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

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Tutas has been no business before the borough or
runty Number during the past week.
COURT "AL.SANDRA." A.O.r. —A special meatier
of the membery of the above oart W I held at the
Antelope Hotel on Monday, the 11th inst., for the
purpose ~1 st•blishing • Benevolent Fund in 0011DOC-
tion with tbe Court. The meeting we. well attended,
and the proposal met with a hearty redraw. After
the object of the Fund hed been explained by the
D.H.C.H., Bro. G. R. Nurse, who awry kindly
attended for that purpose, the emeesery aleicatiose of

rules were agreed to. The Court then proceeded to
the election of two trustees in the room of J. A.
Pant tn, and W. T. Bovebsm, Hag..
M.D., who
have left the town, and sent in their resignations. It
wae unanimously resolved to am obit 10. Marehallsay,
Esq., and Ge woe Filliter, Bei , those gentlemen hav-
ing kindly c omitted to act. We era pleased to Altos
that the Court is at present in a very flourishing Con'
dition, the accessi n of young mai:obeys being vary
gr..titying. The Court at present numbers Arl OWL-
bers, who aro all good la the lemlke.

Gospel, TC3IIIIItANCS MINAION.—The members met
M usual on Monday lasL It was expected that the
meeting would have been small, as Mica Cobb wee
bolding a service in the Mission Church at the same
(Acne; but such wee not the cum, for at the appointed
time the British Schooluvm wag quite lulled. ey. 'l'.
Steer took the chair, and after a hymn Mr. A.
Seymour offered
..prayer. A few remerki from the
chairman, Mr. J. Sergeant, of ILeinp.tone, Wall
o died, and gave an account of his 20 yea-s' total
abatinenoe. As a lab .uring man he did six days'
work, and the 7th he worked for the Alseter as a
circuit preacher, but he did not require any stimulants,
and .(ten, as L.-night, after his ilsy's work was done
be would walk a journey to give a lecture, Ac., in the
goof eau.e now before us. His addreet was highly
appreciated, and at times he was well applauded.
After another hymn and a few rein irks from the
chairman, Mr. J. C. Sower, of Langton, another
working man, addressed the meeting, and gave hie
history in lull, which was attentively Ibitened to. He
signal the pledge at yeYre of age, ant in about
a fortnight he will be 71. Ile invited ell not only to
be abstainer., but to be Christian., and if there were
any young 11101 thee.) tomight who attended Sunday,
hie advice was to ke,p to it, ay it way be the making
of them some d .y. ilia anecdotes and hie homely way
of opeeking quite warmed the hearts of the an inee
towards him, and we hope shortly t hyve the ',league
of hearing him again. As tho two ape iken s occupied the
greater part .4 the evening, Mr. dointll Smith could
sly but a few wvrds, 110 that he is in r.aerve for
another evening. The singing W 144 very g 01, awl on
the whole a very pleasant evening w *pent
J.:YANG LISTIC MIsSION iday last,
Bliss Cobb, of London, conuneuced her three weeks'
special minims at toe Bliseion Church. On Sunday •
large congregation attended, and Mime Cobb chose for
her di.couree the latter part of St. Luke x v., when
s e op .ke upon the Prodigal Son. She said, in 111/elk.
tog to congregations Ike thie, eemetlme, her words
went home, that sme may think she was pre 'no!,
but such was not the csse, as there was no one before
her that evening whom she knew, so that if she waa
spea Ina to any poor fallen brother or sister there to-
night, who felt she was speaking to them, let her say
it was God opeaking to them through a ineseenger,
and that messenger was herself. She op .ke of the joy
in heaven over one sinner that repent., and hoped
we may have joy ascend to heaven to-night from
congregation. She hoped that Christians would be
stedf sat • it was a bad eign when Christians were rest-
'cos ; it ahowed that there was something that wanted
rooting out. She dam spoke of Satan, and the differ.
ent ways he had in tempting all. In some iustances
he would come as a roarim: doe, in others as subtle as
• serpent, but he was always busy seeking whom he
might devour. She persoad-d all there tonight not
In give him the least enc iuragemeut, but to cast him
off with "It is written.'' She had often asked of indi-
tlduals—" Are you a Christian?' and in movt case,
the answer bad been, " Don't know, but we hope so."
What • dreadful thing not ti know if you are a
Christian. In North Shields, where she had been
carrying on the miseiou work, they had 270 give
in their names for Christ. Although Swansge wee
not eri large, she hoped, in proportion, that AM many
would c one forward and give their hearts to Christ.
After the service there waa • short prayer meeting.
The servicrs are continued nightly.