The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-10-26 00:00:00

STICKLAND.

O Wednesday. evening. 20th October, in the parish
church, the rector s son, the Rev. Melville Churchill, &A..
prearb.l from the text "There remaineth a rest to the
people of God," to • godly emgriltation, showing to them
the privilege of looking beyond this vale of tears—
"To that calt,,tial

Where no sorrow, sin—o7c—ar-0.-ant.i.o.iin-d, but rest, pure rest
and happiness complete, urging his hearers to accept the
advice of God's word, and to be in earnest, "To enter into
that rest, lest like those of old we fall after the same
example of unbelief." Solomon of old had by his large
experience put to the proof that there was no rest or
happiness but with Christ, as the book of Ecclesiastes
would amply show. This rest as the text shewed
" remained," and it was only "for the people of God,"
who were made such by believing on the name of the Son
of God, and there could not be any "rest" but by coming
to (limit.
WEAL/IVAN Mission. —On Wednesday. the 13th inst.
the Wesleyan Methodists held their anniversary meeting
in aid of Foreign Missions. —Mr. John Barnett presided,
giving an earnest opening addres•- -Addresses were given
by Messrs. Robert F.lford, J. Counter, J. W. Ilarnett, and
the Rev. A. Price. Thehitter dwelling on the glorious
success of missions on the continent of India, yet shut inc
• large claim for further efforts to be mule there and else-
where.—Mr. Barnett gave "The difficulties of 'mission
work, and the way they are overcome," as illustrated in
the life and labours of the Rev. G. Pierer. in China,
dwelling on Mr. Piercy's call, voyage, self-support, learning
the language, timely aid of the Wesleyan Mission Society,
his congregations, his sermons, and hopeful conversions
among the Chinese. References were also made to the
fact that Stickland had contributed to furnish the mission
field with the (late) Revs. William Ingram, to the West
Indies ; G. Masterrnan (Primitive). to Australia: James
Itaniett, to lowa, United States, as ordained agents ; and
that Mr. Seaton Churchill, and others in India, were all,
under God, the means of saving souls, as recent reports
and letters would show.—Mr. .1, Counter referred to the
superlative grandness of mission work, as being above the
work of warriors and others, whom the world praised so
much; and that its root and foundation was the love of
God breathed into the souL—Mr. Mord took up the same
point, and showed the large claim missionaries have in
our sympathies and prayers and how gloriously strong
was Christ's kingdom from beginning to end.—Mr. G.
Barnett read alrtracts of the report, which showed an
income of .E 151,041 last year, to which titickland had con-
tributed ,E 4 I9,.—The meeting passed off well, and the
collection exceeded that of last year, to which were added
a (lunation of 100. by a friend to missions, and • box by
Miss S. Anna Elford, of several pounds,

SHERSOILNE SCHOOL. —Mr. A. W. Upeott has won one
of the Stapled= Scholarships at Exeter College, Oxford,
of the annual value of Lati, tenable for five year and
Mr. Attwater has won the Iluyshe Exhibition of VA. per
annum for four years, whieh is open for competition to
Sherborne, Tiverton, Taunton, and Exeter Scoools
Farr BALL—A game of foot ball took !dace on Wednes-
day afternoon, between the Evershot and blierbourne School
Clubs, which resulted in a victory for the latter won by
two goals to one.
VGARY MECTING.—A well-attended vests 7 meeting was
held on Friday, at the Town-hall the kat in the
chair. Mr. W. Miller and Mr. Henry Esisor were elected
the representative governors of luster's School. A long
discussion ensued as to the repairs to the organ, and also
as to the nonresidence of Mr. Code, the organist It was
pr.q....1 that notice he given to Ht. Corfe that his matrices
would not be required alter the end of six months, but
this was subsequently modified, at the suggestion of
Captain Falwasser, who proposed that Mr. I 'orfe be called
upon to resign, and that the Vicar and ehurchwanletu,
write to him to ask him to do so. This resolution was
carried. It wee determined to do the necessary
repairs to the organ, tel than the mount required be
raised by subscription.