The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-31 00:00:00

IRISII CHURCH MISSION&

The annual meung in behaLt of these missions wee hold at
the schoolroom, SL ozyl, on Monday evening lest, when there
van an ordinary attendance. The chair was tekken by the Rev.
Oreavee

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The proceedings were commenced by singing "Aim of the
Lord, awake ! awake !" and prayer by the Rev. T. A. Falkner.
The Utilises, reserving his speech, called on Captain
Russell to read a report of the financial Mete of the auxiliary.
Capt. Resitmi. steted that last year the contributions were
16s. 11d. ; In 1073, £306. 3d. being an advance of over
Lit There had been but they wanted much greater
preemies. He was the only Irishman on the platform, end he
only left the country shout 10 days ago. Of late years there had
been a greet doe' of die/satisfaction and restlessness in Ireland,
and he believed no amount of Homo Rule, no Land Act, how-
ever good, no amount of toleration for all credo, would over
pacify Iretaisl. They wanted the simple Gospel ; and who was
to give it Many would give cordial wociit to niesionary effort
for civilising purposes ; but these would my that the priests
were already there to do the work. Stall lees would we get
help from those who repudiate the name of Protestant, and eo
there are but few, who .111 help, but let those few work Ili
inverse :mio to their homes. Ile had liduisell seen the
schools in Ireland, but only the outside part of the work, and
had *one there to hear. lle 'eked them to help by contribu-
tions and by prayers for the good cause.
The Rev. Luaus 'daemon* said the work of the mission is
Loth real and progressive, and calculated to advance the honour
and glory of God. He esprosessi thanks to the friends a lio had
helped to bring shout the blessed result of an increase of um-
tributiws *bowleg an increase of sympathy and effort. As to
the financial part, God had graciously given thew what ass
noedul„ for the total amount of the wilts ibutions In 1a73 was
In advance of those of the previous year. The necessity for the
work was as shown by the encroachments of
Heine ..vorywhere,and the encouragements to the work hal not
diminished. Many !servants ut God and others lied put upon
record their ballmony to the good results .4 the work- that it
was a real alel true work, and one on which the blesaiiig of God
rusts. bishop Ryan my* "The bupitoaloi Irolunsi on Inc
was one of strong thankfuhnis and eliemrmainenl." Ile
spoke of the schools, oi the converts, of the consolidation of Om
work, since he had seen It 19 years ego. Tbe Rev. Mr.
Garbutt said the work is of eontiqually increming interest, no
that some who had been reluctant to enter it now seemed nut
only to live In It, but to live for it. Dr. Benumbs was over, last
spring, and Inspected the Institutions in Dublin and the neigh-
boUrhooll, he went over With some haling of doubt or
prejudice as to the controversial part ; but ho maw Lack
Convinced that the only way of dealing with the Roman
Catholic population was in the way in which this wore Is
carriul on. They must roll bock the shutters by which Itonle
has shut out the light of God's word, befure it ow enter the
soul. Lately there had been a day .4 special interest to
Ireland, the day of the dedication of Ireland to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus. Cardinal Cullen's chapel was
fithal with elk immense devout mass of people,
the Mr was heavy with incense °Rural to the
eirrin, and round the walls were tithe addressed to the
Virgin but which only properly belonged to the Lord Jett.'
C'hrise The subject was one fit for telling the news of salva-
tion, and the preacher quoted the test " buffer the little
children to come unto me," and part of the text 'God so
losod the world ." but he did not quote the whole of it. The
sermon was most eloquent, and the people were deeply moved ,•
but the plan of salvation was not set forth. Ihie clay of
dedication to the Sacred Heart was also the day of special
prayer for Ireland, and Christians of all Protestant churches
met to pray for Ireland. God has indeed been hearing and
answering the supplications of his servants. There is now
more deep, loving earnesteem among the workers, anti the
attendances wore much larger. New efforts had also been
made among thew to roach even the lowest of the people. A
boys' meeting had been established for the rough elder lade,
and it required almost Irish energy to boar with those boys •
but still groat good had been done. An English lady had 'di
a large sum of nIMICy for this pert of the work_ She had
wished to establish a memorial for her husband, and some of
her friends wished her to put up a painted window in • church;
but she thought work for the living wail More valuable than
costly memorials for the dead- -Cheer, hear). They wished to
get • large building called the City Flour Mill, in order that
boys might be taught there and received there., • home,
when too young to enter another institution called the Birds
Neel Seine of the pour women in the neighbourhood had
established a small meeting for prayer among themselves, and
for others in a forlorn condition. A poor woman who came
up to Dublin heard of this meetingjwas kindly received there,
and *same *inverted, being especially impressed by the
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"There Is life bra look at the Ctn.:ll%Bd One."

The Mends showed a blessed ingenuity in bringing —the truth
before the 'ulnae of the people A poor school in tialway gem,
Spa treat In order to send a eOv.rel2l. for the sake of putting
up a memorial to a dear servant of God, in St Patrick's
cathoirn The children In the Imbue's are taught the hymns
and the tunes, and when the chimes in St. Patrick's cathedral
ring out., they ring the tunes taught the children, mai very
often the children and their wenn slug the tunes together
when the chime. sound. Passing to another part of Ireland,
In the town of Chitin, the Bishop of Tenni was about to hold
o etinfirmation, and they expected to have 200 candidates for
confirmation, although confirmation for Irish people in those
parts is not what It is here, for it costs thent many sacrifices
Among the converts was one named Widget Adams, a ~000
girl, who became 111, and had to be taken to a hospital. Here
her conversation and (mode impressed the whole of the
patients in the wards who said that oven In her sleep she wall
talking of the Lord Jana. She was so afraid that when she
became insensible the priest would put his ell upon her for
eineme uncUon, and so diagram be brought upon the name
of convert, that she had herself removed from the hospital
before she died, and expired in a cart in the open air,
thus giving evidence of her loyalty to Jesus. In one
place a pd..t contended against Igoe of their schools by
getting another teacher, a very devout Romanist, who for a
time drew off some of the children. But efforts were made fur
the eine of the poor woman's soul, she herself became con-
verted, and the Romanist school was closed Afterwards,
when the Protestant teacher removed, this woman herself
became the teacher of the Protestant school. The speaker told
or the violence sometimes shown by the new prints (fur tin
old prawn are not so violent); In one instance the priest
flogged one convert with a blackthorn stick, mid In another •
Lpriest violently seised and shook a girl; but in the latter be
et more than be gained, for all the family in coruloquenos
left the Ilicimanist church. Their converts were firm, and many
instances of this were given—one where a convert suffered •
loss of £l2, and resisted a temptation of SS to be gut for him
by priest, if he would take away children from the school.
man of the children Irene the " Nest went out
to Canada, they were taken in a storm, and feared the vessel
was going down, but they set up singing the hymns, "
Saviour," and "Safe in the anus of Jesus," so that their fears
were quieted. When they got out to Canada Kane of thorn
were sent to • particular district because there are Boman
aetholles there in greet number., and It was believed that they
would be ben able to resist the Influence of !tumuli= abro•
In conclusion be made an canieet appeal for help and prayer.
The Rev. T. Gamow said we nivel all anent) feel and deeply
deplore these divisions and dimensions to which our friend
One. Russell had referred, end which chase the very Inert
and interfere with the prosperity and peace of Ireland. Who
is there who duce not mourn that—in a land where the people
are rectiarkahlo for the warmth of their affeictiuus and the
e.ordiality with which they welcome the foreigner—they should
always be ready to kindle into animosity and party spirit
against those who dwell in another part of the United kingduen
It would seemse if Ireland inherited more than her Share of the primeval curse, and it has taxedall the wisdom of our
senators and knislators to doted the cause and apply the
emehiy. Irenr or our trona, wise men attribute this tuthappy
strife of fueling to injudicious zeal of Protestante, to "the
attempt to force upon a omquered face the faith of the
coliquerura" We are told it ia a want of Christian love which
14,(11.1Cutl this unhappy slaw os
Unquestionably them is • want of clu'i,sti. lore,
for if we have love to one mother, we should dwell
together In Unity; but It is Iniportant for us to know
what Christian love is, and what Christian love prompts us to
do. The Lord Jesus Christ was a perfect example of love IHe loved Ills neighbour as himself, and by his neighbour he
recognised every man But he showed Ilia Wee to His neigh-
bour not by allowing lite neighbour to take his own weirs., to
run, but lq interlining between His neighbour and eldtructione
' even at the risk of incurring his temporal dleplenurr,
him from everlaWng ruin. Hut it made lii. life • life of cm°
Moseley, and Iles death a death of murder. The spoon. T.
' also examples of Chre.tiati love • but dki they c"...tirerth I doctrines they believed On the contrary thd thee
everywhere preaching the (Menet, and their testemil was
of
they had not shunned to declare the whole lifun' he en...
??°Pleeing • num is living in • heathen land, earl ,
stone,his neigh lours are woratippiug idol,edid en° end
4A. tbo truth
supposing that, Instead of endeavouring wl4,..eatteee the
before them he conceals his real sentiments,
_kir
whim him
principles, and del...weer, to persuade the
that he is not what iltv would call illifier That be was a
towards their belied: Wit °°?ild 7°...Yepoetteee or sown
follower of the Lord Janus Christ and the
the gala of Uwe
you say Qat La was was/was w