The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-20 00:00:00

W/JIZZAIt.

Tim On was let out of tbe beg I• 4 week at Ware-
ham. The opposers of Temperance Reform mustered
Is force at • public meeting announced te be held in
promotion of the closing of publioboneei oe Sunday.
So far, well; but then as SD argument to prove their
philanthropic and religious character and to confound
the reformers, they han,l•4 about drink and bran iy,
they swore, they pelted the chairman, the good Rector
of Womb ern, with crackers and cartridgee,sod knocked
down Mr. Wbitwell, a venerable gentleman, who
att•ndied as • deputation from the Sunday Closing
Society. It is well, perhaps, that we koow the nature
ifotemperanceonenta of temperance effort.. It will give •
od deal of point to their oppositloo, sad teach on
ow we are to rearoot their cause. At all 'vests, mob
an occurrecos .ffords • striking oontrost of the
reformers wi,ll those whom they are looking to Mom.
—Pa:UW*4 &mimic:.

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It has been a loag•felt want Is the town, mid we wiek
the branch every success.
ST. Joint's Annmance Amiornanow.—Altboneh
for some little time several persons have been unions
to go through a course of instruction, it has not bees
et
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will be given in the New Town Hall at three o'clock
on Saturday, the 17th This lecture will be open to
the general public, and the oornmitte will be glad to
welcome as many ladies and gentlemen as c ire t
rims. This lectors will count sa one of the course.
Th. lecturer will be Dr. Alfred J H. Cresol formerly
hottes-surgeon at the Refold* Infirmary, Oxford, and
medical atom to the Leicester Dispensary. The
names of lateading pupils ohoul I at once to given to
General ifrielean. or %lige Loader, of the Sqoare
Coarmaroin—" Vier • Boos."—Liat week we had
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winter
mongers have agreed to elms their my...hive establish •
moots every evening at seven o'clock (S Lturday even.
Mgt an 1 the week previous to Christmas excepted),
cionomancing on Monday next, and le winning up to
the latter end of March Now this early closing Is
becoming more general., it is emnestly hoped the public
will " make note of it, and make their purchases early
as possible, so as to enable the estelmem to ohm
punctually at the appointed hour. It is also hoped
the proprietors will not stay sod personally wait on
some, who persist in making it a rule to a always
late Proprietors of the right type will hall this ban
squ,lly with those whom they employ, and be
delighted and thankful with an extra hour's relaxation
from the bustle of day life.
LIITLI LOSSaer TriercaiNal 8001ITT.— fr. meeting
in connection with this s 'suety woe tel ion Wednas icy
evening in the Glyn Arms C .flesi Tavern, and was
presided over by Mr. W. Russell. The meeting having
begun in the usual manner, with prates an i prayer,
the Chairman, In a few remarks, *bowed plainly the
folly of the working man supporting the publictiouiss,
where, when they have spent their all, they are in
many cams advised to go to the union for any relief
or help they may require. The Bond of Hope move-
mallenhtiswhas.brirsety
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In twhehicc"hmbinge advised
roes ..aeon, which to many would be • mum. of the
satest temptation to touch the drink. "What •
Friend we have in Jesus" was then sung, after which
Mr. 'detain, the newly appoioted Temperance
Missionary of the Dorset Count v Temperance Leeoeies
a.m. was called on to address the meeting, which was
the address of the evening. The speaker, having
introduced himself, said he liked something to talk
about, and the thing, although not • pleasant thing to
speak about, would be "Crime," concerning
which be referred to the valuable remarks in
the newspapers of our nation, which stated that
during the lost week of 1881, and the first week of
1882, 14 Dawdlers were perpetrated, 21 suicides were
committed, and 148 persons shortened their lives, and
were hurried out of Ilime into eternity, then main
their were 848 crimes committed tin ugh drink. The
speaker then showed plainly that crime Is the inevir.
able outcome of our drinking customs. By way of
illustration, he vividly portrayed the course of a
promising youth. 900.000 persons, (hi speaker said,
were at the psueent time craving for this drink. He
then referred to • young man he recently .aw in
York, a vagrant and vagabond begging the price of •
pint of liquor, who only • few years sinew was •
respectable member of society, and a farmer of great
promise, but his love for the drink was the cams of his
complete ruin. The speaker then dwelt o man who
Is entrusted with reason, yet many of them allow their
paselone to over rule their rem as, catalog them to
neglect their homes. A moist moving description of a
(other, under the Influence of drink, being taken h .me,
where in his meioses he murdered his only child. The
Bible, the book of books, which shows the home of the
future, and a description of how to gain it, was veil
patbeticaley and forcibly dwelt on. Sir W. Harcourt s
and Lied Chief Justice Coleridge's evidence respecting
the drink tragic wee then commented on. Our nation
has spent £140,000.000 in one roe on drink, and in •
sueesedul year of rammer.. E 146,000.000, arid only
about one half of this amount in brea I; yet in the
year which was met depre•slve to tra is Mere we-.
only £128,000,000 spent,and crime was correspondingly
diminished. dunday Closing was then etrooely
advocated, and the benefit. resulting therefrom. The
speaker said in the °entre of on, sister isle. Ireland,
there was a town of 4,000 inhabitants, without any
publichouse prison, prisoner, or policeman, acid was
considered one who visited it to be like auto an
earthly par ise. The speaker then fully Mewed that
drink made men negligent, incapable, and idle, causing
them, in many cases, to be dismissed from their
alto/Atone. 186,000 licensed premises are open for the
sale of this drink. ft. Gob les and J. Bright repealed
the Corn Laws, and it is our duty, the speaker said,
to get this drink curse removed from our midst. After
a few cloning remarks by the Chairman, the meeting
closed with singing "Rescue the perishing." There
was a fair attendance. Mr. Matson is a speaker of
marked ability and good sound judgment. We would
recommend our readers to give him a cordial r•owp In
whenever be may have the opportunity of visiting
them.
I "AMR 0010111101ATIOS. —Oa Sunday a special
Issinnon with reference to this subject was ',resolved
I in the Co onal Chapel by the paetor, RAT. E.
B. CleaLniViwithstanding the very inclement
I weather there was • large attendance. The preaches
took for his text Acts xv., 26.—" Men that have
I h•sartied their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ." He commenced by referring to the dream.
'stenos' under which these words were written. They
I were intended as • kind of testimonial to the earnest
faithfulness of the Apostles Paul and Barnatua.
There were not wanting in the early church those
who looked upon Paul with suspici .n and mistrust,
He had been brought up in • Gentile land, be hid
been a pet secnt ir of th • CnrStia•is, and on these words
were written to reassure to e t' whom he was cent.
And a very good testimonial they were to any man's
fidelity. Men would not homed their lives for what
they did not believe 10. And these words were so
sham reoommend.tion. they were true' anyone who
would read carefully through the Apostle's life would
see abundant history's in which be bad boxarded his
life for the name of Christ, But he was not the only
one. From Stephen down to the latest martyr of
modern times there waa a vast number of men, some
.1 wh had has trded their lives, and some of whom
had laid down their lives for Christ. The u bls
army of m .r yrs in hraren is very great, and &mongol
them we, one whose 400th birthday they were tit"
oelebrating—or I • martyr perhaps in the ordinary
bocePtation of the word, but yet truly one in • breeder
and more significant mass of the term. fbis oommemor•
ation of Luther was a good thing, and they ought to
know something about the men and the work he did.
People were too often miti-11-cl with merely • super.
SAM knowledge of some of their great men whom
names were familiar as household word*. As long as
they know enough to pass muster in conversation
where their names WWI mentioned Mr/ were satisfied'
But this should not be so; they shoeld try to get •
thorough knowledge of the lives of such men, and a
clear understanding of the w arks they di 1 ani the
truths they taught. The preaoher then gale • 0010'
Piete outline of Luther's life, showing Weir-141,4.11 y in
azarded
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ful servant., and
ard. Secondly,
Privileges he gained for them. There were some
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reject
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would go bask to the errors of Rome were they not
restrained somewhat by a power stronger than their
own ; but let them hold feet to the profession of their
faith without 4Z wavering. At the elms of the eerviosn
.7°T meeting was bald for a short time in the vostrlr
ere was • crowded attendance.

AMS. HENRY zrzaerr S RECITALS.
To recite well, that is fogingly patbetlp7,
with Penoelfity, emcee easy. but it isle reality one of the
most difficult teas aoyocie can met himself. Nina!'
ohm out of *VW, htutdrod do what they will, oroY
"3"sa Imilia•Mo: prosy, Of fidilillOOS o".n
to read fairly Well le soy fee from easy. The bleb"'
set isle b• perfestly liSalra, rad this Mrs. Nowa
maacN iiibiabiy. It was limoisys Ws by 4 libe