The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-04-28 00:00:00

DR. LIVINGST, IN R. THE CHRISTI 1N
RINSIONARY AND TitAVRI.I.Rit.
A ACTIII.oII ..talbfoe 3-41.11 ilk burial in We eilin4er
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- 1-- ' -.T. ii; a, ' I humanity with'. imply um do 13110 inbreatite the spirit
on sulelaY te'entiol:. 1911.‘leie lilt ''' "cc' ' • -*live' 14.14. es Christ ! Then should we aee higher days for the
a ilia eel" cie'cli'd him huh' tie' lemil '4 "womb 4/1"1 i Cloind, and better daye for the world. Then would the
burled him in the eave of the lieltiof Maelspelah.e—Coneds made"( error owl superstition clear 81.3 V, and the world
I. Et. There am: few pulpita to day (so at least we I w„ida elemlfly lemene what Col wood!' hate it le -
finny euppose), throughout t I I i 11. t
"he -au." ''' w•'-'-' revere" ' a garden and a 13,•11e of unettineled goel and Idessolnem
mention .. ill not Is' made of the name and tleels of the I no inspiration of all imeh crevice le" me my in cm.
greet' traveller mei iiiieii '''' sr) whoa' ccieei" were-le"ime" • clui ' '''' ,can only be Mend when'l/r. Livinwtone found it -
day, amid the prof d and sits. ere I utge of the modish •In the life ena work end tonic 41 deens Chriet It WAS
people, interred in their laet re.ting plaee. I with, there- !
fore, to be in sympathy nit!, the umbel-sad ftelinz and to il the inspiration of that life which oil Livingstone find
to seek its blessing* for himself and then to desire to
call tour thought, not t,,the great and enduring labours m a
in-atter themong others It was the inmiration of that
ef l' vintaheat which ether. iii hi" "we illetinetiye walk I life which first sent him forth as the missionary of the
alone eau rightly edimete, awl c hich it would not be .
fitting for the le. iscdreeted to attempt, which, moreover, cross and which animated hilt,, in all hie after labours :
1 for all his labours were governed by a desire for the 'Tread
have insole his name illuatrione and have "tamped hint i of the h.,,,,,re1, width ad i have already sank was in Dr.
"as one of the greatest of the h race :' my object is Livlngetone e ...Unladen the "one only pensees for all the
a tenwh Ira ambitious one ; I wish only to turret your I ine Whieh have been foe to many Agee the heirloom of
tie'alitv 1 thti. a!"" 'ala " i.' a" °wee" teeth' whirl' ere Afri " A fact title which we ought to elierieh with devout ea.
suggested by e life and death of thi* great man, and . thankfulness a, coming front one who was much more
which may be '1.40 to ottrelvei t•ven in the humble and I entitlol to speak on the possibilitint if the African raced
olueure walk. of life in which newt of its tied °unwise* I than our learned " antorheir geographers" and men of
grtite. afithisethen...al 'tenni I,l"w'h:t ihthaeiir I i velPil'aiViae leektleonse.fram i mimeo The mean, low eetimates which so many 41 our
scientific men have formed of the intim' of the "inferior
crated to the noblest purposes ..f I inity : And if ever i races* hail no place in the ' lof Livingstone, but in his
one man taught le.wins el mpreme momeet to him fellow. !
. last letter which reached on el ''''' Itaneonsly with his
teen, .4 all rank. and dam's,
e '
'welt' we Innr "ay it nti. ' remains, he refers alt), the finest humour and keenest
been the greet Airiest, explorer and henefaetor, to st ho
insight into human nature to the views which the Savan
remains we have paid eeriest ana sitting tribute. During . advanced in hie heal-lug when in this country on the
the pact few weeks the daily preen in this countl, in ! antiquity of titan, and which evidently found little favour
antichation of the ne-eitt' ,,f hie releelec• heti' been ' with Livingstone. There mees, on the otntrary, when
teaching throng's their columns lessons of weightieet I
Import to the people, ft, suggest...l by the life of self- unomtaininated by the elate-dealer", are physically and
intelleetually not unworthy to take rank among the
earrifice lived by II r I ivingsdone. Awl perhaps, one of the ' superior races: a fact whirl, we may well remember
moat etnking and suggestive leseone -the one wait lemon ! whe„ we ...., iteeed to eontrgieite to „meii te,.goepel of
Indeed- !might he the solemn event., 44yesterday hee been , chrget amongst them. Well, the inspiration of all true
the nobility and graieleer of eeltdeeline and eel/. : living ftw ourselsw,the retiree of all true vireo about our
sacrificing labour a. contrs•tal with the ',made. selevn. ' fellow creetnnoc and their claims on our mympethy,
tuoney-making spirit, IT s Melt sit nation we are only toe I service, and aid, must be found in our faith in the life and
I, than, terted. It it to matter of no mean importance work of .1.30131 I 'heist Let ti., fail to understand Christ,
that one man, it ith no hereditary distinction, born a i
, let,,, reject His great purpom and Illialioll, let us fail to
Parent. poor lett , irtitott-. shoold by the sheer force of his ! ',eller, hi the ”enthiieieem of humanity.- whirl, lie
goodness and 'lnt., greatness, awaken the hom 4 age .a i taught Ile, mil our life and its purpose will fall tun
great penp 31 le. 1.1 heol4 11043 W 1 orthy 11 li
Of ohlet
' ill Lae . sueesurebly beneath its divine intent, Brethren let us
I
'great Machprieh of tire lesel,"to deep beelle theirrelideet come to Chriet, and learn of Him, and of thom who have
of the sons of England, who have helped to build tip her ! striven to live like Ilite, what our life is, what. it may be
greatness and her fame, kings, princes, warriors, etates- ' made, what it ntay etc 'dish, what reward it may reap,
men, poets and philomphers. endb a tribute has not been I Let this be the grand inspiring motive with Na. as it was
PRi'l nnAellierVed, and in reeking the reasons of it, we tuay r with Livingstone, and if less illustriotte be our life, yet
easily enough find them. No doubt it of the honour , equally honourable and useful will it be in ita lesser !There,
which tuts just been paid to Livini:stone is due to the fame , and equally joyous shall be the welemno to us, which Ire
Ise has canted for 1 • .elf as the greatest of African believe WA., given to I • , " Well done thon good and
explorers. The extent and importance of his Libman in ' faithful servant, thou hut been faithful over • few things,
this reepect (which 'toy he gleaned by a reference to the I will make thee ruler over many thing,-. enter thou into
map of Africa, ii., conetrileted according b, hie diecoverind, the joy of tlty Lord."
the territories and iemidel he has
.bmitglit to light by hie :
heroic and intrepid daring. and with& Ile has roneoluently ' On reading the eloquent sermon oi Dean Stanley, the
openol tiptocomittereeandeivilitation.ventiltlof themselves rentarke which he makes on the example of hr. laving-
have built up for hint au undying reputation. But it may • 'done to the young strike me w, se useful that I have token
le eafely sail that the ''''' undo' obeequiee amid whieh , the liberty of appending them to this th.coure. Seine
with every token of respect %hick the great and good . who may read this semen wee not have hail the opimr-
could uay him, he um lani in lii* ignite in Westinineter tenity of reading the Dean's. The folio,, ing is the
Abbey indenlay, were not I ...towed on him in . ;rine quotation : -
•liarly of hie geographical and other diseoverie, Thu. • Ile tea. •of us. like Telford or Stephenson. him'whoseanatatth felt that a lunch higher perpo.e inspired the life ' side he now Iles no %es, the builder a his own fate and of his
and labours of the illtedri '''' * traveller. viz., pn.found ovo ehavv/Ver. What il"'Y I. there eh" no'V 1.4 he inelVved
eyitipathy with the degradation of the negro race, it kola hY the example of that vigilant industry by which, in his rough.
he W 333413. well tool eh. learned iii return to lit-c) ' ful days, amid the roar a machinerj. Ile pic,ed up sentence by
little less. and an holy awl -elf eon mining &Ain, to elevate lienteone from the book which his egan.n.i4te,h..• j.entny welmenuilemil
and ennohle them 1..- the prnale.shle.ilig.o.ft hristianity. ' sui es et %%hat man is there that may .
t 1:. crane, with whkii, in his
The teetittiony nhc ih bo is borne by the meet intimate and etel'l•e'dvsge4 le 'I.!! 1e,i,,...ice.14' .4 00. „„d ".e fir
beet informed friends, on this aspeet of Or. Living-doer'ti dot:lining years o
through mink" hveheeFe -amid nsultiply-
work, leaves mt in in. &told respecting it, met assuree ne nathing, he baled
that not bi win earthly distinetem or human glory, which awl ndlite‘l..wiltli the eictketlng senscoul
ing leannities Of Issly
li. ryountuen war& le
1.01 little attertion for stith A Ppifil. win, li,l hiftg pm, loneliness, dtwertion, en
"died unto himself," before he had earned lii* greatest
dietinctione (and st le., tiotilaleee if Meows' widi had been eill."Lei rii6 Ilsobls a levee'. Who I. there who sney
attainment of Ow work stitch he me hinnelf to 41. or die To
coneulted vemild hey, preferred in, lie ht the ehh, of hi. . On pc Ilene. ••• • • I
Wilt of the Wendi mason treasured
:1 si:V, .-sef.i"nnailee a duties hi,th or low by the
beloved wife in the %A i1d.44 Africa rather then among the dight .1 that Ilfelong emon f
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rust a, .nr,..t.,f...
be him as the family legere .. one t•f h
inia'hlY
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in
‘Vi...tinin'ier
Abbe°,
lot
tat alail net hi, "1' .hollein '",lf 00 we other %Cords plilf.lo4ol to. Wm from the
....ate he• the benign hleP,IZe ..f the scope. as. .n .0.4 1k hi 14. poor Yodlish moans. 'Noe. lad. make
belief. in which he et. ands 11.1 Pr., ll inently distinguished dist:
a'
1. a '.d ht .iii 41 pew life 104 A thing of
• the great er ientific teen 41oto age, the only Imoible relngem foe eseof 3
1110 Gne of the negn.'s elevation and 11-nears it benefaction. Ifte or Pt trts - •.of I
~-43.4 t a. I. ifs.„o4:.tiic.hunei.atif.... sufsl..h.thi,,o,,srbie:ll,,,lss
ne-,111
It is because of thie seta' • pens.e in hi. life, and not eci ...,:;.i,t,,u1„,,,,..4u.,„. to eater...lves has achieve! tba
140,01100 of hie noel', allot di.tine.ion as a diseoverer faauato'tats' t wr ha. eon this untameable Mine " menet-then
mendy, in which all met ions discoverer* are left ill, ow ~,,,,k hauls end *maim the feeble leer " " lie vL‘
e"' ;
meteurably behind I • . that this nation 'm hate ight to
.. fear led.- Snell dumb, NI thole i.-., the tine Aliases I.lPell AM I
110n011f his ventein". Ilreat a. he isinseelf doubtless Wo4IOl ell 11111 l Its of life-are the true safety *dyes for our islatel
have reckons,' the honour oi beiog the discoverer of the coroarteitem AIPI when we oeisidir the ends for shich his
fed source of the Nile, Vet it solthi he piOlll4 stating the life was ItiVell the advancemisit of tie,'.ledge to the uttenteet
truth' as varilled ht. the leicreviiee 'eel °liking' lettere, pert* of the earth, the reelentiglon "Is sho dle ...owe M l en
with their wit and ii belong, from his pen, which have the curse of barbarism and loothettisei• sod Iv"' the "ire`
appeared in the daily 'ripen% during the belt few day% in and wickedness t 4 eivilised n 0,,, twee hateful by far thee my
which he breathes the genuine fervour of his heart towards savagery or ittelstry, then from his grove there rise not only
the elevation of the " dusky race," and hie Miming indig- to um WI lodividuah bid to our whole nation, and to all the
nation against their relent's.sa oppressors, the Aral, slave- paeans of Europe, the last pet-thew words oddment by hen
dealer", to may that he would he, e nelconed it • ninth in the Minor 44 bis ohm& to the great Ythlish univervity
higher honour awl truer recompense, if he had been which peel special homer to his immure," I know that in •
Instrumental in destroying that foul traffic which for ages few)ears I shell be eat off In that country which Is now open
has been Africa's greateet cers• awl misery. Dow meek, do nett let It be Met mein. hg,, lack to Africa to nuke en
ton, would it has,' soothed the last sail and d teesola slay. open satb Mr oetuneree and chrotiatilty : do ).41 carry out
of his tUe, as lie lai• "lii his little gni.s hut by the slide of the work that I ha,e begun. I leave It Mr you" 110 tones
take nen y weolo,e 'pealing em and eh," speaking a ou his It for y, vestment and merchants, explorers sod
o via. home--_' that home" said one of on, deity nilsonetatite, to watch over the fulligment of those deeigns.
i,. - "which h., )„,,,,,ot aoy cc trace'. 11. land
and Ine leaves It tic you. 1131‘CTOUllOt• 19•161/ of the rising
Water •he thought of diet eppnewhing pia.. mil nelt pameth generation. to spur roUe etleniel. In antennae w noble es his
all „adar.taad„.4 -,_ if he iiiia know. how wOO% hi,i net lean noble lief-Ann they were usehtl, not los. dn.-alums
elopiant and humane atol burning words, nritten in tho or
,:il,r1.::;".‘:. 6"44
,r2"') ',.., eiviensken for the lii"vY '4
sleuths of Africa, had touchod the heath. of his ',entry- '''' ' e .0" 'ii so
Olen, and what eßorts had in c0n...4.4. eine been originated --
by the Engliel, government, and with whet success to OMICILZILELL.
cruel. that nefarioue traffic, 'This pleasure 1/1114 denied to A.O.F. Cover 470.-This Court intende holding a
kin, berS, but was dlotildleas awaiting him in that home dentonstration and fete on Monday, August% 3rd, le7l.
Whither he told his attendants he was going. It Is, we particulars of which will appose in our columns.