The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-02 00:00:00

THE 8.P.0.

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This (Moeda?) afternoon, a worthy woo bold in the
Guildhall on behalf of the boolety lot' ties peop.ooga.
'of the Gospel ia Para,. para., Kr. Jobs gum
M.P., presided. Os the platform there were—Bishop
el•ughten (the dirt•tion) the tier. IL Everett
(Itictor of Holy Maim), the Rev. 0. P. Toppi&
I(Catthitook) and Kr. Foyer. Pie. Amongst the
I twine.* •rers—tte Heir. W. Barnes ((ame), sad the
Ker. W. M. Barnes (Moncktoa), the Kew. JILL Grime,
(Ste•pletoo), lb. Herr prebendary Williams, the Par.&
T. Maslow, Mr. Alfred Pop n Mrs. and Miss Eanne4
Min Coombe. Mn Clapeott„ ties. Bartlett, Ma °Wield,
the Mirth Watson, Mears. Watson (2). Er. and Nth
A..Epiwer, Mies Smith (Weet Biefford), Mr. Banns, Idles
Briton Mb. Slane. Mr. .7. F. Hodges, Miss Hodges,
Mr. J. F. Roden, Ina., Mr. Losb, Kiss Brown, Kra.
Oath Mir Parsons, 8.,..7. MALI (WesleYso Minister),
Ac.. tie. attendance beteg
Prayers were read by the Ear. H. Evers* attar
which was sung "Jesus shall reign where're the sun"
Mr. Robleths. Jan, p'aybeg the harmonium, and some
of the Holy Trinity choir leading thill eleghke.
The Citrate aa said he bad so ahem 'admired this
Irons that pima at meeting. in septrott of Um" 80•10 t/
for the Propagation of the Gospel, and bad so frequently
expressed Me warm interest he took In missionary work
generally, and in the operatlcea of this venerable moiety,
Hilt he thought it quite unamemery to detain titan by
any lengthened remarks of his ova. He believed they
might truly say, that if there was not more roams for
them to give a hearty support la the socilet7 at the
present moment than there had bath Wes' taw* was
at lead no mach rearm for doing GO 00.1. T••;11 were lito
same induoements--the IMMO maths to the good works,
sod he am happy to say there was the same ~outage-
meat for it in the mulls which thoy withered in many
parts of tie, world--than of whisk ha had no doubt
would be brought before them by ths vsasrable prelate
who h•d kindly setae to earn the.. in their pressed
-
hip thst icy. Of tonne with regard to this work,
tlwre were many pathos who would samest— probably
none at any rate—perhapi set many, that It might
be serried ea is was dillies{ way from that in whisk Ills
orried on by its diem sad supporters. Bat than he
did not know that there nes say work, however geed,
In which any large amine of persona engaged la
this fres ineastry, where there was such groin liberty,
that some pathos would sot Mask might be dare
bettor Jo tooth other way; and if one 'peat earthy far
any object however good be thought 111, he bollavod
there wn h.rdly the to whirl it might be
applied, about whisk meshed, would not my it would
be better if glues to weamithiag elm. However, he was
athieled to give • ortala supeort—ho was afraid not
all be ought to do—to the 8. P. 0., and he thought they
might be satiated they were somewhat on the right
road when they saw gosh man as Sir Berle Frets, who
bad pareed their lives in high public stances, delay
ths work of their country in its great depredate's*, la
the way Englishmth do their work in those depsn
downs, and that woe on. of the post semen
of the strength of this mpire whoa they
saw men like him onslag forward sad telling
theta of the good multi of ths work in which
this bodily was engaged; tolling this that in our
greeter depandearks--• eisaatty so great that the is
afraid to mead= the largo slumber of Its inheleitaats—
be meant India: when ha told thus (sad ho was only
On. Of • (Mit number of Eaglialemsn who made similar
statements) that the old saparstitioth ware greaKy
thrum, if not rapidly prase away, and that there Is
so prospect for the ocuadass thkabitaabe of that soustry
as to their religious views sad feathers squirt a dreary
atheism, Was Eaglet:4 goes lea. site dose by We nth
ether sosistion to tenth Mei people mad show them that
path whin glow son lead then to sternal haggle...;
these weirs modem eartathly as Weft at the pressat
day for this week so sther, sad perhaps la sae sena
stronger, Imamss whoa they looked at the redatioa of
lagland to her suarreas solonles and dopottdoodes
every ens mast be aware that the panties in which she
stands towards than large and Important within of
the population of the world has been greatly aileron
and is altering you. by year, if sot day by day. Th.
old beads of imperial sepossdathy, of military protection
of flethl lath and arrangements, are
but still there la 'rowing up, atilir
daler=
etrongor every day, bonds whin' units the
colonies sad dependencies to the mother sountry—
bond, than wide& he fell than were was strength, sad
none to whisk they could look with same hope—hei
meant the baths of a sommea Obriatianity, sad the
bonds which exist between members of the lama *bunk
—(hear, bear.) Sham were tike which were set Eke
those entered into for oseanieres, as of imperial
authority, or for basal anangsmsats, but were such in
they might trust would strengthen ed Mao went on—
tin which as from time to times they awoke (as he
trusted they Inorsanapy might) to their great oblige
Noon would bled them Sly together in tho somatic
work of spreading y, sot only amongst oar
own people, who had goof out front this isoantry to
our distant dependencies, bet also assay lies thatlith
unions who dwell around them; and in tho trotamon
work between England and her colonies he trusted
they should had strength both for our Comm...
Christianity and for the ritual which baribes it
—(hear. hear.) Them wars some motives, though far
from all, which should isdaoe them to give the
support they weld to moieties like the &P. 0. *kith has
riot ends in view, and In which he Unapt ovary
oes wha celled bineelf a Christian most atherserily
take great it toren —(hear, hear.) He then mind on
the deputation to widthm the meeting.

Bishop CiruGHTOll meld it was s matter of simple
duty in tree who had bees in the Ml2llOO Geld
abroad to give informarse who. they ores keine of
their operations, to jestlfy the support of the Meade
of the amilety. Ile said this was she more neosesery
because to. gaselier pat by re authorities of the
moiety felled to elicit an adequate idea of the sort el
work corded is. lbe progress. their hindranees sad
InOsaWee. BM smarm had been both amongst
Alders s d with sod he had learnt that
Christianity ia • reticles which rib mem nitro cia
the earth, whether the most barbarou or the most
cieilised and plillaeopideal, end it was equally accept-
able $0 .11. It was said they had not Me sneer the
work devoted would lead then to ever But 50
'ems of inactivity arid eowardios ia India had greatly
Increased the iliffiritles of evaagelirtioa mid thee
when oonernenowt It WY not mitered aponadm
adequate number of labotirenn so that, when beso
libe efforts pat forth. he wee really surprised at the 1
results obtained. On re peered orrice he would eon-
line hls remarks to one sposlal Said of his ex
lie then referred to Cries They all know Trar.
s
greet dependency of Erre4. but the nature el the
*boats was orb that it weld sever berme seek of •
dairy. The religkm—Beddhisse---wee see of the
meet Aires** You out the miser sad they look
=you with ample ladies's** sod when yes au-
in ptting • herr& it was by slew degrees yes
°mid get to erveesloos. -There woo mesh mere VW-
malice la the Island thaa 'ray people would risen*
Whoa he Aret rat there tee years see tire wen
villagee hi wider • single Christian meld sot be ford,
sod it was • rarity be lied • Europese there. La some
of the prinsipal towns It was toe, there were missies
Matra& e bet Dow, slier nine yiars, be soald lake thus
wbs. tb.y would dad native elergyreen, mad where
they would hrr Mask ewe Litermp. He bad ger from
plies to piss. senlirming, sad bad everywhere been met
with mach pireare sad Imartioess by the Wine. To.
yeers ago than. were twelve sharers In the principal
oity—Colinniso—ead at that Mrs the Marta were se
full of mina that it was with dlMoalty they amid get
to church on Eleadays ; se crowded were the Miser rat
they bad to traverse the hook lora. Now, however, it
was quite (Mart, ehowiag what CluteMantly had done.
Wheat the Bishop el Warr p•Li his • vbit • short
time ago, he was enabled to Mow him feer
churches crowded with native Charred. There
were parte of the eountry where sash • slate of
thiags did not exist, sad this woo to be bread
to the lasufficieney oi labourers— where they bad re
man, they wasted to., sad if he had her ambled to
send niirliOnertell through the island, he bettered by
this time it would have been wholly seevereed to
ChrisUrity. He did not believe the gospsl of Cher
was ever presorted in var Re b. iddroooed the
people st different places, and had always ford them
ready sad willing to Here, .ad deer listerseg. be got
their atteation, and whoa ore they get that aeraties,
they were soon pricked is the heart, sad bemuse re-
verted to Christ—never before had he ore ne Rah
good work prodesed by the power of the Gasp.'. Mid
they think they robbed their or issentsymen by
seeding missionaries to tbe heathen I Bub was net
the oar but misiderrise who lad been out &bread
had shown them whet arid be moompllelted. At
horse they wets nfferlag from party prineiples —roe
who were now maiden disturbances at home he should
Ilk, to have bad with him In the Jangles sass ten
yew& so. If She.. men were out .bread, they raid
be the mesas of brtagtag a blessing instead 01 • eras
to the eases of Christ. He arid tell them et ash-
sioaarre who had labeered for plan, sad died wirer
eke Mght et the fruits oftha. liboin, but who
had been seseeseted by Mbar who had
the golden harvest. He had men She werk th=
followed • few grains of seed that had been mettered
by • loving hood. La ladle there were hundreds al
millions of rhabrants, aed it wee said there WWII MO
few converts; bet 'apprise tree wee but ome riciept
a million, it showed that • work was berg reset-
plished. He imald skew them heathen triple% imw
closed, end the lahabitants of the neighbourhood
Clh:istians. Many of tbe youths el Indie bad left
their old supendittons, end were in the way te berme
curiataos. Ira had bean taught to believe Is G 4
who never before believed in a Lithe berg, sad It was
the eirionaries which had le/Wiled these Fineries
into their minds. • deist in India did sot mar what
a deist did in Ingland—a deist there was coo wise was
gore to God, net re who had left Go/ sad fallen
away. But their Mende mem suit thenuelese—they
meat take up lb. care eansestly sad really, or they
would lees their Christiaalty at hems. Ha believed If
Christianity were to die out of Engird, it raid
gal flourish rd grow la the foreign press
where the seed had bees sows.—(aPpres4
The Bev. H. Everanm saki It was • very arises 0013-
aiderailen for Me Meru, bow they raid indium their
people to take • poster lamest la foreign calsolons.
Anybody who staM pert eat • way would be essferr-
lug • great basalt; but it seseared • very &Emil thing
to do. The Bishop rid the aniejeet was aot sears*
brought Wore their parishioners ; but they had armor
le ehartth st serial& times—Mere were many °UMW
OMAN to advocate-Ind woad sail ineethme. bat
try found, as it was ea that oessesion, ysny
difilattll to get • wellmreaded isesting Row.
ever, thanks to the Press, trash few had list-
ened to the regret addrees of the Bishop, it would
be reed by thousands, and he reit quite sere woull
have some good sleet. Tem slangy Mei to got their
people to take an limner la ardor. They knew that
the church must be judged by lie fruits, yet rim la
home missions there was mush mirky wale la the
great lowan there were roma& Meg up la
heatheniun. It had been au.stoE Is him by an
earnest lady in his pariah who took gyre Jarmo in
norionary work, whether in • town like Dererster,
the support.,* of both the grist seartir—the &P.O.
sad the Church Minemeary lieelety—wonld sot Igklie
groveler interest if they irk devoted their eir4:mt to
Oa. particular spot, sash seer Mean bad el.,
Meg where Mal AMU 4811 Eyed, gal tift OK I

WOW •in Way towable( it aerate samber of wili-
40.miss la ease deilltilie wort. Of aerie there wore
gigissininn LA vie grey, but asythlog that amid be
augg•sted by whieb the pool, geeendly would be led
to take greeter islets't LA mhehmee would he etaferrimg
pest beeellt.
After liailag 'rhea wage Almighty word," the
&shop prosoesea ihe Wang. .sd the malls'
sided. The °Dilation ameueled to IX t.