The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-01-20 00:00:00

TEAS TO P4RE523.

Two large gatherings of parents bare taken plow
since oner lest publication, and the cheeriol and happy
onotenanose of the tussle ma Is stash I arty • very
interesting one. The first " tea fight," as thee •
Itethrrinein are s 'motions' ailed. took place in St.
John'. Schoolroom on Thursday evening, when about
000 parents sat down to an excellent cud subetantiel
meal, the wants of all being well looked after by
several I belies. Aft-erten an entertainment to ik place,
when song. were sung by Mts. M oorhea I, Mi., Che-
roots's, Mrs and Mine Stedman, Mrs. J. Toompeon,
Irdien who are ever ran 'y to assist in any good cense,
by Mij or Gil • without whose appearance
entertainment n. h isoberacter woulii he incomplete,
and by Mr. Marx:wk. Mr. White, Mr. T. Warren,
and Mr. 041 y. The Rev. T. Bell-Salter gave a
reading, and Mr. S one played o vio ins 010. At the
c 12•0 the Vicar, the key. Ds on Stembenoon, ai-lremed
the assembly, giving mom. goo I advice to all. He
raid it was with the fedi og of an earnest desire to get
the p %mots together that meny years ago he started
the first parents' tea at the beginni g of the year, eel
year after year he hri since a intioned it. and toe
popularity certainly kept up ; in fact. he -11-1 not
remember ever hewing •••• no CP p or-mt, t ogether
an were gathered that night, and he was met glad t •
welt; im 3 them at the beginnmg of another year. He
wishe I to say • few words t other. l'enit thee location
and training of their chil-lren, an-l. a, one of their old
friend., he bops' they wonli give him thole heat
attention, for although he had so oten mph.,. to them
be hoped they wire not tire I of henriog his voi
and whet he ddi say he hoped they wool I tresetre uP
end think about. When he saw so :truly oarente
before him he felt he had a grand opeortnnity if
opsaking to them, MI he did not Aden see no in ny
face. gathered t moodier In the w ork•hrop where he *O4
other, were trying t do a work in which they were
ell interested—that of eloosting their cilibiren. They
would be trial to hear th me echool. were prosnering
do wirohers and in everything vs., F-e the infante'
ant girl,' och ed. the report fo• the 1•4 yenr wee the
very high--at they coot! poi ibly obtain. Toe boys'
soh iol we. ita-dly up too the same on irk, hoit the re.airt
woe good. He went d thane school. Xi nors •rim
where children should bo trained In 'kod • I.lh suoi
fear. He di I not want chill... simply t h nee their
heals fille I, bit their charectere f an 1 he
lo- gob tor the children atter' e.g these schools
ti be trained no meg moi Christian men no I women. ,
If their intelirct. were not sharpene I they would
be nowhere in the ram which wan •,.W going
on. He wished he cool I p-ormeole pare.. t -
remember this—that unless their chililtroole in.
tellecto WM sharpened they would ha etertaio to be
left They must go down males, they had a
good educati an. Parents inu.t give them thi.. aot
that cou'd not he ha I without re4nler attendance at
echo 1. Tle destourion rif e echo d no I t a ele ;le
rodneatioin we, irregularity. 11 knew it wan • great
effort fore one parent. t o een-I their child e it.m•lool
—th tt there wee • greet temptation to le.ep • girl
home to mitt/ the baby, an-In hoe t o work, lout n 'thing
c mid be oina not no, children were met regularly t o
school. Thom persons who were in a for higher rank
than them...lees were making at the p t tin-
great efforts for the eolucs•iou o-f their ehiloiron. sod
potting their hands oleep'y into their pork Its o
that their children might lie well educated. Re
thought it would be a burning shame if the working
clatter, among whom there were ft) many noble
characters, hung beck at such a time, and were not
willing to make some sect flea for the sake of their
children. He wanted them to value their children
more. They were told in the blessed H ook the.
"children were a heritage arid gift which corn.th
from the leer I." He wished peouie wiould
that, He often heard people tnlk about baying berg-
families a. if Amite terrible calamity hal happened tio
them, and regarded thom with small One, a. th•
happiest people on the face of th. earth. The beet
mother, the noblent woman he ever knew, use t
say when people pitied her because she het inch a
large family—" I hope I 42411 have 20." (1.-ought.r.)
Me knew their French neighbours looked with great
compassion upon those wh-i hail large familial., hot h•
hoped Englieh men and English women would ham
good bumpers in their nureerise, and the more they
got into the ors Ilea and the nt or• thee eat round that
table., the better it wood be for them, a. children
were "a gift which comet from the Lori." Lst them
banish he horrible thought shout having etnell
families. Ile was not afraid to bare a large family in
thew schools, the larger the better. Hi, family had
grown very much, and be sew meaty mothers and
fathers present who were ono. children In them
mhools, and he wee rather proud of hie family. Thee
were now met together in order that they might
symplothiae with one another and sten I shoulder t o
shomlelet. He urged upon parenta the importance of
Sunday observance, nod he wanted them to have happy
and well-ordered homes; he wanted dim-ord, wicked-
nee', and ungodliness kept oat. He booked them t.,
come with their children tn the Him, of Gil, and
for father and mother b /th to pull together in
t sitting up their children at home.
The proceedings were brought to a close by
the Dog ology being sung, and the Bonedictioa pro-
nounced.

Tne sett-mri gathering was held on Monday even-
ing, when St. Men. Soho drones presented • very
animated sppearanoe. After tea a capital programee
of songs, So., waa gone throngb. and tb a parent.
owed • moat pleasant evening. Between the song.
Noldresses were delivered, and were moat attendarely
listened to. The Rector ezprysysd hiroysif dellshted
to meet so many hien is in the t'scent. of the Sooday
scholar.. He knew no gathering hi inokei foram, I
t with greeter Internet aa that of meeting the parents
of the Sunday *choler, and the members of the
" Mother'. Meeting." He looked up in the chit 'ran
of to day a. the natiiin of the future, end the training
tb•ot of the greatest importance, as in • great measure
It depended upon the nation's beet interest. He hoped
the Sunday Schools would bee greater Mooting then
ever they hal been, and that mint. would supple-
ment the tea dm,' WOrit by the goof ..XIPISPIId, et
home. The father of the family uod to be the
veiled of the family, and he hoped in a grent many
familia. in the parish the family altar cool I h, ..t
up, and the children tryinol up in the fear id hi
Lord. The work of the Sin lay School tew;her is not
-Fat it nod to be. He retnemh red hearing of a
unwary parish erh.re they he! • Sunday echo I ; it
was bell in the porch of the church. The teacher was
the parish clerk, arid on bin asking what It • t plzia
found it MIS Spelling, ell'i one child was tiught t
Ppall magazine. He said " I thought you taught the
lible, sod y tor chit ha. jtoit spelt mageaine, and ill it
Is nit in the Bible." Me replied • II m
is D.t in tbe Bible I don't know what ik"
Parents elsould be certain what their n learn by
quoit! oling them after azhe .1. The tendency • f the
times an to mparat• the religious from the -cal .r
the training of the rettne. II honed the do! w rid
be for distant when the Bib!, ah old be bani tied fr on
their echo al.. He wee sled they bed fi-a-clase
schools its the parish. They all knew whet the IS .v.'
Day Schools wmi, and the Ychoit w • yl.o
excellent, end, under the ch ...la of .h• new in. reee,
he hoped the 0 fie* Scho would h. the loos in the
lowa. He urged upon 1...0t0s the bk•etne of ,nekin,
home bright aiol happy. S one tool wer.. bew -
log those who hail large II- thonAt the
happiest pPople were th ie., who lie! the 'a g • •
familia. Lo• them train hot f•r the Nileeter, n. that
when the end cows they m ay h. able to meet a c oa-
Oete family at last. "Her. am I and the children
Thou bast given 111 e.
Roy. Mr. CHURCHILL WU Oa I the Rector he!
spoken of being bright and happy. If any ou.iht to
be happy, it wee Christians, and be knew there were
gaily parents before Lim. Speaking of the home
filence, he said by heard of a chit at echoial
e.k..i t Say whet NI I I, K Y;elt, 5.0 obi not t 1.
•• But what does ronth-r put in ti' t.,ar •-,),.. I
ku air, sir —too." Let them remenrier their children
were copying their example scary day. He read aif
as old lady who could ail road • word, yet she know