The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-19 00:00:00

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THE ALLOTAIENT ACT.
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Sir.—rrm a r .ugh c.leuletion I find the l'hoity
of tLe Coonty of 11 pet number about 2254
oft, Th... Innis ar. soplied to .itlfer..nt purime
so el•aation, apireaticlobip., oloh••• di&
The .111•Autent Act 41. • n..t anfortona,•ly apply to
" lats•l• i•ft for • oca.i•mal toirpo•at if the
I on•r I•tr.c.. which ii lee ilpp,red in it..rcbveam.
I A.O. lien •Ititjj.l, it will has, lee, ',en who .wr the
I• r-co. inter. etc I, and Ow rlax• of lan•f• th.t. •••tto, '1 •••• the- tct, the dale- .4 the trLot•••• it, r• ',pet. to
h 1.1. lc t th.. lieu, manoicr. ant e,tegl to
ski. is •Ititl sad, ••Lal. Le appliol tO the pertorwe of
is. ect.

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I. distiactly state.' that "all industrione
vazse. f 00. l character, beim: labourers or
Inwymen. legally settled in any pari.h or dwelling
*thin i• •nwis, being poor persons, shall b. entitled
I' th. ls.nslita.' And tiectlon 7 says: —" The pro.
ni this Act shall apply to lan Is h. 1,1 for the
I. 11-ti• any pariah or pl ae situat.d in
~un. I. ths same parish in which an: h p or
; Jig where the said land, are situsted in or
A inh g t a•aeral parishes, pref•wenus sh b- ;oven
t. thee t a4-ra and labourers, beim! inhabit& t,
oi
o place, fr th 3 benefit of the po Aro! which
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4 :—" Whvre say lee .hall be helti I I, artly for the 'benefit Om pair :Lod
tor o•twr the itworiei ..f the .t.
• ,t y .•it‘ a tiroportion of .11
• r . LAW., :t4 the amount If the r• 0. inc .tee
to ht bLL t • the bbi ir 'hall bear to the entire in. torte
"f fib cue of duff, ream as ti amount . I gr. es
.1 a. t 'iii pr..n...rtina. the .1,1f.ren.... shall
',level to th Ch.rity C iterehntioners far Raglan.'
Wal-b. in thin Act ref-reed tn am th. Voarity
10,...t0ner.. ah..ee 'lee 'in hli lu final."
ti provioi.vi ih 1111Jogity of th,
may make, revoke, or vary such
,bat .y I,n tr the taaaavvment of
7,.....b1ent., for preventlw the same b-ing
'l'll.' • nr partiality shown in the letting of thrni;
n' rul-s, when altered, most be srnt t. the
....taissi..ners, and they agree therewith; and
",tl,l be given gratis to any lab..twer that
7". fr them."
wry f. or i.howsr. feeling aggrieved by such rol-s
apla,l iitn the Charity Commisolosars, and, if the
WellifOnoll.4, they will regaled et altar

such rulia aa they may think necessary, and inch
alteration " shall be observed by all persons and
corporations whatioevar."—l am, ac.,

JusricL

PLAIN WORDS FOR PLAIN PEOPLE.
Jobs 11.
REGINIMATION : ITS NI:MUTT.

To Mc Editor.

The wor la which our Lord adareased to lsrlcodernits
contain a great truth, and apply to all men without
distinction.

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They toll of Boma groat and important change that
Is to take place in every msn's nature before the end
of life is answered or the full benefits of Christ's death
received. The words are repeated in a most emphatic
manner to show the importance of the subject upon
which they treat.
A subject when rightly canal lered and circlet-et md
leas turn in humble faith to seek for the benefits of
Chrbt's loath.

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its necessity will appear when we remember to
whom the words were spoken. Nioademus wan a
religious teacher among the Jew., and one who had
lon • been encagerl in instructing others in matters of
reliztoe. But he is t • learn that no efficisl life, nor
helpfulness to others, can be a substitute for thie
personal change. Nicodernua had Ire g been associated
with all the ordinances sad externals of • God-ap.
pointed aystem, and no hint is given which would lead
us to suppose he had not used them with sincerity and
propriety. But they being the means and the en I—
the dress, not the life—it needed to be shown there
may be faithfulness to externals while the soul is void
of spiritual union with Christ. Oar Lor i was ever
careful to teach that privileges must be crowned with
• new heart, or they only le id to more awful cons
demnatinn. Another thing ie plain from them words
that no mere mordity of IVA or amiability of elt•rac•
ter will avail; men may be uptight and ex ect in their
dealinge. tender of heart, with a degree id reverence
for sacred thing., and, like Nicelemue, as to outward
depertment of life, or like the young man whom
Jams loved, yet if they lack the "one thing"—•
change of heart—there is the necessity of regeuera-
tion. Nor can reformation take the place td this
needed change; men may reform from many causes,
by force, eslf•interest, to regain • forfeited position, er
even t • obtsin pea e withiG ; but reformation is not
regelieret'eri, th ugh 'regeneration will produce a
genuine reformAtion,
Go I's Bs• k e1...0v sets forth the necessity of this
Atones (Itch 12-14, "Without holinses on man
shall see the Lord.") But what in men In his natnral
condition—datum, d by sin, defiled and corrupt.
bearing the imsge of the evil one rather than the
Muses of God; the mind is alienated from God, the
affections an depraved, the c .necience
the understandine darkened, and every faculty of the
men weakened distorted, stamped with marks of sin
and death. "They are all gone out of the way, they
are altogether bee ,me unprofitable; there is none that
doeth good, no, not one" (Ito iii., 12.)
Experience teaches the necessity of regeneration: do
we not see that the mass of men answer to the den-
cription given above? are they not slaves of passion,
crime, unbelief! as unlike a holy God as we can
imagine anything to he.
Do not our own feelings prove the same need ! are
we not conscious • f a strong tendency to evil? and if
we have not realised this it is because f the hardness of
the heart and blin.losaa of the mind ; but if we con-
sidere I our state in the light •wf truth and were taught
of God's Spirit we should then be led to cry out
"Oh wretched man that I am."
Reason itself chows the necessity for a radical
chanze. Are we in • state ef nature fit for the service
f(11? can we love Him as we should! We find
aim thrr law in our members nf proneness to evil, and
even if we attempt the service of God and g mei it is
irketone and unpleasant, and we find we are quite out
id harmony with holy things; and in relation to the
future the Kingd im in closed to all but the regenerate
in heart. This is just; how could the unholy dwell
with God! The met fearful thing that could happen
tn a eineer would be to take him to heaven unchanged;
the blessedness, the purity of 0 d. and the holy in-
,' h•beants of heaven would make the sinner's most
awful hell ; therefore, for time and eternity, reason
says there is nee I of a change of heart. And this
must be ours before we can rightly use our privilege,
truly moral, able to perform any good here, or
filed for the Kingdom yet to come.
Therefore, without excepti .n. the regeneration of
o ir manes. an I th. law of th. Kingdom is re.
thin, univ.rasl regeneration. Do not seek to evade
this question. Look the matter in the face; humble
yont..ll tinder • sense of sin take nothing as • sub.
etitnte, but cry "Coon'. in me a clean heart, and
renew a right spirit within me."
Yount, te.c., A.B.