The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-20 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE DOECHESTER AMATEURS.
To tke Editor.
Dear Sir,—Whilst sympethising most heartily with
" Worker" in his isoduvoure to evangelise the mart"
I cannot halp thinking he has imputed wrong motives.
" Worker " is evidently a member of the So/ration
dray, and the natural consequence Is that he med.
lastly sets his feu against any movsment which may
happen to hi simply for the innocent amusement of the
poople. But what on earth drink, trashy novel.read.
log, tawdry finery, posblichoose smoking and drinking,
fumbling, card playing, Woe teachers. and 11
' Worker's" minor et-cetera, have to do with Innoosat
and harmless enjoyment of an amateur musical party,
lamat a ices to imagine. Now, although the amateurs
are strangers to me, I venture to wort that they
would disootustenance any source or means of amuse•
meat or "worldly " a iificiation whicheseourageri the
production of anyone of the many evils—even " black
laces" " Worker" has mentioned. " Worker ' too,
objects to music, unless "played fr the giori of
God l" I aim at one with him in • daeprosted ore
for mania when raised in the glory of God, but I have
not yet reachei each an advacced stage of bigotry as
to condemn good, sound, secular magic as anything
approaching an abominotion. It would be wail could
we feel curtain that hundreds of " Christian " teachers
never indulged in worse =uptake* than sulating in •
harmless and thoroughly enj ',able entertainment,
which, devoid of all the evils Kum may think flt to
haput. to it, is for the benefit of one of the best and
Italy Liberal inetatutions poseible, via., • literary
resort for working men.
Again congratulating the Dorchester Amateur; on
their ability, mad the Committee of the Working Mea's
Association on the financial benefit accruing from the
off sets of their fellow•towasmos, I am, sir, yours very
truly,

Visnoz.

BLIND LBADIRS.
To Mr Miler.
81r, —I am grieved to think that 1106 u of our
eaatiled Christian teachers Mould preach two impels.
They preach Christ on the Sunday, Calling on OW
people in most earnest tows to °outer thur slag,
and on the week day open their schools for theatrical
performances, and wiB on the people to gietrosise
Ibsen; I. this conskitent with the teaching of Christ
No. Would "D " read the sth chapter of Si.
Matthew's Gospel, 13 to 17 verses, there he will me
the Meeter's charge to the Ant teachers of His word,
what He would ham them to be. Head also the 15th
of St. John's Gospel, 1 to IS TOM% We SOS
oases, between Jams and His people, we see nothing
of worldliness or anything to please the world's Macy ;
but on the contrary they were to abide is Him, and
by so doing they would bear fruit to the praise ani
glory of His new. 'Ye blind leaders of the blind,
ye cannel wave God and mammon." Is the let
Epistle of John, lad chapter, 15, 16, sod 17 verses
It reeds thew—" Love not tie world, baths the
=that are ht the world; if any man love the
the love of the rather le sot hi him." 'F.jr all
that la in the world, the lust of the &M, and the hut
of the eyes, mad the prkle oflll.lesotof Me Tabor,
but is of the world." And "Th. world peaseth away
and the last thereof, but be that doeth the will of Gad
abicieth for ever." Yaw correspondent " D " °molders
that amateur minstrels are moral and Innocent; I ask
ths questlos Is there anything In gaudy dr
enmity lama, and worldly longs to do us any good
No, on the contrary it leads its dupes away lose
all that is spiritual. lilt " Redeeming the time r Is
It not a low level for one who cells himself a Christian
to hold Christianity in one head and theetrioals in the
other. I speak to that, who profiles to love Jeans and
yet love the werid's piseeness. I tell you plainly if
you were weighed is the Wagon you would be
found wattles. I do entreat everyone of you who
names the name of Jesus to deport from iniquity, and
get the oil of Dirt's, grace is your hearts, let your
We be mare consecrated to the minim of God, Mat
when the Lord shall owns to fetch his rammed
people home we may all be mama them. " Put
on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able
to debt against the world, the desk and the devil."
—Yours truly,
A Loris or Truro.