The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-03-13 00:00:00

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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND

ULTCRAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, MARC fl 13, 15483.

DOlOBllllll.ll. ego, and he said to him—" Blade I wised do you think? Mr. Alderman °aroma : I say it is perfectlY Too MOBS NEHIIIINGINGI Eliza Dann wit. diary id ther ought t.• hove ben and we,• not. There may be
aim= noposs, emisanding 0 corzei, (Dot, the Sir's or says the Town Hall le gcg to fall armordarans wiih the byedaws. Mikhail abhelLe._leognage towards Martha Pitman, a :rod Jed 01 r .poure. ei th t elniau smolt at tbit I but
he. n down." He replied, " I hops hia head won't ache till Dr. Ammons : And the Surveyor ears It lo not;
obeeWir) Volunteers, hag, we are WI of trove AOC a-roomer live. next ilo'rr, and on derety.l %zoos it, it *ill be a re.:ent. tram
.tba,•:, will weed_ titY
Seedily, somplahmet said *he went to her back door, be repents tot Is yo Y.. e w e rein m • of po
oPPoihtid aretiug-adjutant of the Haslet 13attraiou of then"
.iimmitbter.cl .He (Mr. Gregory) believed it who le to judge between yop f
,_was, quite safe,. so
.ne hoped it would be outlay jeers The matter then dropped. to bear the cbildrin, who Mrs. Mph abused Iti.er.
Volunteers during the absence of Captain and
°wore that happened. sr;.°yele‘as,„eh,er"u„,4l4ettit': toe ...of!rffl'obls.w if In
iioa'wnt7l%;kelivionlire Poe(
Adieteatt be Marehant, who is on gat. dein duty at TENDUNI. wightlikeddreld, sfuhlensmlaideetheith°lM"antheaonhereitehadothder ywounge.
Aldershot Mr. R. Hoer sail if Mr. Gregory had not br.inglat Coed—The tender of the Ebbw Vale Colliery for The' ItnO I will by tombs. The Illo'y
his pin awl not o' the Pereno e h Yai en repentance must
woman.— defendant r tarred the ele•rge of •ile 01"holo.t..'Yldl 'ob.'s:or:ill: roe' oar sin si •p.inst nod. ;Hs will
DOIIOIIWITEB DEBATIMG SOCIIITT.— At the meeting the matter forward he should hare ikon Inclined ti coal, at Hi.. pl. per t,n,...cc..p
ta
laminae% and said complaisant Called her ch,Hren Oonrict um °lib. p.r titular sin o' tr °Holing pun the mem,
Of thia society. hell at the Alington Hall on Tuesday have done ile himself, become it was • thing that ir .A RE,
last. Mr. 0. Plrelpe Spam moved—" That the demander! their immediate Mt 'llion. lilt were taw eepi--aly 1,',1-ha—y—sewt•—£sll,„lieriL,J„..".„Y rent/tilde. £1; lii. urthe. seal& —Lab Was betted over, herself in ES, to keep 01 001. I hove Ike .vrn a man brought to echo "dean*
the I r tbree months. Mrs. Dimes huel isA was ehev—" Gel hot loved we, en i I hay, trampled ueon His
Affirmation Bill commando the approval and support that the Town Hall was In a sts'e of inestability, shirr. exactly ti.
I ri;el ie t Mr. Richard Tian" honed for her; het pd., said .he bed no husband— love ;0 . I hi' C k:I. d me. .01. I h.,. ,orne I out of the
of this society." Aft,r • spirited debate, the motion which he noticed in the paper that morels( had been £4 15.. and £1 16.. way id Hi. call •t; t ho gi•. 0 111. 8,. ot die for me.
• only what thy do say."
vas lost by one vote called attention to, ant if their Surveyor ha I been the The lateen was &eclipsed. 1 IDth C011iA100•11. —Frauds Chart. • White wat t hole I the blot
such • report then he should ; Feed.—Measra. Duke and Bin be el a • oak,
igeoereer Fists Or gAPLINGS. —A t • large sale of m•dlnm of circular:leg reet•l here
be, ir s od—" We sr . ye i 1 suite rereree•-
, MN, With throwing +tousle Commercialrma 1, near Ipg loesp'i oyyr loot•yer,' Al tie p. 5. If, . adored or. my
greyhounds at the City Rep nitori. Barbican. on say it woe • Very Injudicious set on hi. part to have !gl 3.. 81. per ilr• • bran 8.. per 1001bs Mr. S.'lrinet lib=matreet. —P.C. Hansford proved eeeit:g a lot id bawl, ;di ti e w ,114,04.1 ber..iiily ile 'dud ire I Vim. I
Saturday, some of Mr. Homer's saplings realised high done such • thing. lie thought the proper thing to , brass, ri 3.. ; ~..i., El 2s. 91. , bran, fee. men throwing stone near Brunswick-place and m girt live ; I Von% elf lon lie ...v .Msosa We led
ate. A brindled dog by Mist rten—Hslena, wasbays done would have been to have reported to the i The latter was sac •pted. • Burdon'ebuildinge et 11 o'clock On blond., night, en I Irie het I odzht '••• p wowed of me ceei..l, awl V. t how
bought tor 16 guineas. 'l'.o of • litter by Mkterton— Council by letting the matter come in the gurvey.•••••
Merry Matt 11., brought 37 guineas, and • promi log general report, before it apt-ea-el in the columns of • THE DRAINAGE SCHEME. he caught defendant. —Allied Bowfin.; pr0...1 that Far, Its- p to., Holy that which hi - diet to win- my be yrt ;
the noise of the stone asans.f hie ~or w h, th,. At &AI 11...1 my eArt.. 111*.urapit*t•olt ; put Ili ut .0p ... .h ,me;
draft of 10 by Misterton—Merry Ilea t IT., fetched • newspaper or was circulated about the t.wa. lon, on II) C .LC ruins my troth-c. I lein ye tn ',twig-
A notice on the agenda w.• to the following pp, and be afterwards found bruises .ad a I:asti on the
906 guineas the highest priced one of the II being Mr. Alderman ElarloN : Hear what the Surveyor has elf, ot—"To Instruct t e Town Clark as to the coarse PDC. uh.n I tut./ th • torn. It is no b y ennui. atoll
door—Defendant raid he woe with some ot ii rs and
• fawn 'Anti, for which Mr. Peg. paid 41 guineas. to soy, he shall take in his future nog mi.tions with Mr. of reur I •llliis sod u
.t. t'iatr,Lonrisel,l,,lrf.i.r.oilt„rvs.sel
heard another la Intake • dour with • slick. and 'when that
A Smuoun Viet l'arvisren —Through the p: ompt . Mr. It HUNT : Ve•-y well ; but I have the right of i Burden'. repreesatatires, relative to the land at Load's
aa the I MilL" he went on, the constable took him ; but he did a•I tell )beocmy I: 'lt
' 'hu .11 VP h " 1 I 4 1
, wt.. .... . your 411 I. 0 1 ova oh I, lo Ct yoUtse
action ot the Dorchester Fire Brigade, what might i speaking. If the hall is in -danger, then we, throw any etotte.—The cone, able boWnVer, PM ; Infers the a -ins. Soy 'or gme U,on ,i at sp• c .c .., behol I
have been • undone conflagration in hilll•et'eet• ee" ! custoilmm of the municipal property, alionkt have been The Aseerrserr-Towe Cam said he had put that
cheated. By some mesas the chimney of the honer. i consulted bef, roil we. 'mat broadcast before the public. nrdioe on the area la p .per pp he thooght be had better positive, and said that defendant asked trim to le. t him ; the love oh r wi h 11, hem I eel u , -nil I am gm's'
go, but at terwards he denied bevihg thrown the ' Persu oleri of Y"bis—tty it icy me .0.• nip at •dr .1 wondrous
eggieghed by Mr. Riggs ignited, ad there we. great , Mr. Alderman GagO•MY said be brought the matter get the Council's instructions, in order that he might Mune though be wait caught in
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booms. • because he haew the funds of the Corporation know how to • tin future. He had teen Mr. Howard imix;iew wet, what h 1i t ' tb th t
.6 b iry your rctOra, ali; letu 41, no tn.; •
the aet._....Fice I 5,, r vdat on, -a 1 enabler -.hot has b•• a don • to- you. sild
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tisitier of - llamas iprelilog tt.edj ining how—
Mr. Baporintendent 0 iward and the Fire Bilged.,
with the bows-reel, WWII on the spot in about five
1111161361111 attar the alum was given, and the fire was
qukkly extinguished. No great damage was done.
VOLVINTSIIIB min THS biARTIPII-111tVIRT RIVLL
—Replying to • questim in the lien. of Cwill:none
front 71.1c_imutt Lewisham• on bluiday night, the Mu-
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would suffer from it. He knew bow timid some people
were, and therefore it ought to be either confirmed or
contradicted.
Mr. W. TILLZT : Our 8 can, perhap., point
out what is the weak part in the hall. I can s's no
weak part myself
Mr. Alderman Enos : First of all let us bear what
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dime the la.t meeting, and he bail writ•
ten • letter,
stating that the hod was rained Kens fire yews age
at the sum nf £2,500 It wee purcbwed by his
prtront client's pre& ossenr et £l,BOO. The offer of
the Council must v. ry roui-h inert)..e before they
cooll &crept it; they Gould not swept anything like
moo an awe. Of course, if they liked ti make ea
lacrosse, were very trilling to 'starlets it, other-

guts of Millington said that the preeeot reserve
Henrys way below the number whlch it was
toonsidered desirable to keep in st,re for the regolu
army and the militia. In view of a possible change
of pattern, •hich was now under consideration, it wee
not deemed deelrablet increase the reserve at ir
Although the department were extremely anxious to
Isms sha superior weapon br the Volunteers SW era lie
Possibls, he was afraid that progress could not be marks
arldtedie Wee du, kg the current year.
FOISAITZT.—On Monday evening lent the quarts ly
emoting of Court " Progrwas," 3,033, of the South-
Wee,ero District, was hdd at the It .yal Oak Inn, for
the purpose of electing offic,ra, and delegate' to repro-
. Dierict Meeting. at

the Surveyor has to say before we .. or C
dome. I had no idea the ball was in any way 90A VA
or unsound. f bad not the slightest notion of it, and
when I aaw mention of It lo thy papist. Feat rdsiv, I
naturslly felt a little alarmed. Let ue go into the mat-
ter at once. I would nut care to kick about there
if it was unaefr.
Mr. A. Pore : Not in the Highion I Schottische.
(Laughter.)
The Surveyor r ported as follows :
" I h .v • to report thht the Own :nose week of the
Town HIS is c•anablios away. arid awash nell, Ihrae
pieces of it fell on thei sheeniest to the danger o row
p shimmers. I shoal.' be glut to receive laetrile I ne with
-et /drool to h sving this rt,ir stedos4 aoet 4.

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wi e proms tbs. must go on.
Mr. AirrH UR LOCK : 1)14 not that include lb. mill?
The ASIIIIITAIIIT• rOWN CLIBI : I partiOalarb` "k•d
that, sod Mr. Howard said no the mill was not
included in the £l,BOO. They g sve that for the land,
which was le: at LAO a year.
Dr. ALDRIDGE said the £lOO was offered bemuse they
b.al induce I Mr. Floyer to let them have three scree
of h's IRR,I which was on the chalk, whereas the latrin•
sic value of this piece of land was considerably more.
lle strongly urged the Council to bay the whole of the
nine acre. and s-half, at £l5O pr sore, and to get
p eesion of it as so .n as pasible. on account of the no.
sanitary condiU bn of a portion of the bmosseb. If Hits
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R 3-0111111116. "Hope of Weymouth " Lo
LOOT.. re-opened its lodeeroom on 'aday night,
after a abort suspension of meeting'. in order to have
the row decorated and refurbtahol. The wort was,
we believe, entirely undertaken by Um mother lode.
led by its old sad benevolent P.W.C.T., tido. Russell,
who kas so olten hasutified the room by his gifts. On
this occasion • sod-01..th or canvass adds.! g.estly

The a. at *cep! is J .11 ph's h rafr•it oft iit• dowen to a
(Gott •Ith him. Ills i. • CM, of lied, • t .0110 Of
at .vest .nd mod ternble tcal cm.. afmr thm. I It+d
▪ I o.dreo ma ly. ohm Lb. s ul I. for Christ,
114. af • mu in of ere.t do4refa and morn.; the, not
unhr. q ault's comes a moment of • .ti.foo• ma. • s•rangs
• n • of p.c. mud joy I •11.1. tO Al I ts • ; ,h.y
.• The Woe is a .ttlf. the if, I } a hers aitin( for is
own ; it el vr
k If of! I CI. se, • .fraw of con-

mat- tie °met at he next Distract
Boorovo..uth ; sod to receive the annual belanos-;beet
of the past year accounts from the auditors. The
Cant was under the presidency of nen. B. Forsey,
OR, Kapp art-d by P.C.R.'s Bubb' an I Mile..
secrotar le% end P.C.R. Sh,rgold. trustee en 1 minute
sorretary ; the 5.0.11's chair being filled by Bro. J.
Old, supported by BM,. Spitler and Sargent, the el&
visitors. them being al° present pet offioers A. So It.
T. Amoy, G. Forsay, Medway. and the and tom
P. 0.11. Charles and Bro. Milord, and about 100 of the
brethren. The opening ceremony being got over, the
b dog always first to t Jte preoed•oes
the &tthe attention of the members, after which
oils Committee wee unanimously re-elected,
...a the following brethren were then elected as
oaten for the ensuing six months : —C.II. Bro.
Walter Marsh ; Bro. W. Smiler: secretaries
Sick Yisitors. Bros. W. R. and
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paint to nrimmt farthrr detay ; al.o for hawing mewed
r.c.' sod c .ping• re.poinmd.
The MAYOR said he felt some explsnation wee due
from him with regard to the Town Hall. The
Surveyor came to him and reports I that since he het
examined the budding he bad come t the coo %pi in
Ii was unsafe for dancing. There wee • denim to be
held on the following Wednesday, and he (the Mayor)
decided at onos not to take upon binnielf the responsis
bility of allowing the danos to be held. He at once
oomenunicated with the Committee, misting he had no
wish to postpone the dance, and grantin,r the use of
the Corn Exchange for the purpose should it be not
engaged. In the meanwhile, however, the Corn
Exchange had been engaged for the day, and that we.
the rester' of that circular being issued. He dirt not
me the circular before it went out, or he should
certainly not have allowed it hr go forth. H. bad

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lead was let at R5O tbej woold not sitar all bs snob
the losers, eve, if they 11•4 to keep it In band. He
own lone 1 the land hy the Union, which was let at 14
fir keep, and surely if th it let for that sum this good
rich grass lan I was worth £5. He therefore proposed,
io order that they might proceed in the matter, sod
that there miebt n delay. even if they punished
themaelre. a little, that the mom of El6O an acre be
elven to the Borden trustees for the Mod.
Mr. W. TILLS! : For the whale of the land I
Dr. ALD110011: Yes, for the whole nine acres and
whalf.
Mr. Alderman 011001 T : I think it Is useless to
neirocia4e wi h the Harden truster. It appears to me,
from the terms id the negociatione that have taken
Oboe at this Council. that they have made up their
minds fore fancy price. As for calling It building land
It la quits absurd.
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to lb. comfort of the room, this having been, we
believe c .ntriboted by Bro. BusseD. The wads owl
4 , be o:doorsod similarly to Dorchester Town 11.11. and
with similar results--that those sitting nea- w re
presented with samples which made them lob blue; hut
now they were painted, with • ditto and h r ler half.
way up. Bro. C. Howard presided as W.C. and
the tollowb.g programme was ably gnus through --the
stagers and miters being brethren and weer+ :—Plano
skint, Messrs. H. B. and B. Ittudell ; chru.,"Tss
thousand voice. answered No I the choir • duet,
"Little dieter's :gone to Sleep,* Miss Hamden and
Miss Wont • recitation, Mies dusith ;to c." Wig
Hour. without • Mot.hery Mae Hut ; recitation,

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6' Bridal Wins Cup," Mr. F. Rend II; et,og, "Br..
Old Oak," Mr. Trivia ; recitation, "Girt Wool Fire,"
MIN C.,ok ; dust, " H noting T ..sr " Lis A. Chat les
and Mr. AtJtios ; recitation, "Mary Qu•ett of Soots,"
Kiss R. Pares..; song, "Bin. Aleetien It lugedes."
Mr. F. A. Tao; duet, " Oa the Shineng River," Mimeo
Moßowen and Woo.; chorus. Ittn,tioF Merrily,"
choir • reading, "Th. lar.seeing Chemist.' H, J.
Bogen ;song, "The Prairie Floe.'," Mies A. Charlie ;
recitation, " Reny aod I," Mts. hardy; •,,ng ,
" Whietling Tom," Mr. Meech ; song, ' tether, Pray
with Me To-night," Mice Martin; chorus, "Laughing
Chorus," choir; "God Save the Quesu."—There was
en attempt at eta wing, but the Worthy Cole' Templar
mid no encores would be allowed, as there was not
thus. Of course there was an offer to "make time,"
by some sanguine spirit; but ers venture to rugged
that "intenidoo" only encourages the habit of keel ing
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...only not have showea a• IF • so
nothing whatever to do with it, aid knew nothing of
It till he received one. With ',geed to the lawn
Hall, there is one thing they mist bear in mind. It
was not very =My year@ ag • since a similar complaint
was made, duties the mayoralty of the Mr. Bishod,
when the Sarveyee reported the building was unsafe
for dancing, and on that account dancing wee discon-
tinued for • long time. He cert•inly did not feel
Inca arid to take the responsibility of allowing dancing
there. after the report he received from the Surveyor.
He (the Mayor) had no hesitation in saying he eon.
'Adored the room safe, for all purposes except dancing ,•
but from what he had seen of it. and the crumbling of
the stone w..rk, be did not think it advisable ti allow
dancing there. The supports that had been Owed
underneath the at toe c damns, and the iron girders
that had been put across were supposed to have com-
pletely reme lied the defect. He should imigine some
defect in the girder, bad nosed the little bulging that
the Surveyor reported. As he had pail before, he
should not have the slightest tomtit aloe in *Steadier,
any meeting for whstever peep*e that might be caned
in the Town Hall, but he .11 not think it advisable,
perhaps, to let it for dancing at p-ment.
Mr. %V. TILLIT : The bulging of the walls was
owing to the expanding f the roof. Th .t barn been
collared MIX* that waa found out. It is, in my
opinion, quite safe now. It the Surveyor's brad does
not . che till there is any d sneer, he will n •ver get the
bee ladle.
Mr. Alderman GREGORY remarked Mine of the
members present remembered the cause of the
bulgir g Soon after the building was erected it bulged
a little in front, and it was decidel to tUt in tie-rods
to the principals and iron su p arts to the centre of the
floor, which took away the vibration. That reme li,d
the evil, and it had been all right ever since, and had
not moved an inch since. It sal now, in his opinion,
perfectly safe for any purpo e —for darning or anything
clot.
Mr. All non EX4O:4 : I supper,e the fact remains
of the eromiding of the shlne ontside.
Mr. Pure an .geoted a c tramittee should be apreinted
to emplir • into the report t.f the Surveyor upon the
ens's' I state of the Town Hatl. He thought that
would be far ns re profit itale then discmoing the
water at this meeting before they had IMP ou thly
seen into it. Hs should like to see the names of
practical men on the c onmlttee.
Mr. Alderman GIUGORT congested that instead of
buying a committee appeitited to a empire lot a the
matter they sh old hove a surveyor or archittct of
exp-rience to c anull with the B trough Surveyor and
~p-.'t, so that the thin should be elsered up, and the
Public know whether the hall is really safe or unsafe.
They c old not have better men than Mr. Oricemey or
Mr. Bennett, of Weymouth.
Mr. Popete motion stood as follows :—That a calm
mitt, is be appointed consisting of the Meyer, Mr.
Gregory, Mr. W. Tilley, and Mr. G. Davis, with
p twee to obtain the opinion of a professional architect,
and to a add to thcir cumber.
Mr. W. TILLIT c tncidered it to he a waste of
money t call in profeosionsl men. They had suffi-
ciao tly practical men in the C runcil to report on such
• thing as that.
Mr. Alterman GMIIGOIT We may be quite con-
vinced in our mind,. hut. we want the public to know.
Mr. P es : Mr. Guy for inst ince, if there I. no
obj. ction, might be added to the committee.
Mr. Alderman Ewe is said from what had appeared
In the paper, and from what havi fallen from the
Mn, or ant Surveyor they were bound to satisfy the
public mind on the point. lie was in favour of calling
in a professional man.
Mr. W. TILLST : It is • waste of money.
Mr. R. HUNT : That is your opinion ; we want to
satisfy the public mind.
The Surveyor assured them he hal not circulated
tho report. He was very much surprised to me it
circulated.
Dr. Atnatoot proposed that they should engage a
man like Mr. Crickmay t • thormaghly examine the
st•te of the Town Hall. With reap ct to the bulging.
out he might say, he the oldett tem in the Council, he
reC ill cted very well when tley remove I a heavy
cupola on the roof of the building which wan suppose
to be the Celli, of the bulging- ut Since that
copola had been removed which very few of them
recollected, it had not incressed, or at least be was not
aware there had been any Increase in the bulging.
001 With reined to the Grumbling of the Caen stone
that would always crumble, and it was not evidence
at all that the walls would give way. The great thing
Is, is there an increase of the bulging-out
The Surveyor : I think there is.
Dr. Atomism Then it is very incumbent it should
be attended to. I beg to propose that the pro-
fessional opinion of Mr. Crickmay be obtained as to
the condition of the Town Hall.
Mr. F. Loci, who thought the matter should be
decided as soon as possible, loacontied the amendment.
Dr. Atrantoot anggested Mr. Pope should withdraw
his mutton, but Mr. Pori did not care to alter or with-
draw it. Ile did not wish the Council to rush into
the expense of calling in a professional man without
any necessity. If the committee considered it
expedient to call in one they would do en. If not
they w, uld report the same to the Council, who would
then decide whether or not they were satisfied with
their report. Then then would be sufficient time to
put the town to the expense of having a protrusions'
man. If Dr. Aldridge wished hi force his motion he
must put it by way of amendment.
Dr. ALDIIII3OI could not agree with Mr. Pope. Ile
would have a gentleman like Mr. Crickmay called in
at once to give evidence t the public, and evidence to
themselves, whether the Hall wee really in danger. If
there was any danger let it be soon to at ones
Mr. Alderman GRICIORT thought it oasis, to lean
it to the c .meallt.e. They knew nearly what the
feeling of the maj..rity of those present was. He bad
expressed his own opinion, and pretty freely. The
only defect he observed in the building was in the
a sith-weet arch, the kept els of which had home •
little b:t sunk fore Mug time. That wet all that, is
his opinion, required he be done.
The Ml ii: I would like it to gr, forth from this
Council that immediete attention will be given t • the
matter; the T awn Hell will be thoroughly over-
hauled by a, mb competent person, who will give us an
opinion on the matter. (Hear, hear.)
The Council then divided ; Dr. Aldridge and Mr.
F. Lock voted for the amendment, anti the Mayor.
Alderman Hutson, Mr. A. Pope, Mr. R. Hunt, and
Mr. W. Tilley voted for the no Mon, which was
therefore declared to be carried. Mr. Alderman
Gregory and Mr. Arthur Lock did not vote.

areweiwtedl • Squibb
°Webb ; &edits, Bros. H. Bowling and J. Pit.fielii.
Bra C. Bead, who is leaving Dorchester, Pent in his
resignation as treasurer, which was received with
regret. Bro. G. Farley and Bro. W. Marsh were
onanimously elected as delegates to the District Meet.
lag. A friendly visit WWI paid to the Court by the
officers rrif Court "Star of Broadway," who invited the
brethren t their fete on Whit. Monday, and were
welcomed with the "Foresters' fir." by the Court,
who promised them support on that occa+ino. Votoe
of thanks to the retiring officers brought a very
wicoessful merlins to a close.—Court" Progrese" now
number* 350 benefit ant 12 honorary members,
sing I tour: funds to the amount of £1,554 14, 31..
relssroe oortio at. share in the Distnct Funeral Fund
being 2.170. The balance-sheet just iasue•l shows neat.
sees and accuracy, and the tables a -pmded to the
sanse--givlng the " sickness experience of the C wort
for each auccersive year since its formation in the
various periods of ages "—clearly inilic.tes that the
secretaries possess accurate statistics, and have devoted
much time end I.hour In the work.
1:01ICROITIB VOCAL ASSOCIATION. —rbi. excellent
asrociati in, which h a provided. during its ii seamna,
entree fir t.clas, i•onc•rts, it, we are sor•y to • ay, in a
Instrui.hirig state, owing t•. the defec•.ions of some
of it. weather.. A, j oLe by the foil rwing circolar
i•su-'l by tho honor iry tecretary, Mr. If rhert W.
Hodges: —'l I. with , onenierarde reo at hat I hare
tog es nor ice that the we-hip prat-lice* of members
must be di.c.enliou d. The usual cir.:illar was is•ue I
calling the alt nt ion of mtmbers t the dato filet tor
the first pract es of the 14th season, when the names
of 34 members only were receive I; at the tecoeil
practice the total reached 42 A seeond circular wan
sent out Feb. 23r-1, re.ultins In the arlditirrn of four
member., making a teal of 46. That this Is a most
unsatiefact rry state of aft sire, with rented Xi members
I. very apparent wheu c•rnepere I with last year ' • 76
members having j toed the first laaweararea. anl IS
now names were ad led in the s.c rnil htlf.seaeon,
making a grand total of 91 minnter.. The attendances
at ti• proctices do, ig the whole if last sea, in were
very g,ocl. th. concert. anti the meted) rs
proved theueselvea equal to the w rk put before them.
I wUI now wk. wli it r,is.n is tiara for thit gobble
charge i! Coate exieting ciicomerancas there I. no
alternative but to gine up the practice.. The con.
doctor. who has proved himself woltiiy of the c n-
fide. cc of the mrinbers dorm( the past 1:1 year.,and who
has the welfare rd the aserociali•-n at he at. i. r-a ly to
returns the prac ice eviien they come forw ir
I to
sufficient numbers. It remain., therefore, with the
moorhen t a determine whether the vocal la.@ KiatiOn,
which bee, without doubt. &Corded great, ',Lannon to
the music-lovint inhabitants of Dombe.ter and its
nelghbouehood for many year., shall cause to exist or
not. A vet y decided addition of intereet will now be
necessary to enable it to m.intain its previ
efficeler oy. I are I not assure members of th . interest
I take in the prower Icy ..1 the V. cal A.socia.ion."
ESTIIIITAPIMIIaT.—An entertainment in aid .f the
Good Templer Piano Fund WAR held It the:C Soo
Tavern Hall. South—treet. on Wednesday oyelli. g.
Previous to the PIMP, a c Bee supper wet hell, when
about 40 partook of an ex....ellent repast, provided by
Mr. I. Parsons. At tho entertainment blr. I. Parsons
took the chair, and a prig-amine of an interesting
character was gone through. Ths following was the
programmo :
Duet • • —Piet 0 oar Viola,. Kr.pone ...I Nis
Iteertatioli „ Mr. Dlooner
.Mr. Menlo
tattoo .." Drunkard's Vise .. Mr. Parsons
Soo
Rartatic; Mr SMosausn
.. Mr. Mavens
=OW; ;;Flreen—ares Wedding. " =ls
=tali n ....Charge of the Sin Mundt., I" . Mr, SlA:et.s
Don ..“ Mr' to Mr trassolort," Mr. Dose. Mos Potr cy
Solo ..Conawtona.. BLako
Dust Plan., and Vio•ln..Mr. Jones, Ml,s Poo cy
Song . • • .. Mr. Bit genii,
Sass (to charsolsr) .. • Mr. Swains
At the Clone of the programme • laughable farce,
entitled " No. 1, bound the Corner," we.
capitally renders I by Messre. Parson., Dean, Trew,
and Allen. The programme wa+ certainly an
amusing one, and the audience testified their warm
appreciation by the applause which greeted th rse
who took pot in it. The recitations were eloserlir'glY
well rendered. ari adro the songs. The duets by Mies
Pouncy and Mr. Jones, and ale.' the former with Mr.
Dean, were admirably gins through. The farce was
highly amusing, and reflected great credit up to the
wean. And.tanos ware also rendered by a military
brother la, the song', who caused much amusement,
lx ittich praise is due to Mr. Parsons and Mr. Dean
for their eff lite in prometiog the eatertalriment.

Mr. A. Loon: I should he pleased to second Dr.
Aldridge's mot' if I thought for one moment it would
be suooes.ful ; but as they gave El 800 for the lead.
which is nearly £2OO an acre (V it as correct, and I CM-
not think for • moment it is), I don't think we can
expect them to let us hare it for £5O cheaper than they
gave for it.
Mr Alderman E3lBO, : I am only very sorry we
did not accept the recommendation 1 Captain Mild-
yard in getting the eight acres of Mr. Myer. If we
had, I think we should have been out of our difficulty
now. But seeing that the anmeil thought well not to
accept his recommendation, we must press on and get
tilltorden land.
The DI•TOIL : I under tool he woul I not sell.
Mr. Alderm cc Elms : You most not lose sight of
the cm uls .ry power.; if it i. appl cable to one it
would he to another. I wee very a cry it was not
accepted, for 1 thought very highly of the soundness
of Captain Hil rec mmendation. If we cut
get this land at £l5O an acre we shall be fortunate, but
I don't think you will. Still if you do not make the
offer you cannot ,nt a refusal.
Mr. ASTEUR LOCK: Then I well second Dr.
Adiri proposal.
The A/VISTA:IT-TOWN CLIME said if they proceeded
under the Lands Clan.e. Consolidation Art they
would be boon I to proceed under a-bitratioe. They
would be bound to make an off -r, and then go to arbi-
tration re to the value. P,rhaps their off -r would be
quote I against them, unless Vie, came to an ogres-
tro nt lender the new 8 ttled Estate, Act, which, is a
new Act, had hardly been referred to y t Their offer
would be the WWII of reference under the Lands
Clausen Coca vitiation Act.
Dr. Aldridge'. moan was put to the meeting, and
carried sem coo.

Leis hours, which shOuld be iioi led, apscially Who;
SO many youog people meet in ledge, sod hose to go
afterwards to their homes.
THE 1118810 N AT BT. NARY'S.

&Inn ioo or dr ath." And ilt n I hese ro 1.-d main and
&saki that aft.r t .is thew, low ono. soother change. the
herpr g has rub Its I. and thnl.b hos b en hi•lden
tird -r • itaripr cl ••1,1 eira ; you I ear them
d. r i,.1 nays I'. I tho iiht I h.cl tow d pease ,• but the
whole thus hat ilis.ppeo•ii I kr • dr• ant, .•nd I am
ker, and in • upon orrlor .1.1 c,nd trot tit n irforia
Lo •t titre, baithr,n, e t d . own in the presence
heir b o rnjoyin.. t .• out er ra-.1. they
h ire h d that p in. of el - -, Tern wrirn thy
r .n nly b r c-lilyt e Aura int— venion rt J sepia
Wbs• is ...tit d n th• s • rat Its the apprehension of
J w.ph, ad er at by the sin ar is the direst
apprehrnoon o Cnrist Ti is. I twin of j i, an
• n.ourrg as iot which ei us l.w OOPS 164
so.; bet Saws sten stairs us ta fist opts it But

Tice wisest workers of the Church at St. Mary's had
well permeated every securable place with Intritations to.
and iii ormntion shoot, the comma mission, and after con-
sideraine gp:ctati in, it was comment rol on Saturday night,
with • prayer meeting at the sett iol. •hero at gathered •
latger number than we ever rememher to have seen at •
listurdno night wayer meeting, and an earnest and
addrus wee mess ti the Sunday echool teachers
and otter Christi on workers by ths Hes. J. StoPholift-
On Sunday Ore mission opened, not more Mooniest, but
more publicly. and the erdlnary morvice was attended by
an extraordinaiy. emogrextstlon. In the afternoon, at three,
there were no lets th n three nutting', for children and
young people at Christ °hutch ; Kn. Crouch spoke to
WOrnen at S. Navy's Schiul ; and the Rev. W. Hay Aitken
at St. Mary's Church g owe an addrome to men. The latter
ban. voice of considerable power, and • fordble way of
isagraonlintfurdtahy'aTermrool-waltha6wlitstrtesit7eas, conm°mjcsod
remark of the cud nary p I b owe done co harm,' he
showed tio• tbe talents committed to us by God hove not
been turned to the best use, ho. indeed when He c Huss
tin-tire an arc mot of thhoo. shall onto Mole to repay
Can't rot par Lb* poem I hack with profite, C on% rott ley
it bock whole, thou cone, p sy what you mu. can you pay
5c in the I Ah no I not even that. And yet you soy you
have done no knot I —The SwPel w.a presented in
straightforward way: bit of this the evening sermon will
contain • specimen. The row diction •as very large,
seen the window mat. being 11 led. The text wag from
Genesis xiv., 4—bon y in the firet leeron appointed f ir
this eveninit'a service—" And J *ebb said unto lots
brithren, *Come ne or unto me. I pray y an 1 they
come near. An Ihe said 'I am Joseph our in other, whom
re sod tnto Egypt'' [rb. D.. 1. Won wee 10 full that We
mast omit Some of the turns of thought, oh • r,loy the dra
was expressed vla to...intim.. end give coo,. of the
framework of the preachei's dacourse. In this course of
it he mid :1
By a stronge and circuitous route Joseph's brethren
were brought new unto him; the • onderful otory which
has been Se fall of {Weiset from oar chtldhood topes:J.
and which has not is: its interest now that we are men
and women, mar be deem ib d as the way" nod mean. by
which God brought Joe -ph'" brethren near tint t Mtn. And
in it we may learn the wartime nay" awl 113• SOS by which
G is p'eased to brag us, the y nog •r bre•bren, to the
Elder IBrother, Christ. Jomph's brethren had been
inhabiting the loin, house, partici', iting in the same
plosseuro. and yet we may almost Why Ih- re WAS en
immemureable diatom's between him and the others, the
difference between 'elfishness and benevolene bet et au
gloat and innocence, nausea and purity. These In threo of
Joseph, thosgb older than he, were already far behind
him, sank in habits of Ineaseratity and vice; between
Joseph and his brotiren, though bruught into such Moos
contort with etch whir. there wag very little in comm-n.
Bat God undertakes to Ming—not Josoph near unto lots
brethren—for that would have been to degrade the sours
to the impure. to drag down Joseph to the level of his
brethren—hut 0,4 undertakes to bring Joseph's brethren
near unto him, and In this chapter we have the
deecrip• ion of the ways and means which ael used.
The first owns too this end was the entomb te • paration
between Jorph and his bcethroin ; tbe first step woo tab, D
when, in the ;world ,nce of 0 el, Jos •ph We• remora I
from his brethren's oil,. And it, Img as the Elder Brother
of the hurnon race woo tome with us. man seemed to be
inc ',liable of enjot ins lecithins it, a real fellowebip with
Him; even those who had been longe-t with Him did not
understand the real import of 11,. mit.t in, and it wan t
until Jeans Corist was lif.ed no from the eat th that men
began to be raised to the level He writhed. The vett
who eni iyed His fellhwohip outwardly and seemed so in-
capable of and Mending Him, begsn, al i uncus ci 'ugly,
to he 'pinto .1 mod, and tips' very men were filled with the
influence o f the Holy Ohio t, and rose to the f lb siship of
tbe Divine. 8,m.0f tts may think we hsys lost • great
deed la our Master having gone away ; but amongst the
many things we hove to Omsk the Lord for, one is that
Ile hem been please' to withdraw His own personal
presence. tbat'eo • to. knowing Him no longer after the
Rest, might be bound 1. Rim in that wondrous relationship
that death can never break.
. . . . . .

puj.;n-

✓vissooh• r tho a it nr Ire. reviirrel or regvnelretiOS with-
out a booted de ot the Reratimat,,r •it is only Jelly*
Gb it. oho lab. Gin, roil new li•e, aid tlie new life does
n.ttlUtillbtiP.t'eh .4.1 Jesoos C rise rie ie.
the Gt., noi In t life I rensemhwr at the erd of one of Mt
enrouool.. loot it ih are litho l.d n I v.-Y lon Otr. to
COMO ILO &WU •r TO in Among I hem eras a woman,
and, ai we rr,yed, it r eves I,..caine fig ivor expre,i
so in an today, •'.d I r f tee a wiord to lot illumined
with j y, and 0%0 want away quit. coma d. I also
incited tbe peopt. *b. did no iso bingo on to clew tot
0.011 and aam natt nail day, and not, no them walk& very
wov,,no; hot bar t 1••• diii. ry ; all th• hat
left her fee, I said—' You do no: to k quite.. bevy:
as riu did then." "Or salt eh... "1 aoi
"• II a e tine o to he misarattle r e Paid-- I had •
vision of Jesus in Ili. v.l -y sot night; cci aras kneeling
on ibis .p 1 I gm Him touting t .earde use with th
print 01 toe nails is Ili• h indr, •Ad a faring • xpreleion
on Ili fee., and w.ia h.ippy 11,eitir e I.ihoombi if I taw
. ,

• BONI or

Mr. Alderman GRRGoar (who referred to the
mention of his nsme by the Surveyor in hie report
with referees, to w.c. deters., a. baying, among
others, 1, fringed the bye-laws by not having a separate
ci.tern f w every w c .• hi. name bad been
mentioned, he thought he bad the right of an ,
explanation. ll* did not know why the surveyor had
selected him.. one of the many delinquents. bat be
was very '64he had done en, because he was there
to speak for himself. He bat weeded that the
cistern erected in his new villa was not in sec nlanoir
with the bye.laws. The cisterns recommended by the
.Jrveyo- were perfectly useless. He had purchased
them, and put them in, hut he had been obliged to
take them out again in every butanes, and all over
the town he was informed the same had been done.
They did not hold much more than a taaeup full of
water, and pe rphe could rot live in the houses for the
stench. He appealed to Mr. W. Durden, who, be
thought, would c ,nfirto him in the matt w. He could
al-o appeal to the Arietnnt-Town Clerk. However,
that was not the question ' • he maintained that the
cistern was perfectly in accordanoe with the bye-laws.
The Surveyor replied the bye-laws stipulated t".at
each closet should have • separate cistern. and Me
Gregory had ollla to 101,PlY two.
Mr. W. Ticapitx : I have cisterns supplying three
and four; whet objection can there be?
Toe Surveyor: Simply the bye-laws. I have no
objection my-elf.
Hr. W. DtraDER • I think that is straining • point.
Dr. ALDRIDGE: le it or in it rot in aoo Ideate, with
the ID e-lswe ; if not we must have the bye-laws
altered.

Mr. F. LOCK thought they ought to be altered.
Dr. ALDRIDGE remarked It wee the Surveyor's duty
to sea ther, warn notblar cootrsry to the bye-lairs is
the erection ol houses. It so It was kle duty to bring it
Woe. the Council.

..:1;;74..- ire or-X..-- But Wig
all gone.' I aid—"!it am very tiedakful it is ell gene ;
you were ',Midiog toUr c Joffe:hoe to this seiner dreary
rev. lota, on his rin.on ; hitt your coolie' ,ne • should be
in t .e p sc pt on of Chriiit Hintmlf, sad if you were root-
ing upon Him last nide, th re Is no reason why you
should not rest upon Hini to-night. Nagel down with me,
and loaned f salvos the L rd t . gin you back the
Odra, ask Hon to r.ceive you b clue. He is Jesus Lite
8..,,,u.' fine knelt down, and told the Lord that what.
ever ithe was He could tr treat her out, oni you should
theuld have seen the cow Iteht of peace in her croon
tenoeee, awl she .41 "It it all right now." ant went
away with the calm, spored pee, which epilogs nit
from boated emote ii., but from .roet in J. son. Do not
wait for any each debt: 'he only vie • dosses con-
Mance is int. Christ Himself; aid only when you are
resting on Him c .n you be safe.
It was et -r this p tees that the moment of their most
grievous trouble emelt. They came stele before Jolla :
but the kindoem and geniality which diologoiehed im
armed to have paosed away, alit they felt thee. Ives
brought in amity Mid. eramen. There comes a moment
when ere find ourselves br .tottt bee to fan with the God
ahem we have sinned menet. when all our sube Ilona
are swept away. So it was with Joseph's brethten; th-y
emold only say—" Whet shill we say unto my lord!
Whit Awl ms speak I Or how shall we clear ourselves?
Go* bath found out the iniquity of thy servants"
They had no Immo to plead, no aroument but his mercy,
end than they put thenteelv.• iot . his bands, and I.
themselves there, and thus it w. that all num right.
They have no •Zellae; they cii oily cry out in 'their guile
And that daik hour of complete pr strotion IN the
is •mont when too ere brought Into Vie prmenos of your
Saviour. Thank Got that you are oeer•helrosd. You
will find In the c int.e.ousneas of your sin toe Hi. bowel,
yearn towsr Is you ;Joseph cried rot mei said—" Let all
go out from my proven. is; none mu t he 'Tenet when
Joeeph rest.ln himself to his bet thriin. and dors he stand.
all alone. There comes • moment whey es.• Sul ourseltei
alone with God; Chrotian frieodt may talk; but if a man
is io be really c .avert .d to 0 d, th,•re comes a moment
eh-a every human help must ter withdrawn sod every
man must st.nd aloes ter.• GA. There you stand a
breaded eriminal in God's eight —alone with God, Ams
uhr c no eyes fixed upoe vi u and read no you throueh and
the, ugh, sod then you fel er oit your self ...caution—
" What shall is, / Hoe can I deo. myself I God bath
round out the Mitt oty of thy Germ, t."
Theo c imes th • r.vrlati in : I arn J ph, your brother
Woodrow; moment of sevolat n why r we see Him just a,
Ho is then it is • e hear Him pay " Ch,. • near unt me
I p ay you," end we eh et ed so far off .carce y dare
creep up t • His feet And once learn, we hear Him say
"Come tiar unto 24 • ; I am He whom your s ne have
nailed to the moot ; I am He who for tour rakes ens con-
tent to die." I h.ve the ',Kill to ea) —A is my jy to do it
- C urn near unto Me. Stead hack ye power. of derk•
r unsomed sinner
dar"aser, nasav'ruiliiheevehr7lta. 01 h
ceoft7h"e'reledteelhini ne d There in
pardon in every drop of the blood th tt Jo-us shed; His
arms of love con wrap you ri told, and me whisp r of His
pardoning grace can sound in your ear, and you, like
Joeeph's brethren, can know th. m of the miserable record
the paid is buried in eternal oblivion. Taus it Is that
Joseph's brethren ester De ,r.
lire we generate to-night Its.. to deliver my tuesegtoth lot
the nom- of that Gal, in the name of the, Elder Brother who
has taken upon Him.* louse humanity, tat we might be
brought oe•r. I have to sty ont you—.. C Dear unto
me, I pray you." You are • lon, ear off yrs. the world
I, a long way off from b•even ; the king lom ..f dsrkneas
I. a long way off from the kiegrlons of light; but Lowe
hao bridged over the ditt.ric and elthougn you reel, end
rightly feel, that lOU are • I -no any off, yet it is p sobie
for you to draw at near as ever Joseph's brethren did, and
neater still, for He prop.al hi derail in you end yeu in
Him; you •re to be bound in the we n haus uoi not
eternal love. Oh, brothers awl •itte re, you hove been
without God too lost ; your eilturtunffi-s bans been
wailed ; you have been wander'n t further and further
away into the dark ; hut it is the vOice of Christ that
weeks ; they aro the arms of infid clove that an stretched
out to you—" Come near." I pray you to let it be written
of you as it wan written of them—" And they came near."
Let us kneel down and tell the Lord (hit it shall boss.
The immense congregation then regard for &short time
In silent prayer.
The fieTVICO4 continue at the rate of three or four each
day, during the mission fortnight, when special arrange-
ment. have been made for the early thutt•neetp of shore.
On Monday night Mr. Aitken rent aged the gobbet
which be had commenced on Seam evening. After
recapitulating the steps by which the brethren of Joseph
arrived at their position, as they it. o I brfore him llTflan•
log out their utterancis of contrition, he called special
att,entinn to some of this group of sorrowful men. nut—
Reuben, whom he took as the type of the self-righteousman, who found no difficulty or danger in the way. It
was Reuben who protiot d to Jacob that there wee no
danger at all be only had to sold Benjamin, and the
thing was neteled,and "111 bring bison it unto thee..lay my
tw0..." Reuben is the self-•ighteous man, who,th.•uola
deeply guilty at heart, etwnda I. r ••rd with oompiete
'ie....nee; hut who is silenced and has nothing to edwasee
*hiss the brethren are in the sorest of their difinulty.
Let us remember Reuben always has to he *deuced
before your ran oome into the preamos of Chris; when a
mori says that hie own riabterousorse la but as filthy raga,
then, sod not till then. Is the way to the mercy seat mem
The nut is Simeon. He and Levi were brethren, noble.,
pitiless men, of whom deed. of darkness might be ex.
erected. In all probability Simeon lingg.s..l the con.oiracy
against Joseph, for it was not Keeton t a eldest who did
so, and ahem Joeeph singled out one hi be kept in prime.
it was Simeon. He represent., the man of rseiviroos
hostility to religion, who Unseat with harsh violent things
to say against all such movement+, and doubtless we
ehould bear of Simeon before the mimlon wne over. But
Simeon must he pet in prison, and the preach*, told
several instances of violent op, criers being milenced. One
wee an Irish country equire,who Ist e r. whorl meeting bring
spoken to, rated. and told the ticor—" I am ashamed of
you, sir, ashamed of the Church of Ireland, ashamed of
714 l to
tu
the religion I have been her...girt op in, re ting up snob a
mon of exeltemi nt w th silly women." But next.me
he gent for the viear, who 'mid him peen; his libriery,
smitten Otritogh with neon,, u• til w is ri co
C Irish Toe next he no' iced wao Bent -min, a man of con-
siderable aminhil ty of charret -r and apyareill telemeter...-
nen ; hut Gad orlon e-nsvie's us In the very things
wherein we seem tt he blame'ess, and the cup wee found
In llenjemin'• sack. So the pereon of natural anslabilly
and general kieellin• es and goolnese of lle is often con-
vies I in tt see very quail' se We should not underviffue,
and he did wit by any means think lilt's of, such
qualities ; but ate they not given by 0 el in order that we
may win those arOODU to His side I 11w. use our kindly
disposition to increase our own p polarity, then may we
be oon•cted by God, and the cop he found in Benjamin's
nark. The Met noticed +whet oh, petit itu the least guilty of
any except B enmity, and wet the one who felt most keenly
the guilt. Itisludah who adopts thetruis plea IseSer.../onspit
who cries " What shall we say onto my I.od, and how
;
shalt we clear 0-0w1...1 God bath found out the iniquity
of thy wr•ot•e," and he plsads so that Joseph Could DO
longer refrain bitnalf. And so it mast to, the self.
riebtenoe most be silenced, the violent opp- ear must be
shut up, Seljamin the amiable must be convicted, and
Judah mutt offer the plea of complete tintimiesion, and
Gen Joson will no longer be able t refrein itloteell. but
c-y "Slant back ir t.rposing forces ; h-lug the guilty
yOccuoupti";iris.iimd'ilenrdtcy:".dyg:.irlatncit:i
moo., oses.; Ist it rot gnaw I you ; I have paid the
ransom ; I have bought you back from death and
ad•strthoce tprios.ti;.nlett;ymnuyr
tont.l,:dod.
shoo
som onto me. I prey you, come near.' So the wounded,
guilty, tronbliog sinner dares t come notz, and like
Thomaa, creeping near ti the Savioor's feet, we mods out
out
oohanrditsossonotal potrotdtrhemit
thotomtbtoe Stiviolouhor
wondrous .e.teey • My Lord and my 0,4- Abel we
draw quite near. until we con feel tito toiti h of His love :
Go? grant it. Amen.
An after -meeting wag held, at which hymns were
solemnly sung and Prayern offered, whilst persons' dedica-
tion • as invited. It ens a eolemo time.
Anothi r immense congrerstion illlel the church on
Toeslay evening. The voluntary choir appeared to have
gained more coot tete., end ming wit. pleteirg firmness,
although the cherub. of some of the hymns weeny...daffy
solemn. The prayer. •DPlllred to be effend sri isms
heartiness, and the innocent of She minion, as for as on'
could judge, 11..1 geinsd streneth, thnogh the principal
missions,. It.e. W. Hay Aitken, was mare!. even more
from the cold In the h-ad weld, would daunt the spirit of
a less determined men. In fen Mr. Aitken is not
altogether unlike the Rev. W. Shuttleworth, but be is
rather taller, and has • lose dark heard. He had beam
pnvious evening, but on Tuesday he anpeired in the
hats/iibitewpitidlkipisnro:pliwmn arenzTakilan;l:ng bliatail'ayetticakntwg.lbaeilni::"::lonte4doblof wothnfneroltablialr' hboahol"irs 7ffs.;:tpsn:douvnem.:v7::
mistime often know very little of pet, other... ioirito.l
its'., he went on to ray that it is meee torpedoing still
than th-ir neighbour.. The avlriciont roan "ye—We
muet Lek* care of our ratOnrOull If • ID are to be able to
give at the proper time." A k his ineiehbeore ehont him
—"Oh !his a render skint! at." Ask what his pedant'.
Infirmity I*, sad the man nil generally cony sat, an
thin, else hut the real besetting 'ln; the men
am n t ill-tempered rottn, hut ben so much t • VT
and irritate me that if I entre not the moat
alive I should be always out of temper." Ask hi. neigh-
bouts—" Oh Ibis angular tinelsehnx ; drops , and
yeti are sure of an ezoloslou." But the text spaatt !One
who is never blinded by prejudice, never misled by false
Information, whom jodgment never haa erred. And fhb
particular Porton is He on whom oor tutor. most depend
who save "I know Ephraim, and termit is not ids frees
ow" Said Mr. Aitkagt—l an Well bells,e non an few

Tho scout step in bringing Joseph's brethren near to
him and to each other wes the twaino came over th.,
land. It ma a wavy tn..; some tf toa bare reed
descriptions or f.tnins, in eastern lents, bow for weeks
and mooths the expectant earth walla for water and there
Is none ; but eti I the blase of the sun mak a ell one
furnace, and Native aretywbere seems to cup and die.
We ran well ionaoine whet the feelings tithe., men meet
have been, a. their 11.-cks and herds feinted for want of
water and .xpired, and they looked at each other wonder-
ing ...bat the end wood be. But though thee kn.. it net.
,r 1 nee Der-wing mean whereby He should bring them
Deur to their long loot brother. and all their cone,, and
polo., and auff.r. Dr., were only the manifestation of Bat
Divine benevolence which was to bring them to their
brother. And whit is it that usually dispotes men to
Like the first step towards Christ! I believe it is that
which effeetod Joseph's brethren—the anent of want.
flare are woo who are very ranch diatresittl in mind
became their motives are Rota pure m they ought to he.
They say—"ldo not worm to Noi the chanoc'er of God, the
beauty of His holiness—all that I can see ant feel is that
I went something: I am by no means : the
world fails to please me, it seems to me little better than
a pompoms show, anoi I want something better, and
connot help feeling that that something better in to he
found in God." Do not allow any such feeling se thin to
stead between you and the acquisition of pardon; in SO
cases out of a hundred, the first step towards better things
I. taken when we become thosidous of our Dad, or perhaps
I ought buy—when we begin to dwell upon oar newt
When once men has reached the point that be will not he
content without being astafted, ho I. not far from God. I
may take it (arrested that Gott will meet you on your own
level rather than demand that you should rise to 11.. You
n.ot.t he ve been struck with the pored.. of the P rod ig el Se.
Whet w . the Brit thing tint led.c 4litm to turn his
beck on the land of h a hanirbm •nil It was ths s •nsa
want; aa be .it. th-re in the fl• id of the man whom he
Wag attempting to nerve, and a• tenor tng t •a•lefy his
hanger with the hooka which the swine did est, he add
flow many hired s•rvente of me father hove tweed
'month and to spore, and I perish wth hunger r It wee
• livoly anor.hention of hie Oen inter.. that 'winced
Lim t torn his face homeward; and, driven by went.
th-'s brethren are be- ugtt. into the prawns. of Joareph.
Often we us 'hoe omiloly wit of tolannlt with ourselves and
the world, t C seers of es •rinese is almost nVergawprisi
11.. We to k this wee en •I that to eet if th-re is anything
that will toot the want@ of our wenn. The thought
•• t • rep a." h.. enamel, or r d to our mind- but all
the Irbil. it ii the B. it of (1.1 that he, Moen at work.
that ha. In en oonductint us and bringing us nearer and
veneer to nor II d-or Brother, who io propo ing to satisfy
one bout.' desire.
The next step it when the brethren find themselves in
s.,en tree., smp-cted an theo, no •of them taken. and
th nt di.misard t to. ir horns, with th • clear understand-
ing that unless they bring Ben)-min they shall never he
i a off- re I to ao po oh and be relieved again. Now there
r no tp in tt.e r mind, the'recollectiou o' a honed sin,
end oh •v begin to po tr ma their he rt. into each other's
a-s. They ear to each • thee—'• We le verily guilty
cooncaninc our hvother. ert-en sow the anguish of hie
soul,' and en th y pose mit their confession. utterly
Ignorant of the f aatth • very person they had 42infe
was lidening to them at the time. First, the sena of
wan. towns as into the -iebt tr.uk. sad then the enrollee-
too of the canoes committal rise before on 80 with the
I'r d g.l, there rime up in hie memory the recellection of
hi. emit : and he esys—" I will eri.e, and will soy to my
Fe* r—ffether. I have ri -moot." linoentenc begins with
the ewornitiotn of. toe ne.d :t,.t it very noon ',Ps on with
the con•ciusthe's of our tied n- s. to approach the on'T
One who can amply nUr -.•a K lam In app.naCh that
nether, what about my min I What right have I polluted
sinner. to ent e into His p-esone •I I due not drew
• th. beet quail. within me, the overwhe'ming
co • C.Onati. at of sin Verna to inaeln IS me from padon.
11. he It son WWI *lib ti-e ctn.:6.440e0e of Want fill&
ti,,,, 41 o'ten face to fac with thee niesooenees of I. no.
rit ',ten Wu. And these eine a a-t up like so men,
wnitinc to nails of your nieruoty, they wave their
ep steal anal in pe•th.tetion, an-I they ..em to err Out in
v• ry oars of (led; your lent quails within you as
you think ef *tiara which. th •ugh buried In MO klietnt'T
of past life, are yet naked and open to the ere of
the fir a' Judge. It is a ao'emn time in a man's
histnly when you are be urht face to foss with
b rim! sin: but it is b tter to realise the exceodlng
sinfulete. of ski now, though it may tuna us to the
ws,y duet, than deity,, cignit-o t to that moment when it
will ',hut us out of heaven. What about your forgotten
sin f There we two words which will apply to sin, and
both of than bean in the same way: one is " forgotten."
the other it " forg e• n "Forgotten" bit not 'for-
given r ! tlt not be so: "forgiven" hut not " f
rot Ml'—l thank 0 d re Bra OMB* who can ray
'Neon, never. have we forgotten oar abler bet all the
, time Got h d shed -Or sine hebled Hie hack, buried
' them in oblivicto, retuernh rod them no more. Con you
can "wo have not made •ur• f 'bar Then do not rat
• us it you have made mire. There aro times when a suns.
'of ein name to crush ne down, end, perhaps, the most
• tailors' cart of it In Vat God ,'ems so very far off; it do-s
n teem •i 110 wi'l bet n to us. Holier. it, not a tear
, start+ io to the •innees •I a the quick oision of Jena
demote it ;Do I mccc n .1 His sympa•by frr a purpose,
a. J mph did ; but eensenther that moray I. a gimp se
of lone: d not -ye that God can erer he hat or
: cuo oriuna to those who con'ete. their shin This wee a gin
• maim' the b other whom they onght to have loved and
reepaded. a an against that: brother became he was.what