The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-04-13 00:00:00

ItAT. AGLNCT.

EARL NELSON moved re-appointment of the com-
m ittee, and that a duly organised system of lay agency be
formed in the parishes desirous of it, under rules approved
by the Bishop. Wherever lay workers had been organised,
and had taken a part in the work under the incumbent,
good had resulted; but he maintained that there would
always be evils connected with work of that kind unless
they had a regularly recognised organised systsiu by the
Church. Look at the Wesleyan& Ilis belief was that
their main strength was in their having a system of lay
work ILI • part of their organisation. Some people said
that by such a system they would ~on be like the
Wesleyans in come aspects of their lay work, but he
maintained that the very organimation which he advocated
would prevent anything occurring that might be regarded
as irregular or offensive. The neglect of such aid by the
Church he firmly believed had been the cause and origin
of N'esleyanisin, and he turtber believed it was the fact of
their not attonniting to satisfy the dmire to work that was
the cause re than anything else of the continuance of
Wesleyanisca—(hear, hear).
Mr. H. N. Cox, seconding, said he considered the
Church as a Church militant under its several officers of
various grades. The lay workers, whom he recorded al
the non-commissioned officers, had every confidence in
their officers, although, at the same time, they wished
that their officers would settle the question about the
unikrin—(iatuch laughter). While the non-commissioned
officers required discipline to be maintained among them,
they also thought that their officers should maintain disci-
Pline among themselves--(renewed laughter). If they
wanted their Church to be maintained in order let the
officers show their inferiors in rank a good example. His
captain, who was a gentleman on whom he looked with
reverence, bad divided his parish of between &MO and
5,000 into several divisions. Those divisions were regularly
visited by lay agenta, and he had appointed four sergeants
or lay readers, and their work was simply to drill the raw
recruits—(laughter). Their place was to teach the young
children who were to be the future members of the Church,
and a special service hail been arranged for thrum in the
schoolroom instead of the service in Church, which was
too tedious for children huniediately after two hours' in.
struction in school. That work was done lo lay agency
they had thrown mine zeal into the work, and had
increased the feeling of the poor for the Church. The
non-commissioned officers had no desire to interfere with
the work of the captain of the regiment ; he hail the word
of coin round ,• and he alone addressed the adults; the non-
comtnisaioned officers only endeavoured to teach the young
in the way they should go, and to prepare thein with the
milk they could afford for the stronger drink they would
be offered afterwards—(loed applause).
The litsnov said Mr. Cox was a specimen of the laymen
who had already been licensed. Ile had licensed eight or
ten lay agents, and he was ready to license more.
The Rev. E. DUOMORIC said they had alienated the laity
because when they asked for work they were answered
" No, the work belongs to the clergy,"
The Rev. R. HARKNESS said from remarks ruade it might
be supposed that it was necessary that • layman should
have sanction and authority from the Bishop before he
could read the lessons in church. He always understood
it was perfectly legitimate that a layman should mad the
lessons, and it was • fact that the Earl of Shaftesbury read
the lessons in his parish church, and he had not written to
the Bishop for permission.
The Manor : 1 should have been delighted to have given
it_ _

because

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The Rev. Dr. WILKINSON observed that nothing was to
be proclaimed, or rigid, or done, but by the minister—thew,
hear). .

Tie; motion was carried unanimous's'.

EX.6B
The BISHOP presented a table of feea but did not wish
to force it op any pariah.
The Rev. A. CODD maintained the righte of vested
interest&

Ilie—c-olusittea was rerappointaa
CHRISTIAN BURIAL

Archdeacon SANCTUARY moved that tbe committee be
re-mmointed.
Mr. HAIKU." said a village funeral in its simplicity, if not
pleasing, certainly met with the sanction of all who
witnessed it. The rich man died, and previous to burial
had to he attended by the undertaker, who said that every-
thing must be done decently and in order. They had thole
scarves and gloves, and dreadful hatbands. Then there
was the four black.horse hearse, with a trey wf
feathers carried in front of the man why in his lifetime
never wore anything else but a she( 1.44: jacket —(laughter).
Au immense expense was Him incurred in those barbaric
trappings. The rich man was buried with the greatest
point, and c,.ntusion, awl the result was a bill of three
figursa--(retiewed laughter). It wan a remnant of barber-
ism, from which he WRY happy to say the poor were free.
lie called main the Synod to lift its voice against that
barbaric system. There was a Reform Funeral Compaily
started in London, but be would not advocate it, as they
would probably think he had some shares in the concern.
One of the inducements to employ this company was that
they had a pair of beautiful grey horses —Haughter). Re
really would prefer the greys to four black horses, lie
asked the clergy to ref MO to accept scarves and gloves, and
they would confer a great kindness upon their parishioners.
If they did not soon make up their minds they would all
be burned—(laughter). When • magistrate in India he had
often witnessed the proem*, and had frequently seen a male
Made° knocking his rebellious father to pieces with A stick
because he did not burn fast enough---(loud laughter). He
MRS sure that they would not be in a hurry for cremation
—(applause).
Mr. BASK Err had known instances of poor people starving
themselves and their families in order to present scarves
and hatbands to the clergyman and clerk.
The motion was adopted.

AGRICULTURAL CHILDRIN'S
Archdeacon LRAR moved a tontrnittee to collect infor-
mation on the working of the Act, and to report on the
question of enforcing attendance. lie urged the need of
compulatry atendahoe.
The tier. IL ['smut% seconded.
DILI C. MARSZL-PLIETIMILL said that in the union in
which he resided the Agricultural Children's A.-t had
been fully carried out, and great aasistanre had been
rendered by the employers of labour. lie thought they
ought to he careful how they asked the State to increase
the compulsory powers. By the exercise of a little
common sense and Fare, he thought they would be able to
Induce every child in their parishes to attend school.
The motion was unanimously adopted.
Tea RUBRICS WIG POILMULARIES

Lord Netsox proposed rit as follows :—" That it is
inexpedient now in any way to sites the rubrics and for-
mularies of the Reformed Ohiirch of England," and
described himself as unp who had always stuck to his
Prayer Book. The palmation of the Papal claims, and
the disctuaions going on throughmit the length and
breadth of the land upon them. had shown people who
(around the union of Christendom that it was perfectly
Impossible to do what they would hope to do, and that
they could only be Roman Catholics or go from the
Church of England by becoming outand-out Papists ancl
submitting themselves to the whole power of the
and those tremendous claims that had thin beetPtril
before them- -(applause).
Mr. 'Viruses said Earl Nelson advocated inaction. He
wished to alter what he belies ed tb be erroneous practices
which had sprung up of late years. It was not quite a
new question, for he saw the 74th Canon entertained a
hone that " new•fangledness of dress in the factious"
would die out of itself. But it had not died out; it had
increased of late years. Then he found a document of
considerable importance, and that was an address drawn
up in the year Issl, which was signed by 21 archbishops
end bishops. (Mr. Wilson read portions of this document,
which began as follows :—" e have viewed with the
deepest anxiety the troubles, susideiona, and diaeontenta which hare of late in some parishes accompanied Oh,
introduction of Ritual obeervauees, • &c.,.*c.) lie honed
he should have an expression of the Bytio.i, that such
excesses, as he should call them, were uilled for, and
were perfectly novel when compied With the universal
practice of the church *in.+. the time of Elisabeth—
(applause/ He inc.ui ',That this Synod, whilst not
wishing to restrict anY'llhertY now allowed by the rubrics
and formularies of the Reformed Church of England. as
interpreted by law, emphatically protests ageniet u 4,
introduction of vestments and the eastward positiola of
the minister at the administration of the sacrhment of the
Lord's Supper—practices which have be Moused almost
universally in the Church of Englexii, since the Reforma-
tion."
The Rev. ROOINALII. Knslit said it appeared they were now to conside; tke question of vestment., wee ooviou, oats, e, and it w important that the oil should
espress an opinion upon it. Ile believed the intro-
duction, the sanction by law, of any new vestment would
surround the Church with greater denim+ than any it had
hitherto encountered end it ought on all accounts to be
resisted. Ilia reasons were : firstly, it would be a tic-el proceeding; secondly, it was wholly unnecessary •
thirdly, it would he casting a slue on all the Church hail
done for the last 300 years- fourthly, it would be playine into the hands of the bitterest enemies of the 14t44444 Church—the Liberationists on the .me siduandthelinuits
on the other; and Of tidy, the chaaut,io. *hi& 4 ass the
desire of many to introduce, symbol -a, dectrine whichthe Church of England ez y retunketed _the
dot-trine of a ir.uf.aumprymentlee In the sacrament of the
Lord., st,l,Rer, tie 'eech of them 0411441 tilt rev. speaker
adduced hut arguntoutt,

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