The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-17 00:00:00

DOSOMIIITNIS.
BROGRANT-INSTRUCTOR LSO% drill t of 0
Oampesay Volunteers, has retired, and has been
enecooded by Sergeant-Instructor Grant.
Sr. Prrines Otioncg. —On Saar,'
_last collections
In aid of the British and Foreign BMW Society were
made, amounting to £9 3a &I.
DOnetr COUNTY liuserrio...—The SUSI of £6 has been
received, being the proctors of • concert held at
Oradea on the 28th ult.
/WIT OFTIORRS IISTRUCTING THU, BILL—A
order diesels that there will always be in mach
=i on serving In Groat Britain, Ireland, or the
Channel Islands, one company struck off all duties for
one and a ball month at • tre, for the purpose of
Instruction under its own °liken. In future this
Stases of company officers for promotion will be
sodomised by the roper in which their normal°e
are able to drill, to 'boot, and perform outpost and
reocrodesspoo duties, ha.
PUBINTATION To Kis. K. F. EVLS& —The Rev.
Matthew Flip Kraus, the primal curate of St. Mark's,
Preston, and who Is still ad ecti stately remembered by
the people of Fordington. hos been presented by the
Chorale Patronage Society and the patrons to the
Moorage of Olactoroctisea, St. Paul, in the county of
Essex, acid diore of St. Albone, in place of the R
Hairy Law. The vicarage is now valued at over
£9OO • year, and Um pariah contains in winter a popu-
lation of about 661 and in summer about 3,000. Mr.
Evans was a student of the London Collars of
INvinity in 1868, was ordained deacon in 1871, arid
priest in 1873, by the Bishop of Salisbury. and held
the caraoy et Fordington. Dorset, from 1871 to 1878 ;
the =my of Leathley, Yorkshire, 1878 to 1879; the
mosey of fit. Thomas's, Prost in, 1879 to 1881; the
loam curacy of Pee wortharo, Preston, 1881 to 1882,
sod tine curacy of St. Mark's, Preston, 1882 to the
present time. Clacton-on-Sea is a new and rising
watering place.
FORDINGTJN WORKING MCI'S CLUB.—A special
nomitiog of the nymphets of thus club was hold at the
club-room on Tuesday evening for the purp ise of
string • committal man in the room of OD. A.
Tilley, resigned. This Rev. A. A. Leonard (Vico)
=and was supported by Messrs. C. Stone, C.
Ili. Norman, G. Sargent, W. Spiller, and others.
The notice oonverung the mooting having been read,
Lb. vicar Called on the members to propose any of
their number for the vac uxt poet. Mr. Stone proposed,
sad Mr. Spitler seconded, that Mr. Charlie Beal be
read a member of the committee. There being no
*prosier' this was carried unanimously. Too
Secretary informed the morabors that Mrs. ltussell, of
High-Rost street, had very kindly promoted the club
with several Burson of magroes, travail', and &drop-
tugs, &c., which were mach appreciated by the lam-
bdas. There being no ether bursas of importanos, a
VON SI SIMIAN was given to the vicar for perding,
ima eho usesting (raised. We understand the club
piastres • very gsod collection of books for the library,
umbering over 200 works of thre best authors of the
day. Tree Is • etookand room attached for the nee of
the adults, where rotor and other games me indulged
In, and dolly and weekly papers are tarn iu. The
Ire' room down-etalrs ratans papas and game* for
their use. Latterly some koud friends buy. been
bolding a aeries of dare for instruction of the boys,
width bare boon fairly well atteuded. Such a club
for the pariah of Fordino ought to have this support
of every parishioner, wbso we consider that • earl
Weekly molest of on. penny gives them the advantage
of loardion and an insight into the loading topics of
the day. With such • good working conunittoe the
air cannot fail to have support.

BAPTIST NONE EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY.
Among the many Christian agencies at work in our
midst. we suppose there are few carrying on • more
truly Evangelical work than this society, and few more
worthy of support. The society is nominally under
the direction of the committee of the Western Ansonia.
Wm of Baptist Churches, but it receives very liberal
'upped In' this county, as in others, from members
of Church of Ragland. A truly worthy Carlotta°
man tic, is the evangelist of the Dorchester district,
who has literally worn himself out In Da* good work,
and who by his sell-denying labours. In moon and out
of seams, has dons as much towards the advancement
of his great Meese, wow, as any single man in this
mune. 'rho public meeting of the society was held in
the Al*ton Hall on Tuesday evening, when Mr.
Aldermen Corms presided, supported by the Rev. T.
Mare, Rev. J. P. Tetley (Taunton), the association
6 ; Rey. H. Hard (Slontacute), the Rev.
.11.t7oed, MA., and Mr. J. Davis.
The meeting having been opened with an appropriate
preps offered by the Rev. T. Nerve.
The Chamithe said it was to him a very great
pimento to meet on that owthaion their oil and
valued friend, Mr. Davis, who had been working
with them for so meat, yews. It was • source of
great gratification to be able to realize that whilst
they saw so many around them seeking to set forth
strange doctrines, they still had one among them
who was content ti tread In the old paths, and
still content to preach the simple Gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ. He earnestly prayed that God
In His infinite mercy would still preserve to them
the pure light of the Gospel, and that they might
%rmore and more the value of • real and true
eboil. He supported this association with very
great pleasure. He had known Mr. Davis for the
whole time he had been here, and the more he knew
him, the more he loved and respected him. He
sthoerely trusted he might still be spared to the
work for many years. He (the Ch &mac) could
look around and we very great blessing attending
awn his labours, and he prayed that God would keep
him humble, earnest, and faithful. (Applause.)
The Rev. J. P. Thug! (Aw3ciation Secretary)
expressed the great pleasure he felt in geeing the
Mr. Came in that chair that evening. He had been
for many years one of the best friends of the society
In the neighbourhood of Dorchester: and in conneo.
ton with OMers be had ehoen ht. sympathy with the
work, not only by his personal presence, but also by
the tangible support which he had given to it. Ile
then explained the object of the society, which wee
So peewit the idmple Gospel of the Grace of God.
It wee established some 21 years ago. In 1862 the
ainociation had its anneal meeting at Taunton, and
=ris to that there had been • feeling in the
of the brethren of the association that
It had not done its duty in the country
Thle feeling grew, and in 1862 it took shape
etreatrOwn of • resolution to establish some kind of
evangelisation society. A second resolution was passed
to invite friends in the neighbourhood to • conference
to ocessider the matter, and among those present at
that conference were his good friend Mr. Mills, from
Dorchester, and representatives from Chard, 13ridg.
water, Tauaton, Crew/kerma, and other places. At
that meeting they granted • sort of constitution for the
=Perof the society, and then, at another meet.
ms • few weeks later, it was resolved to make
an appeal to the Christian public for funds. The
remit was that before many weeks bad pawed, two
broth:en had been engaged as evangelism, and one of
them, their good friend Mr. Davis, was sent to the
Dorchester district, and he had been labouring here
ever since. (Applause.) Another brother, Mr.
Miller, who was now in Devonshire was engaged, and
settled at Crewkerne. Having spoken of Mr. Miller's ,
and subsequently Mr. Bartlett's) good work in
Bomar setthirs, he referred to Mr. Davis' labours in
We district. He had been labouring him about 20
yaws in • very large district, from Rockland Newton,
LI or It miles away, extending both sides of Dwoliester
—a district covering In length ab ,nt 17 miles, and 8
or 10 miles In breadth. In the Sword and Trowel Mr.
Spurgeon had almost immortalised Mr. Davis and
his pony-trap, In which he had ridden about
the (many for ea many years. (Applause.)
And bow many hail been led to the knowledge
of the truth at liddletrenthide he could not
say. As a mission worker, Mr. Davis was highly
=rfor the work. There was a subtle sympsthy
t a
him that got hold of the people directly he
eotered their doors. He (the speaker) had been with
bk. sick visiiiog, and he only wished he could dolt as
Well. He remembered him going into the home of •
poor woman, whose few was drawn, pale and haggard
with sickness, end the moment she saw him her face
was Illuminated with smiles of gladness He had hoard
Mr. Davis read and pray by a sick couch, and the
subtle power and sympathy he exercised over them
was such that won their confidence at ono', and
enabled him to approach them on the molt
momentous subjects, as very few man could possibly
approach others. It was this work that could not be
tabulated es to its g.od results, and the good of which
could net be estimated. Referring to the report of the
financial condition of the society, the rev, gentleman
said he was sorry to say that last year their expendi.
tare ex waded their income by about £26, owing, in •
% ;osio
timessure, to the agricultural mind commercial
n, land he mentioned one caw in point, In
which • friend, who had been in the habit of giving
230 or £3O a year to the funds, had lost every farthing
of a large fortune, so was compelled to discontinue his
support. He earnestly appealed fir increased help,
and said they would rejoice if, as the result of that
meeting, when the next balance sheet was presented,
they bound that largely increased help bail bees given
from the Dorchester district. He concluded by com-
mending the society to their earnest sympathies and

p_ri_gers.
DTI» Rey. J. Tittrroao aho testified to his pleasure
at meeting the chairman. It brought to his memory,
40 years ego, when he had frequently to go with his
brother to assist In unsectarian work in WeLmouth,
where be wee thou residing. He wee exceedingly glad
their chairman had given his aid to this society. They
had various mission at the present time, sod he did
not know anything which showed • greater clotted. A
short time since they had a mission in Weymouth, and
be oontrasted it with their own mission. The one
candid out with all fleeting and the other all obscurity.
There, at Weymouth, was a good man with two or
thtes associates rousing by a series of mooting, the
whole town to • 'tate of religious excitement,
which might or &Ott not last but, at any
rate, it had not gone A yet. II iw long It would
last he could not my. But on the other hand here was
another brother who for 20 years bad been going about
from village to village, and (corn house to bouse,presch-
lag the Gospel and trying to win souls to Christ. The
object was the same' but bow contrary they were. He
claimed their sympathy for the good work carried on
by Mr. Davie. The more they knew him the more
they would value the good work done by him. He
rejoiced that this society was organised, and he
aposesled fr their sympathy and help. (Applause.)
The Rev. 11. limune next addrmeed the meeting,
and in the course of his .ech said he only wished his
had ouch a man as Mr. Davis is his village. Ile
earnestly saked for inure mod help, lie knew they had
their sympathy and their pray, rs, Int they wanted
their money. (Applause.)
Mr. J. DAVIS said it gave him very great pleasure to
see Alderznan Curate in the chair, and also to see his
Meads there that evening. They had heard from the
he had been engaged in the work in this
eonsmnitly7or 90 yeses_ sod now he thought it was time
he should retire. (No, no.) He thought he mast aPPI7
to the meoclation to passion him off —(laughter)—so
that he might live in • quitter way than he had lived
for the last 20 years. For the lam six week, he had
felt almost incapable of very much I 'our continuing
the work.nnless his Father in Heaven saw tit to remove
the &Motion be was just now suffering from. For the
fint nine years of the 20 he had not the pleasure of
riling on his rounds as he now had, and had to walk;
end la those nine years he walked • "hundred miles
eight days," and conducted ten services in each of
%boss sight days. He had visited as InAlly Al 20
bunks • day, and read and prayed in each of those