The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-08-05 00:00:00

ATHICLELLIIPTON.

Bins Beet 117 The twegity-mventk
anniversary of this interestlng association, was hell as
usual in the great hall at Athelhampton, on Tuesday
evening, the 29th inst. The abate was taken by Mr.
R. MIA. Attu the hymn" All bail the pewee, kc.,
prayer was offaed by the Rector of the perish. Tha
report was reed by Mr. G. W. Bomar, from which it
eppesred that last year £l4 41. 20. was remitted to
the pareet society, making. total due the 1106141101100-
meat, of £5OB 51. BL—Th. Charmer., in opening the
rosettog, expresind his regret at the alic es of the Res
C. Glyn, who had never been absent ore, except on
one °cassias. for 27 ysers. The death of his brother,
Lord Wolverton' was the rose.., 01 hill not being pre.ot
this year. Also be feelingly alluded to Um dull, of G.
D. H. Vaisey, Eq.. who had up often presided at that
mooting ; and described the increased activity of the
entente. of the truth, us. reason why Christians should
not relax their efforts—no Rev. B. gray, of Bland-
ford, in a abort and stirring address, reminded the
muting that the bed supporters of the B ble and the
Bible Society, were those whose daily If. ded
to the °muds aid examples of the Word of (*.—
The Rev. T. Heave, of Dorobeetsr, deuribed the dis-
turbed state of loolety at home nod abroad; showed
that no edneational or political efforts Gould bring the
present stabs of thin., to a happy issue : that it needed
some supernatural inflames to calm and regulate the
discontent *laments of eoolety, and that that Inducers
vu only to be found In the Bible.—lhe Rev. C. U,-.d-
lint spoke of the lows the Society had felt by death,
Instancing tho Rev. H. Van and Baptist Noel, and
gave some Interesting details of Bible work in Mexico.
—The Rev. W. R. Paull, Amocdatinn &oratory, then
gave an aosount of tho soahrty's operations at home
and abroad ; showLig that the Increased expenses of
labour and m Ueda!, had caused an expenditure of
£16.000 more than hunts lie alluded to Use visit of
, the Staab, and the presentation to him and his 86 attend-
,sata, of oppl./ of the Scriptures its their own tongs*,
, and proueded to give stun,, particular amount of the
work is Japan, so surly opened to European estworise
and evangelising effort.—After the eeeeed hp.werh.
Spirit breathes upon the Word," Ao., the Rev. L W.
Pearl. of Dnrebuter, gave an amount of the progress
of the work in Germany, where snob a tremendous
00.8 let is going os between the seceirdotaliern of Route,
and the liberty of the Olvil Government. And also in
that rapidly progressing country, Rusk, where the
agent, of the octet, are opening up fresh Bolds of use-
talcum on either aids of the Ural Mountains —The
Rev. J. R. Cotter then addressed tho meeting on lb.
spiritual upset of the Bible question, and mode a meet
forcible appeal to the 0001Krieefel of all present. as to
Lb. tee they were mottles of their 13ibles The hymn,
"Thou whou Almighty Word," Its, was the,, MDR,
and during tho singing, the collection was mule by Mr.
J. Homer, and Mr. G. W. Homer amountisg to the
satisfactory um of alo and op wards. We were glad
to se* the ena hall so well tilled, as well all the gullel7,
fideltdleg n. of the happy Needless I. the days of the
lamentd and honoured muter of the house, G. Wood,
Raq. We trust that Muss gatheriegi may loag be con-
tinued, being as they are, a Meseta( Is the neiglibuir•
hood, an hewer to A. hones, as wellies& great sapport
of the society. --