The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-05-15 00:00:00

CEIURCN MISSION ARY SOCIETY.

On Sunday last memo*. Imre preached itt sad of the
Ilbove moiety, at Holt Trinity Chareh —ln the morn-
ing by the Rev. N. G. Whitestone, in the afternoon by
the Rev. T. A Falkner, is the evening by the Rev. J.
G. [Jot..; at St. Pete?* Church .—ln the nit/ming by
till) Re.. C. W. Bingham. in HA afternoon by the
Ray. N. a. Whitestone, and in the ameba( by the
Rev. E. W. Pear.; at Bast Fordingt.4l the
morning by the Rev. Henry Monte, In the afternoon by
the Rev. F. 0 Ifonle, in the (mating by the Rey. C.
W. !Enchant t Wort Fordington :—in the morning
by the Rey. J. O. Davis, in the 'Coning by the Rey. N.
G. Whitaatone. The WM arnount of the ca.ll.ctions on
Sunday waa £26 la 2F.1., of this ainotint £2 18e. 10d.
was eolleated at West Fordington ; the rougfegatima
at Holy Trinity Church contributed flO fo. ; that
amount collected at St. Peter's was 121 10ii. 5d., and at
it Fordingtot the contribations imonnted to
23 k 110.
Poe annual meeting of the &City was held yester-
day eftentorto at the Townball, at 2 o'clock, Rey. C.
W. Blurb= in tits chef-, Amonl ;me present we
noticed the Rev. H. Ifoule, oaf re. Vitale, Rey. 3.
Davi., Rey. E. Ladlow and Mrs. Lu Rev. Fathom
and Mrs. Ukase, it... A. B. H Rey, E. W.
Pear., Rey. J. Burt and Mrs. Bart, Rev. D. Traver{
Rev. T. W. Knipe sad Mr, %aim, Raw. H. Noel, Rey
A. Elton, Rey. E Merriman, Colonel and Kra. Bingham,
Robert. Williams. Req.. Lusty boil, Williams, Wm and
Miss Sallyan, G. Canoe. and Mrs. Canoe, Me
MM... Chargbill, C. Buffer eq. Wm Arden, Mr,.
Goodell. Yr. gad MIS. 1. Davis, and the Rey. N. G.
Whitedom, j A., imambent of Stempatead. Snessa,
anJ the Rey. Baptisms Ho be, ALA., We minsiosary
in Peyton, the deputation front the parent adelety.
The Re.. J. DAVIS opened the namitina with prayer,
and •Derwarde ii -ectriatory of the Local Agemistion,
read the report of the Rickety. The total rethopte for
the past year were PMll. Sj., if which the Juvenile
Association eontribuloil £5l 174 Bd. and 1.11110 17s. 7.1.
• ere remitted to the Parnt Society, gad £7 for Ray.
J. Tucker'. Philadelphia PohooL
The OSAIIIIAII stated the society's income for the
last year was snore than £12,000 above the average and
urged the subscribers not to mat upon LIND gam for
although the gross amount of the society's income
showed n increase. In Dorsetsbire there had been •
fall* off of £lB, and in the Want at Dorebester a
deamme

The Rd. Sulertndi Holum, M 1., late missionary in
Ceylon, sad Tiandelly. said: Many poisons had, is his
Presence, spokes of both theme stations of the Church
Miesionary ...misty as total failures, them Person* Wag
Ignorant of the feel that he bad laboured tber•—bet be
bad great pleasant in giving • total deitial hi such state-
nest.. Most of the reepewable Clarke* be met when
he landed at Odomba, were Christian., at lead
nominally—min who had reactance:id the gross super-
stitions of Buddhism, aid ormsformed outwardly to the
eastome of English eoetity and English worehip. Many
of the Detiee4 speak our own tonic*, owl tiborld." are
qualified for higher spheres of employment than would
be open to them in Collo°, and thew they disappear from
the huh mission stations, and are lost st
to the record of Om Church Miesiouary Society. This
was the !editorial reason upon which the oppownste of
the miaow work bawd their argument., altholmh the
Mats of the heathen furnished another argsineet.
They were without hope mid without God In the world.
Tbe British Gorsonment prwsuaded the people of
allrlon to give up polygamy sad polyentby, sod they
I found the motives theaserlitse desired so to do, but it
had no Inag been th• essumn that they did not know
how to elf. et it; yet, sow, sit. had been wade at the
rrqued of the Oddian awls, that none of web
children should be considered born in wedlock, and that
led the weds to give up those onetime. If dm
()overawed had takes the tame coarse ia refereaca to
kiddry in India, the natives would ham been glad to
refrain from it. Be proceeded to remark that mash of
lb* idolatry la Gybe scianisted in worshipping divan
and adoring morass* to propitiate titan. He related
bow that the father dos, of lb. mavens wee a priest
tan* wanted by Ito people to oltalato h their isai•
ins; the Ea, bownwt, WNW Ma to eve it up,