The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-04 00:00:00

THE TEMPERANCE MISSION.

Al adtertighi in the /agree* lout week, the famed' of
temperate.* have been egaged in • missioa to Portland
during the present week. ani it continued NIl the grind
el .'log demonstnation t,-morrow (Friday) night. fry
commenced rightly., perm ins being welched ai follows :
S,. I:Verges, Rev. J. A.. Beam ir, IL A... rector ; S John's,
Rev. T. A. Utter, ILA tic sr ; S. P R. W.
Aopleford. ILA , 'tom Coagnegstional, ft-v. W. R.
Wasik; Weal-yea, Rev R. Ligres ; Primitive Ketweli.t.
R m. W. Is Tsylor ; 31.1. Caddies', Rev. J. Br ,we. At
4 Mem , united prayer meeting' were held in El Goirge's
Smoot and Sc. John'. &moot. The ft.'. W. R. Weigh
Independat Mintster)prssided at Sc. John's fichoolr eco,
and boa the prayer meetings were well attended.
Next evening the fries& gather/a at the Wesleyan
School: mom. F.,rtnoe'a Well, for the fire meeting of the
sisimlan. Toe r u a was very full lode cad rh,rs wer,
on the platform to. Rev. H. Pelhon St ..es. II A. (rower
al Wareham. and Pr... Meat co, the Demi County Temper-
ance). Roy. F Vaughan (seer tom of th. Asec.at:
Rev. J. Brown (Whits Ribnon). Sergt. Halyard (kaiak
Its,. W. Weigh, It,. D. &Ham, and Kr. 13, A. asil.
Mr. Coombs, a leading glow of the Waite It tro”to Army
we. may. in &grassier the salience, and displayed the
White signal oi safety on his breast, other temperance
workers being also engaged, and • number of youog
gathered round toe platform, and hgps I to lead the sing
log. The emitting al trivet the blos rabboos were die
played were oaths platform, in romoasy with the whit'
'Wien., wag have so honourably led tee van on
Roy. W. R. WAUGH hawing engaged in rosier. Vie Rey
PUSAN STools.eh sermon, rose to spesk, and was redeye/
with great applause
Mr STORRS ted :, after corning to their almost sea-airt
alth oagh be woe airs to the duties of chairman, it
would be unbecominr if he sat down without urine a
ward. All ever E island temperance meetings are being
held, sod the = moment, drat like the smell grain of
mustard. has grown o • great tree, and many are lodging
under the be &Melva. From our beloved Sovereign, whom
may (it ,d preserve for 01 SOF long yeare--(applawe)—down
hethe lowest pemult, hundred. of thouoinds are joining
We aoble cam= All agree intemperance is toe great
nWitnal evil, and that in our cities, anal towns
end villages, it.. the parent of almost every all= evil.
Lord Caine, at Bournemouth, stated one of the budges
told him that at au mese 33 cams were brought before
hirn, and every one was attribut stile to the grya• sin of
drunkenness. VA* gin is like the great giant 0 disth,
towering shove other sins; it enters the body, the temple
of the Holy Ghost, aol degrades it; the mast curses the
time when Snit he tub the glom, hot yet be is at IND
publichouie bar, robbing hie bogs, and m thing it
miserable loaded olow it ought to he, • little bmven oo
Guth. This Wsaleyso chapel is situated in F
well, and, ai it is customary to with at a fortune's well,
he wished they might all become total abetatters, and
have their besets opened by God Holy Spirit, to go forth
to win the perishing to airing knoeledge of Kim who
lived and died for us all. (Appleu-e.) ilia I to liwd was
he to see soldiers there, civilians love to bevel soldiers in
Our mirliri-Orilleues)—sad he was Mad LO he supported by
Sergeant Hil yard, of the Mto Rmimetit. As Ise was
coming h. saw mote soldier.. who told him to lo lout for
that grand moo, Bergesot flhlyarl. so as soon as be found
him, be leaked him to owns moms tie platform. (Appieus...)
To-merrow at three be (Kr. Pelham-84Am) was ti speak
to the soldiers at the berrockse and hoped fur • great
attendance, and he would tell them some of the facts
(Wag 0,1 le the arm!. We cennal, see he whole of the
battle-lield, but let us g • forth determined to work with
all our might. law no that there is no work nor device
in the grave where we go. This teniperanc I work he also
yet 'mad in, because in it he oho ok a hearty good shake
bend, with those who belong wit on y the Church of
Itorlsnd, but others who belong to he cwr h of cuisk
and have the love of God in their h-at.. He was very
slag to stand upon the platform in a Weeievee ,he ulroom
and to ere Independente Wesley.us. ood other hilethodi.is
there; we will night side by side in tie conflict, un:il
when weary, idler many • well-fought battle-field, we
shall hear the Saviour say—
" &mat of God. well done!
Rost from thy loved employ
Tho battles fought, the victory's woo.
Melee thy Low's JOY."
(Applaim)
The ites M. Miami, after welcoming the Rector of
Wareham, reogrked the Mardi of Christ used to stand
aloof from tim Temperance CDOTellierit ; it was not thought
reePsetable for imiaister. to be on • lesion I platform; but
now the 0.1 TB bee 300,000 neemlosre mod an increase
14,404 last yew: be rejoiced in that, sod in the
Wesboyae Hand of Hope Milos numbering 180003, and
that «rant sisa in all akarebes are entering into the
Meregges 1:19 Ink Obd•Orrii be boss a tisapsaisce

body from the beginning; and in North Devon, Mr. Jame,
Therm, one 51 their founders, was • most eloquent leader
In the Temperance c tun; and vast numbers were In.
&toed to join, not only the tsinpecance soeist7, But the
cause of Carlin. reciproca the cordial feelings of
the ite . Falb= Stokes, with regard to the various
breaches of the Church of (hrio, and was prepared to
wore with all. Ho rajoi ci that nl),cember they started
to. dor'. .11 the liii, and 111/ or 360 pert." eef' tethhei t°
join the White It.thou A. toy. (tho•topplasias ) All would
arrow that 45 pubictio .o Coot 01 th..quostiou in r gad
loth' circumstaticee til tut. Idom and ID proporton a.
,
the. Lode.. we strewed owe. th, I,hd, totem,c will
entire. The till " tenittetc.se" p-o•g•—ab.liesoc from
aideut spiii.• had It, tried an, toiled, for pe-p:o gut
drunk on beer and cider, and • minider who 140110
SlCOugly OW net Spirits, litit agaillot test italtem,
CU/UMW by a drunkard, for +bona the road 6.1 0.1 Wide
I*mouth, with—" YOU Sr. on our side,' when he gave it up,
sad took Cie teetotal Moyle must either to *up.
por• Sr. or suppressers of intenwerthe• sad the `truth
treilc, and yet he was glad the C.H.T.S. has • general
section 14,htuee nob-teetotalers, by hearing thearguments,
will be drawn in 1u join the aboteiners' side. Dritis was
to the miacoief every wham, so tout we ere compelled to
think of it as the parson did shot the dumpling that
jumued out , f the p..—" The th,,,frii in It. (App soar).
Ittuaar I Mho an eng.nser and skilled workman
in reteipt ot stood wage., toyed his wife and three chilren,
but ch.. dined • liking fort., tut treating cup; he c .me
horn , late, spoke to au angry tone to his wife ; she replied
in a ouni Sr tour, when be look a h soy candleetick and
struck hr deal at hie feet WWI 0 wristlet of m on-
slaughter, Peet tie penal eervitude, 1 rot. d0..1 Condos- he
0.4 • Uck Lt tot trove; but he died et • brokon h. art.
Very widely sod de ply is the vice spinet; a miuieter had
to enmesh on temper dice, acid he .poko of the Mu of di 4,
who indulgad s,c. ell. A Is 4na haft in Um C 'bated..
Lieu "fort!, alter eeked why be iusultoi him I re,
totemic did it it even know him; hut the al.‘f, luau,
declaring lied not be diciatod to, wok • decaliter, mid
drone raw spirit. till, owe, taken by t os tu latneut 01 no
be f II dead ou toed to ioucioeiou. Mr. 11,0 cm a.r d
for • long pull, a Orono put'. • pull an ittaer, and ii wn
shall tumidu this tretnedious etil
not to temptation" he, ing been tug.
Serge. it 1111.1.raltD, 39 u itennieht, said he had only be, n
uot.l t spe hto hie couuedes ; ,tut, bung ask by 1d
Rev. Mr. Vourhan, he erihed to oh ,a sytupathy with he
to lvoinout here. The S Idlers rtiel Aiettusne, S eiety
las Loma has about s,l*), and there are other aucteut s,
the R. C. "League 01 the Cross," sad beside. these are
tl, Lord ootd.ers mailed " tryout:ls," brcaus* they low(
alter taemselvea, and uon Irate shoot ..nyoue else, Com-
thg up Port aad, he saw the embrasure,. pointing all to
se ~ eft tha, it would be dial:tilt for an enemy to
epp o.c , ; but on Idi I were sum tritium ot another .0 t,
toe public insets so that it seemed no *filcher shoold so,
ow, rup Po tuttai-hill. A solder bad towist be itoncla
with tottl &bemoaned; the ell 13100111IllOQ Or uncalled
totoprranct. noiretnent hal fetid, In time army .sp
sad is always aiall,urr. Here atedl4ooll,lr unkard.,of whom
a lag.. propocti to dote himaileaarters—ta hell; but woo
tee time reo. tilting sergeants or that evriul healqnortets I
No; the d.unkards ; alt would my to avoid them, but the
respect .ble Uncut'', trying Ii follow whose example the
drinker fell. la India the Eptscop al Mesh eli•tm are ell
tota abillodnere, it specialty required in Intl.. for the
yaluolo are goneraily ab.ta.n re, eiod whatever they know
•.1 druukennuto is leant tr,iin Coristimaa. The sillier is
token ae an elample tot what Cortettauity does and when
the natives see them get situnit sod quarrel they ask—what
• montage at there IQ ChrliG,•uktr I (Hear.) A I.lliNg
may be of use in itself at tine time, yet be danderous at
another, as When Mouse lifted up the serpent of brew", it
was a ple-ti his (AMA; but when they got to worship it,
Hemittah broke at in ;meow, sad abed it Nahuetan, a
tome of bras., Some things might bout amuse good, and
y t moot lot pot away because they lead to evil, as In a
cavalier the wood, the trio, the Mut, are for good uses,
oven the finger that palm! toe mouser, was pronounced
very good; hilt they Sr. all bad when used in the w. tug
it r,ct,o ~ as wheu that foul attempt wail made upon Her
M 4,1. newton, Molested life. (Rear, heat.) Alcohol may
be cool to, peiteerving earpento and other animas ; but it
is uwi to put dc. •us .n'.ss•ai ech, r,•••,litheCußClU.
lion Sergeant Htliyard exmodeo then to mak, th* young
tate,oteisre. Te 39t0 wilt be lam Dorset Milli:110UL and
specially recruited fro.o Dortettuire, aud we should mile
ototalers iot show, by whom the regiment silt be
recruited; but wale them only intodetators and they will
be jot; all hear the evils, Oyer logy were. (Applause,)Rev. F. Vaunian told how ue a.d been • •. in,,derate "
&Mater ; bus found wet the drink blocked up his
Eveudeltetic work in every way, so that he 1011140 a • Band
ot H Ape, and went to doht the evil ou teetotal prifilpies.
(Applause ) That was for to. good if ether.; bulb., **et
OU t,oshow that lt t• owo g +xi &ow to Leave off strung
trunk, Dr. A.m./Joon at Bournemouth stated, that
alcohol is altogether out if place ilk the human frame, it
towers the vital iotee,_ieducrs physical strength, sad
,u toils human life. He phut"' out tit tt in !tolerance
S id' lb. lii. 01 the le•QA1110r is shown to be mach
letter on the aserade. &tad the ...mount of tostousiers' wet-
ness much lee., In Arctic regions melt *odors cold better
*without strotig drink. CUOMO.. of •144.41.11 Calatkut be ,ne.
ceednl witaout leaving at ed. Oeptato Wahl, failed to
• • isis ecrotie the C 4101.1001 b•ClalLio he took suumalents, and
Weaton and o lior walkers can only succeed by total
ab.tieence it 411 intoitionag drinks.
TQ• meeting was also addremed by Mr. Hallam and Mr.
_

z. D. Rdless was warp "toting" with the people ots
Ruddy OVAL
Next d.) ths Rsvo Pelham Stilt.. addressed a good
addting a: the Valli. ut the 61341111400._ sod 30 pledges
Were t its. La • rentag ine.113.4 •••• at S Pdt sr'. dottool-
r.sul, the Glordrnor. 0. I.ldit at. Sq., prdeldiod, and thd
•pikaioaoci b log she EL!. W. Apoletd.d. Rer.
B.ostton, Rsr. &mow. IL. D. Bade/a, sod gr. U.

WEDNESDAY.
Toe meeting at St. Peter's was a most Oiaci:gitai Lai one.
and ere heard ot no otßder In • very high positi in end •
lady ot toe highest rand in the &strict wilt island tds
31r. D. BaSam, the Lortichett and Poole people will be
intsreeted to Ow, ts sin immense succors to Portiand.
Tims by n meant silrot oregostinish old metrt•ler
dear...pi tire spe eh s, and "staled sit tam" about
• ird in4er.tojroki.g in • very dis.in t style. In tact.
outs admirer remit so tar as to dad Yr. Balladn's reatutable
vo.ce • COhVgllloooll, &lOC' toe Lietru people, without
going to this commits at Me Wm Of ali SChOOl, could stand
rt. tbeir doors and goloy toe sound of his eloquence; his
air.; and s.r•imitlorward manner was also mush appre-
ciated at the Grove.
LADY HOP. MID MISS DIOBT.

Porttandem tort *C11011•010 L., toe caarm of the Wise,
like ...guar pool awl vie 1,0 Yea .4,1111,11 a a Cri.ollo 114,011,1
61. S h r out as tuf TO w.. ou Wedues lay eaell-
-114. What, L. toy liooe aod Wfuadafd Digby
.40,1,111e,d to •pfota Au hour 11.-1.4.• 1.11.1 U ap- pl•
wended thith.r. and th ewfoodirry b flora to, ufued 7.30
both doors et he 1111, 4.6•ai.val I,y op mono..
crowd. Thom wit t.hppettad to b ueme.l the door
Lyl)O4lW the platform wore matt unlucky, for the 0-Mfrs
g 1 10 tifilt,o6,llB to Lb* artaa,olo,ll., a. t * r....tree I ffeaut.
•..,1 6J. raw, fur whim), by toe way. Lady ay •100,0-
,LiCUJII Was a Annan rub to Moe* who CLaarao4. Tas I,OUI
ryas wow alfthaely packed, mad an overt' for meatiod. alao
cpst.to packtal, was bald at tha N w Day School
. .

At l•-orge ttere wa• wag ug, oat the Rev. Kr.
TAYLOR aortae eorgehat o pr •yet,
fn. Ker. U. RAMSES.. coo total. sat i the other day his
attention yea di awn by toe word ”Pcriland," and he wee
suipriewl to dad ihet Por.Lend ii a place whore there is
hot putell•cno sea, wed tn. p. °Os she a& ro .n iatosiret•
lug dr,olte. wh.c.h are protithital by law. (0o loh But
that Portia/id Slat AC on. .0 Am Halted Seet.s, and Lae
wailer wed there ie nor strocaloa planed 01 that sada&
and It. • people ea, .0 caeca adi In Portlend. That
-hewed anal LeGtO .1-re c.a llujOr lts•OlaciVell GO much.
As the new Juno B. I !ow o•ay.:—Witst. Rol • poor mot
.4 hae beer, and ore now go .1 vmtea stoat...if H • heard
le people o Pord ens in Dom% we very proud of their
and he lite t .peak to people oh, are proud o
th trove, at on the wawa Wei Loacented but praul ol
tacit relis.oa ; 11 sod ID 141• G spirit of sympathy that tley
cams th re I. try to make matters better here, and he
nub deelc with Gospel Temperance. Attar • few more
rinnerke, they sena
**o Chrietlan !awake ! forth. strife is at hand."

Miss Wieutigho Moor said itt. Reuel had stated that
h- b I ns to Gores entre sal lore. Dirseishir sad so
did cal, tor too, nor birio bad nevem douule
oft were is no co lot), like Dorset. One tiling she wasted
no see here—temperance, Go.pel teo_o_p :ranee, and we can
sit our temperance trona Gods Word. O. vers. ha
,11 great conifer; to heir, and sUe real it—" We snout
neias die, and be . water soilt on the aro 44.1, which can-
not he gathered up aeon. Yet doth fie devise Matte
that Hu banished be not expelled from Hien." Whet is
the moos o: so Many experiencing trahistiment from Godi
What keeps them men oat women lion knowing Gal
and line lore as their Saviour, and the power of resurrect
nom in tcppr lives! Wu it not this curse of tas driok
Wes it not that which keeps in their hearta and hadaa
them, and mate. the nadir'ea illecloibed and ill-fact
Yet God has devised mewls that HUI banished shell
not it. expelled fr MI Him, that they may bit brought hock.
Toe other du in Boundem.m.ll they had gmant temper-
ance mect.nse, nod be heard • sentientaa who had •
post place no S.otland sty he did not believe eery much
to toe force sod power of his example, sod he was not
s nog to take the pledge sot pot on the blue ribbon.
Bat he went no t•no or three of tne inaltinge, listened. Lod
then said to his sitters, wh were sitting beside him—
" I am going to put on the blue rho,. sod sign the
ol elan" end toe esters let vs y thankful, for they knew
it inesot tout he was ciing to carry it out no all his life,
in his house/lola, am diget his Warrant', =onset all the
peopl. he bad any tattooOe over, he we• going
with it through thick sod thio The next rasetios
when he came doss to read prayers, he bad
his pledge card there, and told his servants
what he hal done, &emus he wanted them to know.
Triers is &wittier thing—we went to alter the customs of
our day. We know bow p,ople expect to be given the
drink, and how, if they expect it, they too oftsa get it,
sad we know tia often how it Pt pressed voltam them. We
want to slier all that, and there ha. been a great change
for the Last $6 years; we have now to give ginger b-er or
other drinka, and if there.. • company of p. 'ple together
some are nd vr sure to be beetotallere. (App's-i.e.) S ime
people ear there is no crose in steins it up, nal very little
eelf-denial, hut she woold not go s i tar as %het ;
them Is • Cro,ll and some self-denial, but we con
socomplieh it fir the Lord Jesus Christ's sake.
Ii we are forgiven end safe, it is not enough, we want to
live for Him. Mies Digby went on to make an earned
app -el to the co,iple to join the temperance id ivement far
the L sake, itlintriilng t4lllll of the prayer of
Jeie-s—"o Liii, keep me fr an evil, thet it nosy not
grieve me," sod the Lord granted his request. If we went
evil kept from 11. we mutt keep from temptation; and
every one gstleend in makes it easier for the weak
brethren eh.) cannot steed alone and whom we are told
not to offend. Might the Lord add Hill blessing. (Ap-
pian en)
Lady Horn next ease. She Is of • iry unaentmlng
appearance, it clot in black j and wears the widow'. cep.
When animated or her soh e7g, her Guantanamo tial an
1 uougualiy ple•eing look. Tull lady vrea the foundrem of
many cog. taverns, If not of the Coffee Tavern move-
ment, and her sp. a delivered to a distinot voice, was in
axe illent Enslien of Glared, but with sprinkling of words
different from those which Southern goodish generally
use. Her language seemed to be salted with North
British influence, though without the accent. She went
more into detail than bliss Dighy, dashing at ono, into
experiences_ After relating.. aporooriateansedot, Laly
Hops said there was nothing like fl losing out God's grace
frea gloriously frei.—(ier. the profile in the reserved
seats 114.1 a g ad look at each othar.)—We see the Miser/
of drunkenness on all sides; bit whet are we doing to
help t Perhaps aline think it a go-id joke to see the
drunkard reeling, Gd eh... Weir mind. tor "Fools make
• mock at sin," A doctor'. sou wee very clever, but he
am addicted to drunkoses, the fret time he warn
introduced to her he wae already in drink,
and abe c mold not speak to hitn, bat she
peat next miming at eight, c might him at breakfast, gdt
him to ep Si th her li, en Mier coin. in spite of his
and pie del will him. It. hal wanted to sive it
Up,• bit sad he c eniido't. "You bey. amm, to a h np.fol
Point," said she. "too ere the were mall f.lc my dee.
()arid., if otos can't give it up will y alio. Him to delver
your Aft r prayer he wrote hi-, desire on paper. His
• s'or sod mother would not give up for his 'ate at diet,
but she urged them to put 'he smell oil of the boas. for
him, and his sister did That win became so height end
eareeit a Chrieta ,n that he wee Gee of the lead.. of ell
good thing. in the perieb. What galled her attention Snit
to the subj. ct woe the terrible cry she beer I. She wee
•-king the pe iple—" Why d Hi% you crowd to Christi' and
a man mist out in the misting—" It is the drink keeps
us hisoC" fist wan b came by God's grow an
abotektor, and no • had been tor mesa fmcol• mitotic:lW
for Jaw. She t mid of the blessing. in her coffee Laverne.
Si.. wondered how people can bee. idloth), so lunatic, as
sot to move • Boger It alter the terrible state or Wags
produced by Int ielcating drinks. Lido Holm concluded
a meet interesting and womenly address with Weiloneodote
of the boy whn cried 'Father, steer strsleht for me,' sad
appealed to all to join an u help those who are in danger,
I, help this and every good MAIL
There were ogwir spatters, sod that Wee ribbons were
distributed. The owed), losollas IS OM Rada=
School was analwood.

TOLPI7DDLR
Edith Annie Sarah Puckett,
FUlliminle—On Saturday last the mortal remains of
the second daughter of
Mr. Seth Puckett, of Stoke, were consigned to their
last resti g-plaoe, in the Tolpuddle churchyard, the
Rev. Canon Nash being the officiating mini-ter. The
deceased bad been ill for a lon, time, and went to
Tolpuddle for her health, b ,t gradually got worse, and
n M oonday, March the 20th, fell asleep in Jesus. after
much -offering, at the residence of her Ira .dfather,
Mr. William HAMM tt. She was ',rattly he oved by
the school children of Topuddle, where she waa a
scholar for some )ears, the nand of Hope children,
from Tolpuddle and ffpuddle (she being a member)
walked in front with bunches and wreaths of fi were,
There was also a beautiful cross an I wreath made by
one of the children laoed on the coffin which was
carried under hand by four members of the Band of
Hope, the villa_ ere shoes I the greatest respect by
lowering their blinds and closing their shutters as the
mournf procession pained. The demos d would have
been 12 years old had she lived until the 2lnd of
March, and of her it truly can be said " to die is gain.