The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-23 00:00:00

HOLY TRINITY.

The bright musical service. a: this place of worship
attrectod lame congregatlooc The oh ir.:ll was
beautifully dec orate!, though nut on quite so extensive
• @code eh in former years. Toe choir, of coume, was
the centre point of the efforts of toe decorstuor, and
the effect that was produced ty the mingling of
beautifully-coloured flowere, luscious fruit, soda r ale
was exceedingly pretty. 0.h,, puts hf the church
wore also evidences of the adulimble taste posseesed by
the frieuds who undertook the teak. The services
both monolog, altithoun, and evening were in keep.
tag with the bright choral:sr of tha decoration.. In
the morning, contr try to usual rtile.et this chord., the
service was full oh oral, prooesai in•l and recsarion.l
hymns being hung. The anthem we. Dr. St doer's
Ye shall dwell in the laud." Another (Astute
of the morning in vice was tho fine fehtival
Ts Deum by the same coumoser. The Rec:or
delivered • brief arldre.r, and pleaded well the cause
of the Hospital. The inetitution was never so
nopulu as it warn at the pros 'at time, aol nevrr
comfortable ; &nil with regar.l t the .lietary it vrooli
compare well with any Hospital in the country. the
nap nee to the rev. hautiernan'o rq.pe il wee the
g ondly sum of 1:12 Di., ILL being c ollocted. I the
after...on £1 130. II was collmted. Toe livening
whine was attended by a great crowd of worship', re,
and, although every inch of available apace was
utilised, many could hot find an entrance. Pro-
cessional and recession ul hymn., al in the morning,
were song, and the 'erotic, throughout was ren.lere4
with • heartiness by the eh .ir an I congregation that
was very pleasing to bear. An important item was
the new Megnifioat and None llimitti• I" Weetlake
an elaborately scored ant very effective compoaition,
the work of Mr. T. W. Morghn, eon of the orgauiht,
who het displayed a rousieisoly skill that c old
scarcely be expected of no rsonst • student. Toe
anthem Was Merthrli Tours' difficult While the
earth remains/tit,' in which the tenor mull was t•ken
by Mr. W. J. Darien. Mr. Ererett again preached.
and pressed the c aims of the hospital on his haerera
In • forcible manner. The collection am 'until t
Or. 41., which mete a total for lb, lay of
£22 10s. 71, which hurpessed that of last year,
although on that omesiion there was one irerv.cs more.
FORDINGTON.

The Friendly Societies of the t iwo att. a I • I .livine
serving at the parish church ••f F..rding ton •.o Solder
last. They assemble I at the Fordingt n Sch ..1, ti
the number of some 600 or 700, and, betel-ii by the
band of the C Company Volunteers (nu for B sucim later
Stevens), who, we believe, offered their antviCaa for
: the uoweloo, mantled to the church by way of
1141loway.row sal For lington-croor. The -e.viee
of a plain but hearty character, and was j doed in with
great soirit and heartiness. 'rho Vicar (Rev. A. A.
Leonard) preached a moo appropriate segos di, taking
hi. text NlLAthew vi., v. 21 in I 33. He preface.
hit ed Ire. by giving to inun I r. of the friendly
societies of tho town • kindly welcome to that church.
Knowing a, he did the value of such societies, he felt
it a privilege Li wale me it ,m once more to their
parish church for common praise and prayer, and
gladly did he avail himself of the oaportu.iity
of saying • few words ti them f-.un Stet
pace. It would be 111 W4.i9 Of ,illl •
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OCCa.non like that were Ii• t enie go on the
• !vent .geo of joining a frien Ily Thy
were all of them member. of ...ON • C:: y or another
already, and Owes whom he .hould like to persuade to
f 'Row their crumple were not there t' listen t. him.
Thinking they would In, better emoleyed if they
turned their attention to higher •.e proceeded
to draw lessons from some f the Nlauer'.l v or Is taken
from part of the sermon on the 11 .tlit, which La I
been read that day. Let them ails tLein•elvee these
very searching quest! ins—What is my object in
liie, what am I, and whom are you or I jiving for?
le it merely to guard against poverty, and ti provide
for wife and chill ; is it merely to rise in If', as it is
called, or is it simply to do G ,l'a will in the po.ition
iu which He has called me, to follow my %faster*s
footstep., and to seek to be made like him? Don't
let them misunderstand hlm. Its aid not mean to nay
it was wrong for a men Li try and rise in life. God
forbid. They ought all to tin in life, higher, perhaps.,
than most of them were likelY ti. But what did
they mean by rising in life! Di 1 they mean merely
Ihc ming richer, living in larger hones., eating better
too I, wearing better clothes? This wan the only
notion many people had of rising in life. Or did they
mean by rising in life simply becoming nobler, better,
ant at ire Christlike men? If this was their
notion, then let them listen t what Chad said about
the matter when he wee on earth, and He
nou.t know beet "Sink ye first the king-
dom of Gad, and hi. righteous's..., and all
this things shall be ailed unto you. Sorely it was
well IC these days of hurry, and thought, and
case to lay to heart the simple loving word. of Jesus
which bad been real to them that afternoon. He
tom them not to fret and worry about food and
raiment, not to be over anxious for their life, what
they should eat, nor yet for their holies what they
shoult put on. Work, of course, they must; every
disciple of Christ ought to work, an I work hard ; but
they must not be over anxious about what w ,111•11 come
of their work; they mud trust that t, their Father
' ia Ihe.ven, who ha I given them their work to do. He
gees them life every day, and WY not that m .re than
the fool by 'which we supported life lie made
thew woaderful bodies of oars; was not that mon
than the dress they put upon them. Li k at the
birds, he said that are flying about in the Air. Dies !
the good God lot them starve? N Ile took as
interest in everyone if them tholigh they were
only worth half • farthing. He gave them
all enough and to spar. ; surly than Fl 4
w ,ul,l take care of thaw whim He bed
to el, in Hie own image. Surely He loved ilia own
ch.l free bettor than the bird. Then, again, ab out
their dies.. Look at the 11 JW•td, that grow
In tao Sell, and hedgerow.. Was the richest king
that ever lived so well dressed as they! And yet
these Sowers ads lived foe • day or two, aid this

withered ay./. SwelY then it the good God never
forgot to cl the the II wers, they wish& well tm" HIW
theta the c o.fies they heeded. Therefore. He
said, .ton't tit auat.ii. end unleash's about these .
Wog.. Ii W+ll so r.ry writ lot tlld heathM Ido
to, for they hoer/ at to.-y hal • lather in Heaven.
The love -I Gol had u vac hem re.-aled tolUsns: '
bat mitt prvaeut it tea, very ottfotent. They
had boort L. ,got livr.l ore, t seir letver. Trod Him
Wets ae He childrom. lie anew woo.: they wanted
better that. Lb.y did. Let thou do took deity Worn,
tbeu, ait ldi well, Ott r thy sake 01 greeruag rich.
hal rather tnat they might p,ease dim woo mad
gives them th...ir wore to do. Le. t,em hot f Wow
ID. entree 111.1 wras liklir t tadvehoo weir Lompoc**
intere-ts wily, but tuo c,urse Lb tt Wee nigh: ;
do their duty at all Maude. ite honest and
true, whatevor it outgo; c ett &baud. Never mind
*wither rigetve,t.mtve event answer or not.
Truth and hottest/ are right, therefore they must be
boweet aud Atli in a thiude ai Gel'. Gingival
ought to a.t, acid theu their lather would take here of
them and give them all they heeded. "dash ye filet
Ills kingoom of God ma i it.. rughteaueuee., sod all
1t.... tharge thall be added hot. you." How iv/, it
then wash them? Wss thst the aun and object of
their lives? Were they escooe• 01 theta putting (iod
hr I and making all she. amulet to [lie gun] ! Christ
did not say-Bthk oaly Is, but glee it always the brit
place. rbeA put with; they wouttl—dint God hit, land
a, m toy toingo as they 1.k...1 woutd go after, provided,
of courer, they ba uot told at ; sot not only might they
add tuem alternaroll, hut ti al would add Wein.
dnr.ugquotei the lives"( Joseph sod Job r 1 instances
of Go 1 sprovisiouionhi.cull tren,the preacher CoatiuMl.l
—rue w bole history oil the rorld.lo•h to the present day
bore witness to the truth. Toe exporieucee of all
thou4httut meta bat ever been the same as David'o.
lie said—iu all his lit,, log he had hewer known
the righteous tors. ten. Nu, the riebtamoi never
were f.reakee Ono. the world began, aud the)/ Wryer
woold be. They bad seemed to be pereecuted f .4. a
time, •.,1 dittpiethl by the wicked and the ir,rally, but
Gal bud stool by them, aoo d.llverod them us Ma
u good liii,, egad brought theta out of all their
tr uthles. ruat is rogot, then, sail the V.r.tsr tu
S thelusion, seek beet toe ittagdom of God and His
rigutsouthees. Do your Oily as Coristith won
true sod just iu all your Jottings. and Dieu tio4 will
be sure to hie. you 11411 i dive you all you seed.
Mutt IVA bigot oosi of yotr ohjaolll Is coming here
10.0.7 is to u attribute of your ow:miaow to the tunic
of our h motel. Iwo, 1 taws, is wed. You profess
to De I oltowers of Him woo weal about clotult good,
and you are member,. ul etehetiod whose chiet aim Is to
help and Welded the sick. 1 feel I need say very
little oh clue •übjeot. lite at, your own r‘queet you
are to have the oopsrtuoity tot gleion, and thereisa•
may take it for granted you realise your privilege nod
duty in this issatissr. Lavine MI as you do in tho White-
Mate nehoilmuhood you must know the immense good
tau Hospital of our doge, withoutwy rellingyoo. 1 Nth
only remind you chaL Christian peop.e are at this
tune In their respective places of worship thaukutri
Almighty God for the bteeturag of • a abuudacit harvest
—such a hezvest at we have not had for years. Itt
those blowups ere Alt have • shard. Ls one aud all
(rod has beeu good ; let us the.. attar our gratitude to
dim ins practical way for His great aod undeserved
mercies, given to us at tuts time and throughout the
past year.—fin 117010,0 GA, our help in ages past"
and the beneoictiou oroudit the novice to a cloed.
Toe colleotioa amount...l to £lO Is it. SD. Sorialais,
the organist, played the liallelojth chru. ae the ton,
cluoing voluutary. We must tuanuou the harvest
thanksgtviog ea, held at (Oh rhUrUh on 5U11.34, the
14.11, and collections were thou male tor the I) reel
'may Hospital, at fotlow COUIWUoIon,
El 31. 81. ;w 'ring service, Co 12.. 91.; chudren'e
service, La it.. no. ; ~seotug service, £2 Ib. 7J.;
total, £lll. 101.