The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-08 00:00:00

1111 PIOPOSID NZ., lITIeI BOOK.

Bat ova this matt*, we. formally brought forward. Hr.
G. Coming objocted to UN alteration. Ttoy hid a very
good hymn book alroady, and an antenna would put It.
perish to • greet copses*.
Toe RIECTOR, ID bringing the 'object before the vestry,
bell in hi• hand a copy of no proposed new hymn bon.
which, the said, poisoned it. largest ,airculation of any,
except the one which was km ern as Hymns Ancient
and Motion. Of course, at that bran book had
bom adopted io • neighbouring perish, ho wished
ooli to speak of it, we for, with reopen.
It warn a very able and complete work, and was very
popular. bet nun of the hymn were to his mind exmod-
ingly objoctlonnlo. Within the last few day. a letter in
a public piper had mot his ire, in which it. following
°go oat ota—ii any congregation la which the hymn
book was at prevent in *ninon, and the elergyman of
the perish wiehod to make • change, half of the expense
would be paid by • certain individoal (in the mese of
what ha considered to be a mod Church of ifitsad
opinions), provided they would sondem' for that hymn
book, one of two which he mennoon, and of thoes two
the on before them. "To. Hymnal Companion to the
Prayer Book " was one. Bo whether this gendelnan was
sight or wrong. he certainly felt strangle on it. onion.
With regard to the now book he might say he had been
used to lii. other churetom and liked it very munch; It
we• not torte* as no Isamu thlorn wen. a. could not
quite afros with hi. good friend, tir. Carom In liking
teen pretest one. Not that there was anything objection-
able In it, but the writer seemed to hien been
anxious to radon old oithoiox writings, composed
at • time wino the laws of English mesillonlois
were not established and recognised as they now
were. Some of the rhymes really wore Ito rhymes at all,
and besides the want of literary merit, than were other
of objootkos, via., the stunt mistake; sad the
rieLin" number of hyenas He contained ho felt rather
odious& of it, simply Iron • literary point of view.
It notained a few very good hymns, and he could
understand Ilr. Chime and other, being attached to
them, but he hoped old friends would re-opposr In a
now shape. As regarded Met linsticiel cinstios, he might
say that would not be serious. Hach parishioner would
bey his own, they mold got very good on., foe 61. 101.
and la With mord to the poor In should bugled, In
very gems ewes, where they had gees to the airfare
of buying two or three copies of the old hymn coon.
to ono Mom in their place two or three co*o of the
now 0n.,. However. bti would leave the matW Is their
bands; If the fooling of the vestry was mann it, it,.
than would not Introduce It Walser.
Mr. °wooer hoped it. new book would not be indexed
I. the suns way as their preen% me, which wog most
confusing.
The Lame agreed it was • vary stupid arrangement.
He should think it. persons who compiled it know nothing
of the art of • publisher. and poosemsd no literary bete—
certainly no poetical fain
Yr. Mans wished the Rector to understand he merge
expressed his opinion. He did not wish at all to laterite*
In Ms miter
Hr. Gneooar remarked whatever Mange VW made, hi
was sure they could have nothing woo. then what they
had at present.
The RECTOR could not go.. fm as that, but could say
they could not have • gnat deal worse.
Yr. Yong% e• one of the congregation, coni mewled Lb*
at. Anything they could do was incumbent upon them
as cbarcionoto, mak. the services in aim as passible.
Even if I/nehmen le • quiet little town there were
stirring and =Obit tone nerd% and it behoved them ow
churchmen, to do all they could to bring the people Into
the church, and one of the means was to have On
Psalmody unto, end as beautiful as they posriWy could. !
Hai considered that thsonsane wail • noondary con-
sidoration to lost as they brought the people in.
Ile thought tido was one of the steps they should take In
the Arst piece. With regard to the now book be might
say it. church be bad attonded for some years had
adopted it. Thin wire one or two mall exceptions to it,
but certainly it we.. step in advance of the one they now
had; and any at pin advance was for toot H. shoot&
therefore, be vory glad as one of It. tourmaline, to
rapport the Rotor in adopting It He also wished t ask
Knipe if b• could not coosieteally see his way to
rving nom moth*, hymn in tbe morning and evening.
Ile wa• sors it would meet with entlithl attProbstl..ou-
The Herron said be hat suggested they shout* Mite
this step, not because it was an advancement in accord-
an" with th• Popular notions of no day, but simply
bemuse he wastod to have • book which he believed was
of eakdent lineary and musical morn, and up to the
timm in • true and relhrions rense—ttus to the old Pro.
toenail priaciples of the Church of Newland. These were
his reasons for bringing it forward, and as tiros win
gAtcbl:l amounting to real opposition or &rent lot should
to tionsult the booksellers on the matt sr.
Ms proceedings than terminated.