The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-30 00:00:00

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RE-OPENING OF STINSFORD CHTIROH.

The pretty lulls church of St. tikkeel'a, Stimford,
usetling snugly botwe-n the POSISIii of fitioeford
and King•tou, was re- ,psned on Sunday lest, after
undergoing eremites alterations and improvements.
The serviees were doubly festive, the usual harvest
thanksoir I ot hmlog been slightly delayed, sod held
at the sane time. The church, with it. curious old
equ tre tower, I, one of the most interesting in the
diocese, the register dating us fez back as the year 1335.
Tbe old roof, with its plastered ceiling, has Won
entirely removed, aid It. place taken by an open
timber situate which greatir Improves the &Pew-
mos of the church. The old gallery has also been
removed, which, beides making the entrance larger,
gives the place • loftier appearance, and throws
greater light into the nave. The intuit,' walls have
been Glossed d two and coloured • light cream oolour,
the stogie work generally beteg repaired. The roof
over the nave is soestruoted withthree pairs of moulded
principal with carved rlbs,kc, and moulded wall pate,
the niters, which are exposed to view, being bearded
os the backs with jolted hoarding. The corbels,
supporting the wall poste and ribs, are of Oashana stone.
Tim exterior portion of the roof is covered with dark
gems elates, and the ridges with red arested ridging.
The north and south Melee here flat roofs covered with
lead, the ceiling underneath being boarded similar to
the nave, and famed in paella with moulded tram!
All the now wood work has been sized and varnished,
and has • very light and Oman elect. effect. Tb;
met of reroofing the north aisle and nave has been
borne by J. Fellow's, Beg., of Kingston ELJUSO, sad
the re-roofing of the south alas by the Bight lion. the
Karl of Ilolsesier, the patron of the living, and the
princisal perishimers. Mr. G. J. G. Gregory wee the
architect, and the alterations have been carried out
by Messrs. B. Davie and Bon, bulldogs, Dorchester,
to the comp Lets satisfaction of all.
The urged edifice bad been most tastefully decorated
by the ladies of the mai* and presented • very
pithy appearance. Over the chancel arch was se
elegant scroll, 'Ws lead and magnify Thy gloroua
Name,. supplied by Mears. Jones rd Willi , of
Londoe. It r • beautiful piece of Waninated work,
and greatly improves the isterior of the church. The
floral decorations were moot profuse and effective,
particularly the pulpit by Mies Amyatt, the reading
&iek by Mies F. Amyatt, the font by Miss Fellows.,
and the Mamma by Mi.. Hideout. The beauty of
the chancel has been ashamed by • new and elegantly
worked sitar cloth—a handsome present from • lama,
1 whom name is not divulged.
In the alternoos the Ohara was orowded, and the
serves was of an appropriate and cheerful character.
The Proper Babas were set to well-known chants,
and the Magulfical sad Nese Dimittis were sung to
a Iltely imam by Dr. Mame. Smola harvest
hymen were also sung. The whole of the musicel
Portions of the serval were exceedingly well rendered.
The whole of the eseviere and lessons were mad by the
Bev. G. A. Mead.
The Bev. E. Handley (Ream of Clipsharn,fintlared).
premiered en alas sermon from Bt. r•rk, 0. • IS
" First ambled*, them the ear, then the full cousin lb.
ear." They bad met there, the weather said, to keep
their harvest home, and bow moth bad occurred
8111011 they fint of all, about this time lasi
year,
began to met their seed Into the grground.un
grain was first committed to the mak,
then It bent into blade, and steer standing all the
trials of the season grew seeder GA's care into the
full man in the ear. In the wonderful ways of Al-
mighty God the very storms and changes of the sea-
son which messed fraught with so muck danger bed
been the very means of bringlar it to maturity. The
year with all ita trials had pared away, and they bad
OOP more reacted their harvest home. The very
history of the harvest was but a parable—an earthly
story with a beaveuly meaning, for could they not
seemn the Mader blade in the field, and in the growth
of the croon in the seed time and harvest, the deal-
ings of Almighty God with the gouts of moo.
How muck they were apt to complain of their
want of somas, but ought they not to look
Into their own haze and see what they
had done for Jesus Christ, who had dons so moth for
them Whet return had they made to Him for His
on most Mdi,,tl/ death mai blood that was shed foe
them What return were they making for eli
His manifold an cawing efforts to sin their
souls to Him, and to bring them acme to the Kingdom
of Heaven? There wate salting which He bad not
done to save their souls, and am I welch of them could
look litho hie own heart sad honestly say they bad
tried their beet to make Him a fit return. Thee
there was the great sowing for the last harvest
day, when God rowed those who were dear to
them in the sacred sore which surrounded His
thumb, when their poor meek bodies were laid in the
ground with the promise that those who sleep in Jam,
and who tried to live c'oes to Him here on St 7th, were
only laid in that ground that they may ripen for that
last great day, and for that glorious morning when the
Master should order the sickle to he thrust in. and
the mirth be reaped. The rev. gentleman then made
an earnest appeal on behalf of Om Dorset Dainty
Hospital, 0 which the eallections were devoted.
The concluding hymn was "We plough the fields
and matter."

WIDEDORKI.
Moyne le litenoo.—On Friday evening the four
following gentlemen wore elected to represent the
parish at the ruri-decanal mestinim:.--Mr. E. T.
Sudden, Gemini Misdeals, General Tbilisi, and Mr
Charge Chialett.
Crnci Paatosu AID Boot= r.—The enamel
meeting of the Wimborne auxiliary of this society wee
bad on Friday afternoon In St. JAn's Schoolroom.
the Earl of Shaftesbury presiding. There was • good
attendance. The report stated that the amount
recnittri o the parent society was £35 11, 91,
being • few shillings leas than in the previous year.
After a few remarks from the Rev. Con J. Glyn,
the deputation (the Rev. R. G. Fossil) gave an
interesting Wme on the work of the society.
Towards the and of the meeting Lord Shaftesbury,
who was one of the founders of the society, made a
long and interesting speech, in the course of which
he remarked that it was very difficult to say any.
thing new on behalf of the society, and it was still
more difficult to *ay anythhg new against it, for it
Hood before the Torii as the most blameless and most
efficient of all human institutions, ethough it had
never received from the Church the support which
It ought. Alluding to the question of d4e4.ll3llah-
went, hie lordship said Mr. Richard had given
pales of hla intention to move • resolution in the
next melon of the Rouse of Commons that the
Church of England ought be diesstabliebed. They
might get at the feeling of the repreeentatives In Par-
liament, but be did not think that by that they would
get at the real opinion of the people themeless. He
did not believe that the question had been put in its
101 l proporfnu before the amity at large, lie
believedthere were • large number of work men
who held the suffrage, and who would h the
soffrega who would hesitate to reply in the affirmative
If the matter were put gravely before them whether
they would extinguish the Church which Lai existed
In the country for more than a thousand years and
with all lie sells had produced prodigious results for
good, and whether they would allow that church, by
a calm simple vote in the House of Commons, to be
wiped oat from off the fans of the earth. Their duty
as Churchmen was perfectly plain, and whatever
might be the hostility and dangers which beset the
Church, when the time of trial came they must be
found doing their duty. The sem of £7 76. 31. was
collect xi at the meet4ag.

Tows Ommort..—Tbere are fire nominatiose for the I
four vessanales mused by retiring members in tide
ooumil, arid • 'Miser lively mutest is anticipated on
Thursday ..it. The maims membses are Mew.
J. Bill (iLayor), T. H. Bennett, ft, E „ and J. J.
Ball, whilst the new sepiraat to mntlslpal honours is
Mr. John Darden, eldest son of Mir. Alderman
Hurdle. The general opinion is the expense of as
contested election could bays well been avoids&