The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-10-06 00:00:00

aItOFININO OF VIE WESLEYAN
METHODIST CHAPIL.

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This place of worship has been &wed fur genital
weeks past for the purpose ,1 a thorough renovation
and improvement. It has been completely receded
with polished pitch and pine, which gives it a much
more durable and comfortable appearance; the sesta
and other portions of the woodwork have been var.
cashed ; the low lights behind the orchestra have been
greialg improved in appearance. Although the work
is not fully completed,it is sufficiently advanced to
11.ilMi of as bsiff Foupied for divine worship. The wen.
Claims have been linprogg, and the exterior made
, weather tight. In addition !kg 'the entsAthi 4c4
! exterior of tbe chapel, the gates lime been chattel!,
repainted, varnished, cud the orniunental portions
gilded. Tbe work has been executed by Meader and
~ builders, and Mr. Whiteher, painter and
decorator.
Ths congregation during interim have woe.
'hipped an the Con Ex on Sunday., and in
the litil444faeiß "R Riff ke•
On $ y last sermons wage a inosi,ing mud
evening by the newlyappointed slilsurivat.pdent
minister to large congregations.
On the following
.Wednesday a public tea was pro.
vidsri in the fichoofroom, to which a fair niunber sat
U.
40%
4 r kis twirl*, riseeting was held. Nr.
V, Strange
_pled the Flak Ample' the
speakers were fliev,_ W. 4. C. Clockill 1,101 *v.
ff. J. Laths, and Ole el (Ooqgregetiosslf.
, . After a hymn ins Rag Ind vraierafereil, tee
Chairman made a few intreduotoeY 44 Sag idiot called upon Mr. Berrett, who sad h 1•e
ct we quite
feel equal to the task of speaking to such • &sigma.
lion, but he always liked to speak • word for Claris.
when he could. He also gave some of his religious
experiences, and said that he had more or less all his
life been connects d with the Wesleyan body, _Ur,
s hymn was =nu the Rev. 8. J. Little was called
ution,' mid said—The Lord Jesus Christ has laid ilos-n
laws for WI to Glair. John Wieder was in the habit,
when the law* of the Mira could Roe woe with •
his cooscisous ; to break the laws of the Church in
preference to hurting his cunecience. I have been

looking at the beauty of God's fts to utg, and the
senses which t poem's, and I think that if the ques-
tion was put to me which of my senses I should like
to give up, knowing that I am • preacher of God's
word, I should not like to lose the sense of speech,
neither should I like to lose the sense of hearing. and
I think that if I was compelled to less either of my
moms, I would rather low the mense °fright All that
we give lack to God in the way .4 offerings to help
the renovation of this sanctuary is only an acknow-
lodpnent of God's merey. It is an easy thing for a
man when ham an income of C. 1,000 to give a tenth of it,
but it is e very different thing fee • person to give a
tenth of their i seem,, to the Lord when it is under Zee.
Let the friend, feel bow much thee- we to the Lord.
The Rev. E. E. C 1,311 was then intrealnewl, awl mid
that a great deal of hie early days were lientaht up
in %. esleyan teaching, and although he VIOLA an
befit...dent, and hoped to die an Independent, yet
he felt bound to aympathise with the NVealeyana. That
Obrielian Chem& throughout all the world was greatly
Indebted to the Wesleyan,. And in respect to the
improvements in the chapel, he might say be thought
the Independents set the example, for just as they
finished meninx their chapel the Wesleyens began
theirs. When they saw other bodies going in few im-
proeements, he did not pee why they should not, and
he believed in the principle of copying one another.
The Chairman them called upon the Rev. W. It C.
Cockill, who delivered an addrem.—The debt mon
the chapel for the repairs will amount to about LW,
over MO of which was raised on Sunday, and is very
large amount waa promised and paid in at the public
meeting.