The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-07-28 00:00:00

CHORAL FfBTIVAL AT BT. JONWB CHUM.

A chord fixdival win, held in St. John's Church on
Tuesday afternoon, in connection with the Salisbury
liii,ciean 11korai .tssociation. A very large ciunrnia.
thin lisseinhled, and although the iiruler of the service
WA.. nut of a ptx•tentiiiiisnoture, it appeared to bee
much appreciatixl. Ne)ertheless it was a servioe
cudatrul to promote an object, which we presume the
aisiiciation has a great ilesiri• to further—that 1,1 per•
nuinently i tin orovilig the 11111Aiall 1111.1iilltIA 11 the church
services in gi•neral. The amingenii•nts were (pus!, a
ia.rtain number of seats being reserved for tickt•t•
1,. lder., anil the remainder !deceit at the disposal of
the geni•ral public. The choirs and her id voices,
which particiolted in the leading .4th.' singing. were
If Trinity(We•ymouth),2l/ :51..1iihn's (Weymouth),
:111; Cattistock, Le; ; Evershot, 22; Ntilliorne St. An.
drew, 20 ; ; Bradford l'i•vetell, le; also
the following unsiiri:licixi choirs:— Mbiiilen Newton,
kampishain, Lell; St joshed, 12; Winta•rborni• Caine,
II: Nlinickton, 11, and I iewlish, IA. The service
(e)ensinig) lasted one hour and A quarter. The first
lesson was read by the Rev. .1. H. Scott, St. Mary's,
Weymouth ' • and the second by the Key. M. Hankey,
of Maiden Newton. The Rev. l'elliam Stiokee, of
Wareham, preached a brief, ht remarkably eloquent
si•rmon, whilst the 'Prayers were intoned by the Rev.
Kershaw l'ienein, (microbe of St. Mary's, South
Kensitigtiiii. The other clergy who were in at.
tenilance, included the 14/01/A. Catlin, Stephenson,
St. Jolin's :F. throrter, Holy Trinity, Weymouth ;Bell-
sniter, Weynniuth ; Hill. Evt•ridnit : Ince, ;
N. (Iresley. Niilleirne St. Andrew ; Freetinui,
puddle ; W. Mill. Barnes, ~nekton (the
diocesan secretary) : Canon Rook,. Kampishani j W.
p'.l..'.t(inlinan.aoin• ; Watson, 11;adford ; Validix•y,
Chunisigton ; Kvershot ,
.• and Stote., C.ittis.
hick. Mr. Stone, the talented organist At St.
John's, idliciated at the organ. 'I1)e service was
similar to those which havi• liven held in other purts of
the the is•rvia.• used being Hie one
compiled by the tttttt ittAA. of the I)incesan
Choral .Isies•iation. The various choirs robed in St.
School, walked across tin politic road in their
.irjilica•s, and i•nti•red the west the church
(central aisle) singing as it. j1r0e,,,,4,A1Al C' Yl'
faithful, raise the anthem, Fr.',,, ii,.' SATUIII .
Sevi•ral choirs were by heautiful Lanners,
bearing inscriptions of the Saul.' of tit,. Alin+ and
village the n•tiresenteil. The sinix were the
and the 1:18th. ltefore the st•niiiin
Shaw* anthem, "I will magnify thee," was
exceedingly well wielitreil, :Ind at the close of the
serviix• the anthem "I,oril, for Thy tentli•r mercies'
sake.- had a pleasing i•lfect, it
wa., not executeil finite ili•litabh•ly AA the eoinpois•r
intended it should lie and in 04.111.• passages the
Was tisi slow. Tbe hymn " Hear ii,, 'lliiin
that brisielest, also had a few defects, but on the
whole (wined to be A melody, whilst to the
majority of tho obnsfrtgati..te the hyinn
possessed the dnal nvorita id unfamiliarity and pathos.
Thn service terminated with the hymn "
sinig sweetisina, iiio• of endless joy and hive,"
whirl, was used as a reees•iional.

In ihr tsninr. thi• .4,1011 LIP' i/11.14C11••1.
Chit fact that GOI Wt iiretieut with
theiii at the frstival
if they rrimitnised His ins.ience, anti hail 1111 invoirance
of it, they would be fillod with the joy 4 th,.
Thy -t thank Ilud for the asnoilerfill revival which
had talom place, in their old, historic church in ri-viict
to music.

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collection MU mad. U the clow 011 behnl( the
aA4o)6a6nt.

linhjoine,l i,, a tad& Aliowins the compoeitim of the
%wimp, choir. who took part in the
UNKl;Nruevio.
Treh Alt .r.n liare. Sop Con Ten HIM.
Holy Trinity,
‘teynionth .ii 1 15 .. 3 3 0 0
St. John'e, Wry. - - - _ _ _

1727 a 0 0 0 0
iiradfsrd .resierell 7 0 I 4 . 4 0 0 0
Cattistock .. 11 0 5 4 3 3 0 0
Evershot . .10 4 5 3 . 0 0 0 0
Maiden Newton... 0 0 0 0 . .13 2 2 3
Raterishant ... 0 0 0 0 . .11 4 2 3
Nli!borne .12 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
Ihov . . 0 0 0 0 ll 1 2 4
Affpuddle . 4 0 9 2 4 2 0 0
Stinsford . 0 0 0 0 .10 0 0 2
Canw . 0 0 0 0 .9 3 0 0
bliinkton . 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
In the evening tea WO. provided on the lawn of tits
John's vicarage. where Canon titephenwin extended his
hospitality to the clergy and a her of ladies and
gent lenten