have
delighted his many friends. Among those present—were
the Rev. Carr Glyn and the Revue. R. G. Powell (the
assistant secretary), Billingron, W. Williams, J. J.
Campbell, G. Fiatiow, W. Knapp, Pluaaptree, and J.
Watson, tint Caption Lloyd-Jour, General Maclean, G.
0. Chielett, E. 0., sta.
Mr. Germs Unisi.grr. the secretary, read the report,
I tom which it appeared the amount sent uo to the
Parent Society for the year, which has just expired, was
a little over LS, • decre-ae of about • sovereign on the
previous year.
Rev. Cana GLYN, in moving the adoption of the report,
.ougt,..het
for philanthropy end his principles, Lord She! tesoury had
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rightly been selected to be the head—the object of which
was to send forth men of the light st scup. and about
whose opinions on religious mattrrs and the soundness of
their lives there was no doubt. They had in the present
day • great ass] to discourage them and • great der to
fear, and therefore thee' annual meetings did them great
good by hearing really sound priociples enunciated, and at
ought to be their earner prayer that all with whom rested
the chief working of the society should carry it on upon
tree glorious principles upon which it had been founded.
No doubt there were many difficulties in the way of the
society. Such was the conflict of opinion in the Church
of England at this time that it wee not to be wondered at.
They could not conceal the fact that many of the younger
clergy were imbued with those sad views which tended to
Popery. They could not fail to notice how much there
was going on in the 'retry to later the growth and the
adoption of the practices of the Karr Church. No one
looking beck for the last 25 years could help toeing quite
shocked with this movement and practices which were all
gradually leading away from those blessed principles that
cost us the lives of our martyrs at the Reforthation.
the Now,
then, if ever, therefore, was the day when, by e help of
awhich were so essentially Popish. The question then
church,
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of
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arose how was now the best way to act. It was exceed.
ingly difficult. But he WWI sure that Lord Shaftesbury,
among other', had done all be could to &mead and counter-
act the state of thug, now going on in the Char h.
(are hear.) it. remembered the interest his lordship
took in a kind of Vigilance Society formed in the metro.
polls, and his attendance at the meetings. That had
dropped, and they were now at • dead lock. They,
however, had the sympathy of the reel Evangelical party
with them, and all right•minded Non-Conformists
were heartily glad to wt with them. Proceeding to
refer to the incareration of the Rev. ILL Green,
Kr. Can Glyn said no one could be more
opposed table views than he was, but he must
say he thought it was most unfortunate that any
man like him shoula be imprisoned for what he believed to
be conscientious opinions. Coe could only wish to see
the law so altered, that if a min like Kr. Green did not
conform to regulations of the Esteblished Church that he
should no longer remain • minister of it. (Hear, hear.)
The Archbishop of Canterbury had said that Mr. Green
held the key of Leicester Gaol in his own bends—that
was, that he might, if heelless to conform, come out, but
be (the speaker) could not but think it wes • most
unfortunate thing he should be imprisoned at this time. In
conclusion, the rev, gentleman expressed a hope that Lord
Shaftesbury might long be spared to preside at those
mistier, and tendered the thanks of the meeting SO him
for coming amongst them that day. They knew he was
hardly worked as any labouring man in Wrest, and it
was with considerable diffidence they had asked him to
leave home and glee them his assistance and counten.
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The Rev. R. G. Fowr.u., the deputation, then made an
excellent adder; marred by its inordinate length. In
the course of it he stated that the society had commenced
the year with • deficiency of £2,600 on the previous year.
The county of D west had also shown a decrease.
Lord Sits/7EB2ohr said It was his ditty, and moreover
In his heart, to say something on that occasion. They
were met to consider the interests of the Pectoral Aid
Society at somewhat • crisis in its history, for it wes with
the greatest difficulty that they could maintsin a certain
number of grants which they had given for the last three
or four years, and they could not increase them in spite of
the necessities of the times. They had given grants to
532 curates and IST lay agents ; but they ought to be able
to give them to at least 1.100 our« and 500 lay agents.
(Hear, hrr.) With reference to lay agency, it was a
matter for per rejoicing that the bishops of the church
were rapidly becoming to recognise its value. When this
association was started in 1835, part of their principle, was
that they would do what they cold to introduce it. It
was very coldly received by the bishop and the clergy
themselves, and for a long time they did little or nothing
in that way. Now they were fully aware of its enormous
yam.. With the growing numbers .of the people it was
impossible to go on without it. They could not add to the
clergy—they need not enter into the reasons. This was not
an experiment, the records of lay agencies were full
of beneficial results. Let them remember the mighty work
the laity had carried on, and what they were able to do
—he thought more than the Church of Erland. At this
time there were something like 100 distinct missions, and
he was satisfied that at this moment by their means the
Gospel had been preached to 40,0000 people who knew
nothing of the Word of God. Some time ago he went to
• great institution called Fairies) fair, in the Hut Rad, and
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wildest-looking creatures to be found in any quarter of the
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was sorry they did not do, take a broad view of lay agency
world. He hoped
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was John Borns, one of his most valued friends. He
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tendency to democracy was increasing. ',cigar was break-
ing up, and a grate of things was threatened when the
auleniues of life wutiul be deatroyed. It was • time the
most siguidrent that had ever happened to the history oi
menkind.lore coieties must be maintained or the
euipir: will be extinguished.
Rev. Mr. WAMON plogoand • vote of thanks to his lord-
ship, and in acknowledging it, Lira IiIIArILSBUST alluded
In terms of great admiration to th., work uf Moody and
Sankey. remarking he did out with for the time when the
meows shvull have beau educated up to Gregorian chant'.
Too meeting teen toparsted, the usual collection being
W& le.