The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-02-24 00:00:00

We to the Corinthians, anrl. learnt. th th». wiedorn

oi the world wee taalishoias with God. He rejoiced In
it, and lett that the heart of the Church of England is
firm In Evangelical truth. When he laided he fcrand
all the turmoil in England, ab,ut a worldly thing—
about the election, stoat politics, and he felt that if •
meeileg were announced f,r a rolitioal purpose, it
would be full of men ; but where *aro they to-eight
Only • tow were here. W ben the 1,41 Jester paid his
lest visit to the Tr-rniiir, the great vetoes and builoings
were pointed out to hint; but be said that net one of
them should remain that should not be thiowu ..tourn ;
but the poor widow's two mites, thrown into the
Treasury, ho (meted to be remembered to tho end ,f
tlni.Nosier let teem doubt concerning anything done
for the mum of Christ. It was Trite imoorisinl., for
any one to fully be acquainted with the work of title
society—if pictures were painted of seces in the whole
of the two le norpheres and exhibited here, then might
there be some Wend the work. Tuey net forth ordained
minitere, schoolmasters acid eehoolmistresscs, and
estechist' e for they could tint allow the children to
lapse into heathtnisin. There are two clteees of hog.
'Mbomou abroad as well as at home. One of the
brLbter class be found in London—a widow with 14
children, one of whom had gone to New Raised, in
the strength of an English heart, with the prayers of a
pious mother, and reliance on his God. Ho would be
far away from Sunday school, church, and other
privileges; but the prayers of his mother would be
around him, and his God would still be with him. The
spirit of adventure sent souse shroud; but there are
also those of • rough class, and even the better clam
miss their Suoitays ; but after that they go to all sorts
of ozone He had had to preach to men of this clams,
and never found any disrespect from them by following
the rule to keep his temper. Many of those men the
young, through falling into druokannese and other
sins; but others from strongst constitutions, or more
moderate habits, escape, mid these often get the
most anxious about religion. He had Seen in a foreign
cemetery four graves aide by side, of men all dead
through intempersnoe. He described the ruins of
Epheue, which rise terrace over terrace on the kill,
end included the ruins of the temple of Means and of
• Christian church. It might biased the English people
&weed ought to support their own ministers; but that
would be very difficult. Take the case of Australia,
where the distances are so great that the men ammo{
see a minister for years. In Northern America they
had to travel scorn of miles through the snow, and
were very glad to have congregations made up of
Presbyterians, Siptiate, Wealeyans, and Churchmen,
and sill agreed heartily in hearing the Word of God, and
worshipping Him. Speaking of the work in Spain, at
St. Fe raendo, he had • elms of • dozen or more Roglish
children who weld not speak • word of English, who
notwhearnorthriingatof the
Behatinrishoh
1
school; ;bcibt7tg udcidatendOtikn
Catechism or the English Blida, and he was obli,:ed
to rendor the English text. of Scripture into Spaoieb,
and after some years he left 23 good Englishapeaking
, ebilireo, who were very intelligent and well real iu
be Bible. When be left, although he had not
expected any remuneration for the work, the poor
people presented him with • very handsome purse of
tummy, showing that they valued their ministers when
they could get them. These poor people deserved our
efforts and support, and he believed that God will
freely give His blessing (applau.e).
The v. J. Ildds had intended to come only as •
listener, to give his adhesion to the Society, and express
his sympathy. The priurriple of it was distinctly
EvangelL He was not ashamed of the word
Evaeinslioal, or of his sympathy with all Evangelical
societies. There is • rather similar one which has • similar
work to do on the Continent ; but there are reasons
which made it unadvisable to express sympathy with
that. But he bed bad experienee of the working of
this one, having been chaplain for it on two Oalwaions,
one at Zormatt, and from what be bad seen of its
working on the Conlin, nt, he was quit* certain there
is a positive necessity for such • society, and from what
they had heard of the ( olonies, they would agree there
lea necessity for snot anon., to reorder) nod ems for all
the children of the Church of Ragland aimed th TO, that
they may tact be like sheep having noshepLerd. One very
practical point he wished to refer to—about £34) seems a
eery small amount, and certainly cannot represent the
sympathy of Si. Mary's cougreg ttion. But th ere &roman,
cilia mode upon Sr. Mary's church, which woutd not
be made lii connection with other chat-Ches. It is we'd
fur all persons who sympathies with evangelical truth
to hove stated reminders of the duty of cottributing
but he would recommend them ids& to write down the
names of those ',cleats which they felt they ought to
cipport, such as the Bible Society, the Church Pretoria
Aid Society, the Tract Society, and this one, and
calculate what portion of their 'tomato ought to be
devoted to charitable el loots, on the principle of
sys emelt° behevolenes, estimate how mush each on,ht
to hare from our intone, ; then if the collector came for
it, pay it over; but if not, then send it to the satiety
in Lohdon. His subscriptions were, from habit acquired
before he came to Weywunth, almost all sent direct to
London. If the subscriptions were calculated according
to a plan of systematic benevolence he believed they
wornd not only send up .1:30, but £2OO. In ornachodoe
be urged all to contribute, if it were but is., remember-
kg that God aceepteth • man according to that *Lien
be bath, not according to that which he lath not—
(hear.)
1 The Rev. Mr. WADSWOBTII. Association secrettrY,
thin addressed the meting at I,ngth with gtrerel
adeoesey. of the society. It is Protwateut and Evougelical
In principle ; its ol Jett Is to make known the Gospel of
Christ to our fellow-subjects in the Colonies and in
foreign lands, by supplying clergymen, *ate:hats land
Sunday school teacher.. Its operations are e.rried on
In British North America, the West Indies, the
Mauritius, India, China, the Cape Colony, Austral*
ou the Continent, and to Bdtlsh sailors In Colonial and
Foreign portal.
The collection at the meeting produced a lbs., those
on Sunday, Ell le. 31.

OAS COMPANY'S MISTING.

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