The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-16 00:00:00

GOSPEL AND TEMPERANCE MISSION.

The mission wider the above heading begin on
Monday, the let of October, lu the West Faedington
*oll.olroom. when the chair WO/ taker' by toe Rev.
0. LI. lierectuarl, whe struck the key-note foe the
week by insisting that the movesseat should be kept
oa religious ground, ea ii was stalled • Gospel end
Temoeranoe Movement. He said ore ooald not help
feeling that this Is • broad platform wines* all °odd
Join woo would not jAs in other ways. On this point
they were all agreed that druakeiteme woe • cane.
Mr. Sanctuary made some sated and wholesome
remarks, which were received with applause. The
Rev. Wilkinson, from tlattletock, then addressed the
seeetinb. li. said—" 1 must tell you at the beginning
I am not • total abet sailta, bat belong to motion ' A
of the Chute oof Rogue,* cempentooe Society." This
armament was Mantel not vary warmly by toe
teetotalers, ant the rev geotkonan'e speech would
have had much more weight if he had said, as the
Chairman said at the beginning—" I am • teetotaler."
On Tuesday the meeting was meld in Holy Trinity
Sehoolrooosi whoa, In the abeam of toe Res. H.
Everett, Mu. Everett took roe chair, and alt.,
singing • hymn the Rev. C. F. Powys opeoed with
dter whiph biro. E VeriDi gave • very tutored,
log address. This was followed by the Rev. C. F.
Powys, and alter sinfficff the nth hymn in Sankey's
Hymn Beet, Quartermaster - Sergeant Manning
addressed the meeting, followed by Kt. am,.
Tow, ktiggjowy,—All the speeches were practical
and to the point. end were thoroughly enjoyed.—
Mr. Curtis presided at the pianoforte.
On Wednesday the meeting wee held in the
Wesleyan Schoolroom. The chair was taken by Mr. G.
Crocker,jun., who gave an address on both points
of Gospel end Temperance, sod showed the importance
of being more weed to seek alter the young.—Mr.
Miller next addressed the meeting, and aid good
sends/ to the cause; followed by Ur. Peaty, who
spoke very warmly, and at some length, urging every
worker to 001114 out in the open air and show their
odours.—Mr. Danielle followed, and gave an &mas-
hie address, taking for his text Si. Paul's advice to
Timothy to "use • little wine for thy stotesch's
sake ; " but, said he, who knows whether Timothy
rubbed it on outside se an outward application, or
inside. (Laughter.) Who could tell Whether that
wine was intoxicating or not ?—Mr. Manning next
addressed the meeting, f Mowed by Mr. Clarke.
On Thursday the meeting wag held in the Inde-
pendent Schoolroom, The chair was taken by the
Rev. T. Naive, who gave • capital • !dress, showing
the necessity of being, as Mr. Crocker said the
night before, more in earnest in seeking after the
young.—Mr. Clarke next addressed the meeting, and
compared the two points of the movement to Pharoah,
King of Egypt, and Joseph, who rode in the second
chariot (Genesis xli., 4&), "And they cried before
him ' Bow the knee ;' " bit we put Christ In the
fleet, and temperance in the second chariot, and we
bow our knee., before the God and Fidler of our
Lori Jeans Christ (Ephiwiaus Ili., 14), not before
e tempereoes in the second chariot. " I make
this remark," said Mr. Clerks, "Because some have
said we attach more importance to the temperance
than the Gospel—tir. Manning followed. and said
doubtless many hat been led to take the pledge first,
sod then have been led on to better things. —The
Rev. J. Dalton then spoke s few words, and the
Chairman thanked Maws. Clarke, Meaning, and
Rev. J. D shoo, for coming forward to help in this
movement. After singing ant prayer, the meeting
clad.
On Friday the meeting was held In the Etat
Fooliogtoo fichoolro on. The chair was taken by
the Rey. A. A. Lsousr.l. H 4 said OW was a Gospel
Temperance M 'cement, and he was sorry that they
had n..e done more hat year in the direction of
temperance in the parish. He announced they would
have a meeting the first Friday in every month during
the winter in the large room in the C Ara Tavern,
when it would be Noon to all. He then called spin
the Rev. Mr. Williams to deliver his address, who
showed what effect alcohol had up on the system. Mr.
Williams wore the blue ribbon, and left a good Impres-
sion upoa the assembly. Mr. C arks we. then celled
upon,and showed from *even different portions of Scrip'
tore that drunkenness was condeumed, namely, from
Deuterono ny, Nahum, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk,
Luke, and Galatians. At the else three men and
one woman came forward to join the pledge. All of
them knelt down, and the Chairman prayed that
power might be siren to them ti enable them to keep
It. The retaindanoe through the week was as good as
wee expected.—Thus the winter campaign he. begun
In real earnest, and has already been • great success,
although it has been carried out by our own local
People. Another good meeting was held at the game
time in the Temperance Hall Altogether nine
tomperenos meetings will be hell in a month dation
the winter in the town, besides Band of Hopes.