The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-06-30 00:00:00

DOIWZBEITIE.

LISnAL IiCHTINO AT THE COHN }:xetiaNc.e.—Nlr.
Sturgis, the accepted Liberal candidate, will addriesa
isiblic meeting to be held at the Con. Exanng„ „n
Thuraday evening next., being the first if A series to
be held in various parte of the division, Vell known
gentlemen will take part, and it is not improbable
fiord Richard Orosivenur, president of the &movie.
ti in, will preside.
Cunt) (Mows:rt.—A little bey, mod three years
and a half, son of Lot Cnombes, of I. ..edition , wa,,
mimed on Saturday, and 1101111, hour' after he was
f..und in the river by his father quite Ill.tlll. It I.
pulpwood he warn playing by the street,' and accidentally
fell in. An inqueet was held this (Monday) morning
by Mr. Menry Arnowle (coroner), and it t erdict .1
"-Accidentally Drowned" was redwood.
.THVIVIILK 10111OCTICR15' FITIL—By the kindness if
Lord Alingtun, Mr. W. E. Brymer, %l .P., the Mayor
and Mrs. nregory, and otber Indite and gentlemen
the Court " Excelsior" held a fete thia (hlon.blyS
afternoon in celebration of Coronation Day. The
member,. paraded the town, headed by the Volunteer
band, and afterwards lin weeded to a field kindly lent
by hit% Steele, where sorbets aniusemeuts were pr,..
tided.
WRALrf AN SCHHAT SCHOOL Nati •
anuiversary.oerm.mo were preached
in the Wesleyan Chapel, morning and evening, by the
RA.V. John Pickup, from Bath. Special hymns were
used for the occasion, and were t ery creditably
rendered by the children. Ifni. Dibbeii j.resided at
the organ, and Mr. I)ibben, twisted by the their,
took much pains to instruct the young people, end
hence the pleasing and satisfactory Pinging during
lit,' day. The morning service commenced by the
singing .1 the hymn, " Wake the Sung of Joy and
tiladneas." After prayer the hymn, " Lead see t..
Jesus," was sweetly rendered. Th.. rev. nentletuan
read portions of Scripture lemente trims lbeiteronomy
xxxii. and Ada is, 'The text warn chosen from the
Ilth verse of the last mentioned chapter—" Behold
lii. Prayeth." The heads were—bit, the suppliant ;
tad, the supplication ; 3rd, the PUCCOU. Very
eloquently were the lives of great and g.sel men
emoted, their work and lalsetrs, their death, and the
ram fragrance of their lives living after them. being
referred to. The life of Saul (of Tarsus), the customs
of the reniple, the eminent tutor a Saul Siamaliell,
and the natural enmity which would stout against
the pronrewi of Christianity in the mind ot data were
slearly shown. H.. iittensi fierce imprecation* apricot
the churches, and who could stop his threats? Nom
bet God. And i• journey toward Daniasrais, a
oior full of majesty stopped the persecuting Said.
said the preacher. The lapirit of (bid can lay hold of
a man though he may be keeled in error. Instances
of many Men who were once swtceers, ,le, and
wicked, were mentioned as characters Nis, bad after
wards received the Spirit's power, and itctos.t new
creatures in Christ Jesus, lifow true—
He break' the power of cancelled
He arts the prisoner free ;
/1 ia blood availed for all the race.
Ilia blood availed for me.
SILUI had never really prayed bef. le —not lelere h..
was bowed in deep contrition. Did say—Behold
lie prayeth Prayer, then, woo from the heart, and
I iod would bear awl answer such. Very rich slid
beautiful wen" the utterances that followed At this
1,8 of the discouree relative to prayer. Two leesons
were taught. lit --The :1104 unlikely peromoi
Is' oared ; awl thid —The most unlikely persons may
know they are eater!. Conscious pardon was the
privilege .1 all thei's people, and the %Voni of tied
awroborated this through its pages—lts the afternoon
a very interesting *areas was delivered by Mr.
Crocker, jun. (superintendent .1 the sch.•.ll, to the
children, and a sermon was also preached by the WV.
Join Pickup to a crowded congregation in the mission